The Sabres extended their road point streak to eight games. The Cats are winless in nine of their past 13 home contests.
Buffalo(34-19-6) moved out to a 1-0 lead on the power play with 2:12 left the opening frame. Alex Tuch snapped a shot from the high slot past Daniil Tarasov for his 23rd goal this season
Florida(30-26-3) evened it up 1-1 with 6:09 remaining in the second period with a power-play tally. Matthew Tkachuk scored in his second straight contest with his fifth goal of the year on a wrist shot from the left side of the crease. Brad Marchand and Sam Bennett were credited with assists on the sequence.
The Sabres reclaimed the lead 2-1 at the 11:38 mark of the third period. Beck Malenstyn blasted a long slap shot from the left point for his fifth goal of the campaign. Peyton Krebs would place an empty-net goal from the neutral zone for his ninth goal this season with 1:17 remaining in the third for a Buffalo 3-1 advantage. Tage Thompson increased his point streak to six games.
The Panthers cut it to 3-2 with 35 seconds to go in the third on an own goal by the Sabres when Rasmus Dahlin bounced the puck off goalie Alex Lyon in the blue paint. Bennett was the last Panthers player to touch the puck with a shot from the top left circle and was credited with his 20th goal in 2025-26. It was the fourth occasion of Bennett's NHL career that he reached the 20-goal mark in a season.
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