Panthers vs Sabres

Final · Sat Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center

Florida PanthersPanthers3-4-0

FinalOct 18, 2025

Buffalo SabresSabres2-3-0

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Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

FLA−150

BUF+130

Puck line

FLA −1.5+170

BUF +1.5−210

Total O/U

Over 5.5−130

Under 5.5+110

Puck line: Sabres +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 5.5 (3 goals).

Recap

The Buffalo Sabres shut out the Florida Panthers 3-0 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Oct 18, 2025 to move to 2-3-0.

The Sabres won despite being outshot 32-31. The Sabres scored 2 power-play goals.

Score by period

Florida Panthers and Buffalo Sabres, score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	0	0	0
BUF	1	2	0	3

W: Lyon · L: Bobrovsky

Scoring plays

First Period

BUFGoal · 7:13Josh Doan Goal (1) Deflected, assists: Tage Thompson (3), Rasmus Dahlin (4)0-1

Second Period

BUFGoal · 11:12Josh Doan Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Jason Zucker (1), Zach Benson (5)0-2
BUFGoal · 14:20Owen Power Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Alex Tuch (3), Peyton Krebs (2)0-3

Team stats

FLABUF

Shots: 32; 31
Power Play Goals: 0; 2
Faceoff Win Percent: 50.0; 50.0
Hits: 29; 23
Blocked Shots: 17; 20
Penalty Minutes: 12; 28

Top performers

Florida PanthersBuffalo Sabres

Goals

–

Josh Doan2

Assists

–

Alex Tuch1

Points

–

Josh Doan2

Player stats

Panthers · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	S	FO%	PIM
Sam Bennett C	1	1	0	0	19:08	1	47.1	0
Jesper Boqvist C	3	5	0	0	10:44	0	100.0	0
Jonah Gadjovich LW	0	4	0	0	9:14	0	0.0	0
A.J. Greer LW	0	2	0	0	9:12	1	0.0	0
Luke Kunin C	1	1	1	0	10:47	0	57.1	0
Anton Lundell C	1	1	0	-1	18:30	0	61.1	2
Eetu Luostarinen C	1	1	0	-1	12:30	1	0.0	2
Brad Marchand LW	0	0	0	-1	15:37	4	0.0	4
Sam Reinhart C	1	3	0	0	23:33	2	40.0	0
Evan Rodrigues C	2	2	1	0	15:33	2	25.0	0
Mackie Samoskevich RW	0	1	0	0	17:46	7	0.0	0
Carter Verhaeghe C	0	0	0	0	20:54	4	0.0	0

Panthers · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	S	PIM
Uvis Balinskis D	3	2	1	0	18:53	1	2
Aaron Ekblad D	4	2	0	-1	23:07	3	0
Gustav Forsling D	0	1	0	-1	21:06	1	0
Seth Jones D	0	3	0	0	23:48	4	0
Niko Mikkola D	0	0	0	0	6:53	0	2
Jeff Petry D	0	0	0	0	18:16	1	0

Panthers · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky G	3	31	28	.903	59:51	0

Sabres · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Zach Benson LW	0	1	1	0	17:25	0	1	2	0.0	2
Josh Doan RW	0	2	0	0	13:55	2	0	6	0.0	2
Mason Geertsen LW	0	3	0	0	2:06	0	0	0	0.0	10
Tyson Kozak C	1	1	0	0	9:47	0	0	0	36.4	0
Peyton Krebs C	0	3	1	1	14:25	0	1	2	50.0	2
Jiri Kulich C	1	0	0	0	15:37	0	0	3	47.1	0
Beck Malenstyn LW	3	3	0	0	9:23	0	0	0	0.0	0
Ryan McLeod C	1	1	0	1	18:15	0	0	0	57.1	0
Jack Quinn RW	0	0	0	0	16:20	0	0	2	0.0	0
Tage Thompson C	0	3	0	0	15:34	0	1	2	50.0	2
Alex Tuch RW	0	1	1	1	20:22	0	1	2	0.0	0
Jason Zucker LW	0	0	0	0	14:39	0	1	1	66.7	2

Sabres · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	PIM
Jacob Bryson D	0	0	0	0	1:16	0	0	0	0
Bowen Byram D	2	1	0	0	24:17	0	0	1	2
Rasmus Dahlin D	2	1	0	0	22:36	0	1	4	0
Owen Power D	1	0	0	1	23:44	1	0	2	0
Mattias Samuelsson D	3	2	0	0	22:01	0	0	1	2
Conor Timmins D	6	1	1	1	24:30	0	0	3	2

Sabres · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Alex Lyon G	0	32	32	1.000	59:48	0

Three stars

Alex Lyon (BUF)
Josh Doan (BUF)
Owen Power (BUF)

Game info

VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY

Attendance16,015

OfficialsLinesman: Brad Kovachik · Referee: Frederick L'Ecuyer · Linesman: Mark Shewchyk · Referee: Beau Halkidis

TVMSGB · local

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