Buffalo Sabres

Past match

Buffalo Sabres won.

Buffalo Sabres beat the Chicago Blackhawks

0-3-0, 0 PTS 3 – 4

1-1-0, 2 PTS

Final · Sat, Oct 3

Game Details

KeyBank Center (Buffalo) · 19,070 fans · MSGB, CHSN, ESPN+

Highlights

Jiri Kulich scores go-ahead goal, Sabres rally to beat the Blackhawks 4-3

Jiri Kulich scored with 6:40 left and the Sabres overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 in Buffalo’s home-opener on Saturday night.

Recap via ESPN

1:20 Chicago Blackhawks vs. Buffalo Sabres: Game Highlights

0:49 Ryan Donato lights the lamp

0:49 Tyler Bertuzzi lights the lamp for Blackhawks

0:46 Jack Quinn lights the lamp

Clips play on ESPN

KeyBank Center · Buffalo

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
CHI	2	1	0	3
BUF	1	1	2	4

Game Leaders

Chicago Blackhawks

Tyler Bertuzzi · 1Goals
Alex Vlasic · 2Assists
Alex Vlasic · 2Points

Buffalo Sabres

Tage Thompson · 1Goals
Tage Thompson · 1Assists
Tage Thompson · 2Points

2026-27 Central Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Colorado	2	0	0	4
Minnesota	2	0	0	4
Utah	2	1	0	4
Winnipeg	1	0	1	3
Nashville	1	1	0	2
St. Louis	1	1	0	2
Dallas	0	2	0	0
Chicago	0	3	0	0

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Boston	2	1	0	4
Florida	1	0	2	4
Montreal	1	0	1	3
Ottawa	1	0	0	2
Buffalo	1	1	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	1	0	2
Toronto	1	2	0	2
Detroit	0	2	0	0

Scoring

3rd 13:20

Jiri Kulich Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Owen Power (3), Tage Thompson (1)3–4

3rd 6:10

Rasmus Dahlin Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (1), Mattias Samuelsson (1)3–3

2nd 18:18

Oliver Moore Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Anton Frondell (2), Alex Vlasic (2)3–2

2nd 5:41

Tage Thompson Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Louis Crevier (1), Josh Norris (1)2–2

1st 16:24

Jack Quinn Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Zach Metsa (1)2–1

1st 11:24

Tyler Bertuzzi Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Anton Frondell (1), Teuvo Teravainen (1)2–0

1st 7:59

Ryan Donato Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Vlasic (1), Nick Lardis (1)1–0

Team Stats

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Shots & Puck

15 Shots on Goal 28

11 Blocked Shots 8

18 Hits 29

47.5 Faceoff % 52.5

4 Takeaways 3

18 Giveaways 22

Special Teams

0/2 Power Play 0/3

0 Short-Handed Goals 0

6 Penalty Minutes 4

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
T. Bertuzzi	1	0	1	1	16:18	0	2	0	0	1:25	0:00	14:53	19	0	0	0	0.0	4	0
R. Donato	1	0	-1	1	9:25	0	1	0	0	0:59	0:00	8:26	16	0	0	2	0.0	0	0
A. Frondell	0	2	2	1	16:06	0	1	0	1	0:50	1:16	14:00	23	0	6	10	37.5	1	0
R. Greene	0	0	0	0	15:36	0	0	0	0	0:00	1:04	14:32	21	2	8	6	57.1	0	0
J. Greenway	0	0	0	2	15:55	0	0	1	0	0:00	0:54	15:01	21	1	0	0	0.0	2	0
P. Kane	0	0	-2	0	19:01	2	0	0	0	1:19	0:00	17:42	22	4	0	0	0.0	0	1
N. Lardis	0	1	-1	1	7:41	0	2	0	0	0:42	0:00	6:59	13	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
O. Moore	1	0	0	1	9:30	2	1	0	0	0:41	0:00	8:49	15	0	4	1	80.0	0	1
F. Nazar	0	0	-2	2	19:58	0	0	1	1	1:01	1:24	17:33	26	1	6	10	37.5	3	0
C. Smith	0	0	0	0	15:09	2	3	0	1	0:06	1:46	13:17	22	0	0	0	0.0	0	1
T. Teravainen	0	1	2	1	14:22	0	0	1	0	0:00	1:47	12:35	22	2	0	0	0.0	0	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV
I. Cole	0	2	1	20:37	1	2	1	0:07	2:08	18:22	27	0	0	0	0.0	0
E. Del Mastro	0	-2	0	15:01	2	2	0	0:00	0:05	14:56	18	1	0	0	0.0	0
W. Kaiser	0	-2	0	22:58	2	2	0	0:00	2:01	20:57	28	2	0	0	0.0	2
R. Kantserov	0	-1	0	18:48	2	0	0	1:18	0:02	17:28	22	1	5	3	62.5	2
K. Korchinski	0	-2	2	11:21	0	0	0	0:12	0:00	11:09	17	0	0	0	0.0	1
A. Levshunov	0	-1	2	24:40	0	2	0	1:48	2:09	20:43	24	1	0	0	0.0	1
A. Vlasic	2	3	0	22:33	1	0	0	0:07	1:52	20:34	28	0	0	0	0.0	2

