Game

Blackhawks at Sabres

Sabres 4, Blackhawks 3 · first star Jiri Kulich (1 G, 0 A).

2026-27 regular season · 2026-27 regular season, updated nightly. Data as of October 24, 2026, source NHL.

Chicago Blackhawks 3 at Buffalo Sabres 4

Blackhawks CHI

3 FINAL 4

Sabres BUF

Saturday, October 3, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Blackhawks	2	1	0	3	15
Sabres	1	1	2	4	28

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Blackhawks attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: CHI 15, BUF 28.

CHI in red BUF in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Blackhawks 15 shots on goal (3 goals, 15 missed, 8 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 28 shots on goal (4 goals, 23 missed, 13 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	CHI SOG	CHI G	CHI ATT	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT
1st	5	2	11	13	1	29
2nd	4	1	9	8	1	21
3rd	6	0	18	7	2	14
Total	15	3	38	28	4	64

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	CHI SOG	CHI G	BUF SOG	BUF G
Even strength	14	3	27	4
Power play	0	0	1	0
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 62.8% of the shot attempts, and 64.4% of the 90 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Blackhawks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Blackhawks at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	72.5	70.6
2nd	70.0	71.4
3rd	43.8	46.1
Game	62.8	63.0

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

07:59 Ryan Donato (1) Alex Vlasic (1), Nick Lardis (1) · wrist 1–0
11:24 Tyler Bertuzzi (1) Anton Frondell (1), Teuvo Teravainen (1) · wrist 2–0
16:24 Jack Quinn (2) Zach Metsa (1) · wrist 2–1

2nd period

05:41 Tage Thompson (1) Louis Crevier (1), Josh Norris (1) · tip-in 2–2
18:18 Oliver Moore (1) Anton Frondell (2), Alex Vlasic (2) · wrist 3–2

3rd period

06:10 Rasmus Dahlin (1) Peyton Krebs (1), Mattias Samuelsson (1) · snap 3–3
13:20 Jiri Kulich (1) Owen Power (3), Tage Thompson (1) · snap 3–4

Three stars

Jiri Kulich BUF · C #20 · 1 G, 0 A
Jack Quinn BUF · R #22 · 1 G, 0 A
Rasmus Dahlin BUF · D #26 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	11:39	BUF	Josh Doan	hooking	2	Wyatt Kaiser
2nd	16:05	CHI	Oliver Moore	interference	2	Konsta Helenius
3rd	00:53	CHI	Patrick Kane	high sticking	2	Noah Ostlund
3rd	11:51	CHI	Cole Smith	tripping	2	Mattias Samuelsson
3rd	11:58	BUF	Zach Benson	tripping	2	Ian Cole

Boxscore

Chicago Blackhawks

Blackhawks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Anton Frondell #16	C	0	2	2	+2	1	1	0	0	37.5	16:06
Alex Vlasic #72	D	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	0	0.0	22:33
Oliver Moore #11	C	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	80.0	09:30
Ryan Donato #8	C	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	09:25
Tyler Bertuzzi #59	L	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	0	0.0	16:18
Teuvo Teravainen #86	C	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	0.0	14:22
Nick Lardis #76	L	0	1	1	-1	1	2	0	0	0.0	07:41
Frank Nazar #91	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	37.5	19:58
Ryan Greene #20	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57.1	15:36
Jordan Greenway #12	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	15:55
Cole Smith #22	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0.0	15:09
Patrick Kane #88	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0	19:01
Roman Kantserov #80	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	62.5	18:48
Artyom Levshunov #55	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0.0	24:40
Ethan Del Mastro #38	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	0.0	15:01
Ian Cole #28	D	0	0	0	+2	1	1	2	0	0.0	20:37
Kevin Korchinski #14	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0.0	11:21
Wyatt Kaiser #44	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	0.0	22:58

Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Spencer Knight #30	L	28	24	4	.857	23/27	1/1	59:01

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	1	2	+2	4	2	1	0	55.6	19:41
Jiri Kulich #20	C	1	0	1	+2	1	1	0	0	77.8	13:31
Jack Quinn #22	R	1	0	1	+1	5	1	1	0	0.0	19:07
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	1	0	1	+1	3	4	0	0	0.0	25:23
Josh Norris #9	C	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	33.3	16:32
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	13:42
Louis Crevier #46	D	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	0	0.0	17:08
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0.0	24:11
Owen Power #25	D	0	1	1	-2	1	1	1	0	0.0	25:12
Zach Metsa #73	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	0.0	08:28
Konsta Helenius #94	C	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0	0	0.0	14:39
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	27.3	17:23
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	60.0	12:02
Sam Carrick #10	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	75.0	07:20
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0.0	08:31
Zach Benson #6	L	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	2	33.3	19:33
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	2	0.0	18:06
Olen Zellweger #8	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:31

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	W	15	12	3	.800	11/14	0/0	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-10-24.