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Buffalo Sabres @ Florida Panthers

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
U. Luukkonen	5	4	3	0	3.51	.867
C. Ellis	3	3	0	1	3.39	.873
A. Lyon	0	0	1	0	2.87	.880

Panthers

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Markstrom	6	3	1	1	2.56	.906
A. Schmid	6	3	1	0	3.10	.883
C. Black	0	1	0	0	3.15	.857

Amerant Bank Arena

7:00 PM, December 30, 2026

Sunrise, FL

BUF

FLA

Points

Tage ThompsonC #72

21PTS

12G

Matthew TkachukLW #19

29PTS

25A

Goals

Tage ThompsonC #72

12G

3PPG

75S

Sam ReinhartC #13

12G

6PPG

68S

Assists

Zach BensonLW #6

13A

3PPA

9+/-

Matthew TkachukLW #19

25A

14PPA

2+/-

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Konsta Helenius C	IR	Nov 19
Justin Danforth RW	IR	Nov 22
Matt Grzelcyk D	IR	Nov 22

Florida Panthers

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brad Marchand LW	IR	Nov 21
Aleksander Barkov C	IR-LT	Nov 27
Jonah Gadjovich LW	IR-LT	Nov 28

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
BUF	2.89	3.53	28.3	26.7	176	10	15.9	20	69.7	1	0
FLA	3.25	3.00	29.5	26.1	315	20	23.8	11	86.3	1	0

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/14/26	@DAL	L2-0
11/12/26	@CHI	L3-2 OT
11/11/26	vsTB	L8-3
11/8/26	vsVGK	L4-1
11/6/26	vsCBJ	W5-2

Panthers Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/14/26	@STL	W4-1
11/12/26	vsDET	W5-4
11/10/26	@CBJ	W4-1
11/8/26	@BOS	L4-1
11/7/26	@WSH	L4-3

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Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

Panthers
3
Sabres
5

Game 1

10/12

Sabres
Panthers

Game 2

11/21

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Sabres
Panthers

Game 3

12/30

Panthers
Sabres

Game 4

3/20

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	13	5	2	28
Montreal	12	4	4	28
Ottawa	13	6	2	28
Boston	13	6	1	27
Florida	12	7	2	26
Buffalo	8	8	4	20
Detroit	8	10	3	19
Toronto	8	12	2	18

Ottawa Senators vs. Pittsburgh Penguins: Game Highlights

Connor Hellebuyck makes 43 saves and improves to 7-0 with Devils in 7-4 win over Capitals

— Connor Hellebuyck recovered from a shaky start to make 43 saves, remaining unbeaten in net with New Jersey as the surging Devils defeated the Washington Capitals 7-4 on Saturday night.

Avalanche beat Canadiens 4-1 without injured stars MacKinnon, Makar

— Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist and the short-handed Colorado Avalanche beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Saturday night without injured stars Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar.

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Buffalo Sabres @ Florida Panthers

Scoring Leaders

Tage ThompsonC #72

Matthew TkachukLW #19

Tage ThompsonC #72

Sam ReinhartC #13

Zach BensonLW #6

Matthew TkachukLW #19

Injury Report

Team Stats

Ottawa Senators vs. Pittsburgh Penguins: Game Highlights

Connor Hellebuyck makes 43 saves and improves to 7-0 with Devils in 7-4 win over Capitals

Avalanche beat Canadiens 4-1 without injured stars MacKinnon, Makar