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
S. Knight	24	28	4	.857	59:01	23	1	0	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
Z. Benson	0	0	1	1	19:33	2	3	0	0	2:33	0:32	16:28	26	1	1	2	33.3	3	1
S. Carrick	0	0	0	1	7:20	0	2	0	0	0:00	0:00	7:20	13	1	3	1	75.0	0	0
J. Doan	0	0	1	1	18:06	2	2	2	0	2:32	0:00	15:34	25	1	0	0	0.0	0	1
K. Helenius	0	0	-2	3	14:39	0	2	0	0	1:36	0:00	13:03	20	2	0	0	0.0	4	0
P. Krebs	0	1	-1	1	13:42	0	0	0	0	0:00	0:00	13:42	18	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
J. Kulich	1	0	2	1	13:31	0	1	0	0	0:00	0:00	13:31	19	2	7	2	77.8	0	0
B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	0	8:31	0	6	0	1	0:00	1:28	7:03	15	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
R. McLeod	0	0	-3	1	12:02	0	0	0	0	1:37	1:29	8:56	16	1	6	4	60.0	0	0
J. Norris	0	1	0	1	16:32	0	2	0	0	1:31	0:30	14:31	24	1	2	4	33.3	0	0
N. Ostlund	0	0	0	2	17:23	0	0	0	0	1:33	0:07	15:43	23	2	3	8	27.3	1	0
J. Quinn	1	0	1	5	19:07	0	1	1	0	2:32	0:07	16:28	24	7	0	0	0.0	2	0
T. Thompson	1	1	2	4	19:41	0	2	1	1	2:33	0:00	17:08	25	2	10	8	55.6	3	0

Defense

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV
L. Crevier	0	1	2	1	17:08	1	0	0	0:00	1:06	16:02	23	0	4
R. Dahlin	1	0	1	3	25:23	4	0	0	2:21	0:00	23:02	26	0	1
Z. Metsa	0	1	2	0	8:28	0	1	0	0:00	0:54	7:34	13	0	0
O. Power	0	1	-2	1	25:12	1	1	0	1:46	1:14	22:12	31	0	0
M. Samuelsson	0	1	0	1	24:11	2	2	1	0:01	0:54	23:16	26	1	2
O. Zellweger	0	0	0	1	15:31	0	0	0	0:00	0:07	15:24	21	1	1

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
U. Luukkonen	12	15	3	.800	60:00	11	0	1	0

Injury Report

Buffalo Sabres

Alex Lyon GInjured Reserve
Conor Timmins DInjured Reserve
Topias Leinonen GInjured Reserve
Jack Rathbone DInjured Reserve
Jason Zucker LWInjured Reserve

Chicago Blackhawks

Andrew Mangiapane LWDay-To-Day
Bowen Byram DDay-To-Day
Connor Bedard CInjured Reserve

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