The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 3-0 at KeyBank Center on Saturday. The Panthers extended their losing streak to four games.
Florida(3-4-0) finishes their long five-game road swing at Boston against the Bruins on Tuesday night. It will be the first time that Brad Marchand faces his former team.
Buffalo(2-3-0) climbed to a 1-0 lead on the man advantage at the 7:13 mark of the first period. Rasmus Dahlin sent a diagonal pass from the left point. Tage Thompson took a shot from the right wing and it was redirected in by Josh Doan from the top of the crease past Sergei Bobrovsky for his first tally in a Sabres uniform.
The Sabres expanded it to 2-0 on another power-play goal with 8:48 remaining in the second period. Zach Benson passed from the end wall. Jason Zucker zipped a diagonal pass from the right-circle dot and Doan tipped it in from the blue paint for his second goal of the contest.
It became 3-0 for Buffalo with 5:40 to go in the second. Peyton Krebs pushed the puck ahead on the right side. Alex Tuch connected a cross-ice pass from the right circle and Owen Power put in a forehand shot from the left side of the crease for his first goal of the campaign.
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