In the first period, Florida(7-3-1) started off ahead 1-0 with 8:59 left. Eetu Luostarinen sent a long diagonal pass from his own zone. Anton Lundell made a square pass as he entered the Sabres zone and Jesper Boqvist placed in a wrist shot from the inner left circle by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen for his second tally of the year.
It became 2-0 for the Cats on the power play just 55 seconds later. Carter Verhaeghe tapped a pass from the left point ahead to Barkov. He carried it to the end wall and connected a blind backhand pass to the middle. Sam Reinhart snapped a shot from the top of the crease for his seventh goal of the season.
Buffalo(4-5-1) made it 2-1 with the man advantage at 10:45 of the second period. J.J. Peterka centered the puck from the right wing. Tage Thompson floated a one-time shot from the high slot. Jason Zucker batted in the puck from the right of the crease for his second goal in a Sabres jersey.
The Sabres tied it up 2-2 with 7:23 left in the second. Owen Power stopped the puck and passed from the left point. Rasmus Dahlin collected his first goal this year on a forehand shot from the low slot by Sergei Bobrovsky.
The Panthers reclaimed the lead 3-2 with 3:16 remaining in the period. Sam Bennett angled a pass to his right from the top of the zone and a Matthew Tkachuk shot from the right-circle dot was saved. Verhaeghe put in the rebound on a wrist shot from the crease area for his second goal this season.
Florida expanded their lead to 4-2 with 5:25 left in the third period. Bennett released a wrist shot for a power-play goal. Nate Schmidt had the only assist on the tally.
Barkov later chalked up his first goal in 2024-25 as he snapped a shot from the top right circle with 4:17 to go in the contest. Reinhart and Gustav Forsling were credited with assists on the play.
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