Friday, February 27, 2026
- Expected goals, BUF–FLA
- 3.5–3.9
- all situations, empty nets out
- FLA share of xG
- 52.8%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 39–30
- BUF–FLA
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Sabres beat the Panthers 3-2 in a game the chances had about even, 3.5 expected goals to 3.9. Alex Tuch had 10 shot attempts. Tage Thompson has a point in 6 straight games.
- Alex TuchVolume
Alex Tuch had 10 shot attempts. Six reached the net and one went in. He came in averaging 4.8 attempts a game. The Sabres beat the Panthers 3-2.
- Tage ThompsonStreak
Tage Thompson has a point in 6 straight games. He has 62 points in 59 games this season. He played 19:39 and had one shot on goal. It finished 3-2 for the Sabres.
- Brad MarchandVolume
Brad Marchand had 9 shot attempts. Four reached the net and none went in. His average this season was 5.5. The Panthers fell 3-2 to the Sabres.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
Where the shots came from
5 goals from 101 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 25:04 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Owen Power D | 23:46 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.08 | 0 | 4 | 54 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 23:42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.22 | 3 | 2 | 74 |
| Bowen Byram D | 23:42 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | 77 |
| Tage Thompson C | 19:39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.26 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| Alex Tuch R | 19:23 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1.34 | 1 | 3 | 60 |
| Josh Norris C | 17:46 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Josh Doan R | 16:23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.41 | 3 | 2 | 59 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 15:58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Jason Zucker L | 15:52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.47 | 1 | 0 | 59 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 14:37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.88 | 1 | 0 | 69 |
| Jack Quinn R | 14:35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 14:23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 12:19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 10:57 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.10 | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| Tyson Kozak C | 10:45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 2 | 3 | 51 |
| Josh Dunne C | 8:54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Zach Metsa D | 6:13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
Florida Panthers
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Ekblad D | 27:18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.14 | 4 | 1 | 35 |
| Niko Mikkola D | 25:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 2 | 42 |
| Gustav Forsling D | 23:51 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.20 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| Sam Reinhart C | 22:24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Matthew Tkachuk L | 21:34 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Sam Bennett C | 21:19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Evan Rodrigues C | 17:36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Carter Verhaeghe C | 17:21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Anton Lundell C | 16:43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| Jeff Petry D | 16:24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 3 | 0 | 44 |
| Brad Marchand L | 16:10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Eetu Luostarinen C | 15:09 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | 0 | 2 | 70 |
| Mackie Samoskevich R | 12:49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 2 | 36 |
| Donovan Sebrango D | 10:23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 51 |
| Uvis Balinskis D | 8:38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| A.J. Greer L | 8:21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.42 | 1 | 0 | 79 |
| Sandis Vilmanis L | 7:52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
| Luke Kunin C | 6:43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.26 | 2 | 2 | 66 |
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