Sabres at Florida Panthers, February 2, 2026

2025-26 · Monday, February 2

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Buffalo won 5-3

WAR Box

Every skater who dressed, graded against the other skaters on the ice that night. A C is an ordinary NHL performance.

Team gradeCWon by 25G · 10A · 19 shots · 18 blocks

Production: A-
Offense: C
Defense: D
Power play: B-
Penalty kill: F

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Peyton Krebs	19:27	B-	B+	A-	D		D
Rasmus Dahlin	21:54	B-	C	B+	B-	B-	D+
Tage Thompson	20:14	B-	C	B+	C+	B-	C
Ryan McLeod	16:54	B-	C+	A	D+	C-	D
Alex Tuch	22:27	C+	C-	B	B-	C	D-
Mattias Samuelsson	27:26	C+	D+	A+	D+		D
Michael Kesselring	11:48	C	D-	B-	B		D
Zach Benson	14:10	C	B-	C-	C-	C-	D+
Jason Zucker	16:00	C	C	B	F	B-
Jack Quinn	16:13	C-	C-	B	D	B-
Tyson Kozak	11:14	C-	D+	D	B+		C-
Owen Power	24:17	C-	C-	D	B-		C-
Josh Doan	16:22	D+	B-	D-	D-	B-
Bowen Byram	22:54	D+	D	D-	C+	A-	D-
Isak Rosen	3:08	D+	D+	D	C-
Beck Malenstyn	8:04	D	F	D-	C+		D+
Zach Metsa	7:30	D-	F	C-	F
Noah Ostlund	12:15	D-	F	F	D	C

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonW	59:55	B+	39	3	.923	+1.15

A grade compares a skater with everyone who played that night, adjusted for how he was used — heavier minutes and defensive-zone starts raise the bar. Goaltenders are graded against expectation instead, on goals saved above expected. How this is calculated

Box score

Skaters · 18

Player	TOI	G	A	P	Shots	Blocks
Mattias Samuelsson	27:26	0	0	0	1	6
Owen Power	24:17	0	1	1	0	4
Bowen Byram	22:54	0	0	0	0	2
Alex Tuch	22:27	0	1	1	1	1
Rasmus Dahlin	21:54	0	2	2	0	2
Tage Thompson	20:14	1	0	1	4	0
Peyton Krebs	19:27	1	2	3	1	0
Ryan McLeod	16:54	0	2	2	1	1
Josh Doan	16:22	1	1	2	1	0
Jack Quinn	16:13	0	1	1	4	0
Jason Zucker	16:00	1	0	1	2	0
Zach Benson	14:10	1	0	1	2	0
Noah Ostlund	12:15	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Kesselring	11:48	0	0	0	1	0
Tyson Kozak	11:14	0	0	0	1	1
Beck Malenstyn	8:04	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Metsa	7:30	0	0	0	0	0
Isak Rosen	3:08	0	0	0	0	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonW	59:55	39	3	.923	+1.15