Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Panthers Rally By Sabres

     The Florida Panthers faced the Buffalo Sabres at Amerant Bank Arena on Tuesday night and won 3-2.  The Cats are in the middle of a three-game homestand. 
     Buffalo(27-28-4) roared out to a 1-0 advantage with a power-play tally at the 9:25 mark. Dylan Cozens smashed a slap shot past Sergei Bobrovsky for his 12th goal in 2023-24. 
     Florida(39-16-4) answered back with 7:06 remaining in the first and tied the contest 1-1. Sam Bennett scored his 14th goal this season on a snap shot. Nick Cousins and Brandon Montour were credited with assists on the play. 
     The Cats would take the lead 2-1 on a power-play goal with 4:24 left in the period. Matthew Tkachuk compiled his 21st goal of the season on a wrist shot with assists from Carter Verhaeghe and Montour. 
     Both teams were unable to score during the second period. It became a two-goal margin for the Panthers at 9:41 of the third. Montour snapped a shot for a five-on-three power-play goal and gave him his third point of the game. Tkachuk and Sam Reinhart had the assists with the man advantage. 
     The Sabres responded quickly and closed the gap to 3-2 with 7:16 to go in the third. Rasmus Dahlin took a shot and it was deflected in by Tage Thompson for his 17th goal of the campaign. 

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