Chicago Blackhawks @ Buffalo Sabres — Oct 3, 2026

NHL KeyBank Center, Buffalo·October 3, 2026
Chicago Blackhawks CHI 0-3-0, 0-3-0 Away
3
Final
4
Buffalo Sabres BUF 1-0-0, 1-0-0 Home
1 2 3 T
CHI 2 1 0 3
BUF 1 1 2 4
Top Performers
Points
A.
A. Vlasic D CHI
2 PTS
T.
T. Thompson C BUF
2 PTS
Shots
A.
A. Levshunov D CHI
2 SOG
J.
J. Quinn R BUF
5 SOG
Saves
S.
S. Knight G CHI
24 SV
U.
U. Luukkonen G BUF
12 SV
Box Score
Three Stars
1st Star J. Kulich 1 G, 0 A
2nd Star J. Quinn 1 G, 0 A
3rd Star R. Dahlin 1 G, 0 A
Forwards
Blackhawks
PLAYER G A P +/- PIM SOG HIT BLK FO TOI
A. Frondell 0 2 2 +2 0 1 1 0 6/16 16:06
T. Bertuzzi 1 0 1 +1 0 1 2 0 - 16:18
O. Moore 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4/5 9:30
R. Donato 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 0 0/2 9:25
T. Teräväinen 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 1 - 14:22
N. Lardis 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 0 - 7:41
F. Nazar 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 1 6/16 19:58
P. Kane 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 - 19:01
R. Kantserov 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 5/8 18:48
J. Greenway 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 15:55
R. Greene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/14 15:36
C. Smith 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 - 15:09
Sabres
PLAYER G A P +/- PIM SOG HIT BLK FO TOI
T. Thompson 1 1 2 +2 0 4 2 1 10/18 19:41
J. Quinn 1 0 1 +1 0 5 1 1 - 19:07
J. Kulich 1 0 1 +2 0 1 1 0 7/9 13:31
J. Norris 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2/6 16:32
P. Krebs 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 - 13:42
Z. Benson 0 0 0 +1 2 1 3 0 1/3 19:33
J. Doan 0 0 0 +1 2 1 2 2 - 18:06
N. Ostlund 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3/11 17:23
K. Helenius 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 0 - 14:39
R. McLeod 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 0 6/10 12:02
B. Malenstyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 - 8:31
S. Carrick 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3/4 7:20
Defense
Blackhawks
PLAYER G A P +/- PIM SOG HIT BLK FO TOI
A. Vlasic 0 2 2 +3 0 0 1 0 - 22:33
A. Levshunov 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 2 - 24:40
W. Kaiser 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 2 - 22:58
I. Cole 0 0 0 +2 0 1 1 2 - 20:37
E. del Mastro 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 2 - 15:01
K. Korchinski 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 - 11:21
Sabres
PLAYER G A P +/- PIM SOG HIT BLK FO TOI
R. Dahlin 1 0 1 +1 0 3 4 0 - 25:23
O. Power 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 1 - 24:58
M. Samuelsson 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 - 24:11
L. Crevier 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 0 - 17:09
Z. Metsa 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 1 - 8:42
O. Zellweger 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 15:30
Goalies
Blackhawks
PLAYER SA SV GA SV% TOI DEC
S. Knight 28 24 4 .857 59:01 L
Sabres
PLAYER SA SV GA SV% TOI DEC
U. Luukkonen 15 12 3 .800 60:00 W
G - Goals · A - Assists · P - Points · +/- - Plus/Minus · PIM - Penalty Minutes · SOG - Shots on Goal · HIT - Hits · BLK - Blocked Shots · FO - Faceoffs Won/Taken · TOI - Time on Ice · SA - Shots Against · SV - Saves · GA - Goals Against · SV% - Save Percentage · DEC - Decision
Team Statistics
Blackhawks
Sabres
15 Shots on Goal 28
0/2 · 0% Power Play 0/3 · 0%
3/3 · 100% Penalty Kill 2/2 · 100%
47.5% Faceoffs Won 52.5%
18 Hits 29
11 Blocked Shots 8
6 Penalty Minutes 4
4 Takeaways 3
18 Giveaways 22
Play-by-Play
3rd Period 0 - 2 3 - 4
3 - 4 6:40
J. Kulich A: O. Power, T. Thompson Goal
Z. Benson Tripping 2 min
2 min C. Smith Tripping
3 - 3 13:50
R. Dahlin A: M. Samuelsson, P. Krebs Goal
2 min P. Kane High Sticking
2nd Period 1 - 1 3 - 2
Goal O. Moore A: A. Frondell, A. Vlasic
3 - 2 1:42
2 min O. Moore Interference
J. Doan Hooking 2 min
2 - 2 14:19
T. Thompson A: J. Norris, L. Crevier Goal
1st Period 2 - 1 2 - 1
2 - 1 3:36
J. Quinn A: Z. Metsa, Z. Metsa Goal
Goal T. Bertuzzi A: A. Frondell, T. Teräväinen
2 - 0 8:36
Goal R. Donato A: N. Lardis, A. Vlasic
1 - 0 12:01
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 0 Biggest Lead: CHI +2 Times Tied: 2
Head-to-Head
Sabres leads 1-0
Final
CHI Blackhawks
111
3
BUF Sabres
333
9
Highlights
Blackhawks 3 - 4 Sabres
October 3, 2026
KeyBank Center
Buffalo, US · 19,070 capacity
League
NHL
Season
NHL 26/27
Date
October 3, 2026
Time
11:00 pm
Duration
1h 0m