Panthers 3-2 Sabres (28 Feb, 2024) Play-by-Play

Buffalo Sabres

27-28-4, 14-12-3 away

	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	0	1	2
FLA	2	0	1	3

TIME	BUF	FLA
0:00	Start of 1st Period	0	0
0:00	Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Sam Bennett	0	0
0:25	Niko Mikkola hit Casey Mittelstadt	0	0
0:48	Tage Thompson hit Aleksander Barkov	0	0
0:50	Gustav Forsling Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0
0:52	Goalie Stopped	0	0
0:52	Tage Thompson faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov	0	0
1:07	Giveaway by Sam Reinhart	0	0
1:24	Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Erik Johnson	0	0
1:28	Erik Johnson hit Sam Reinhart	0	0
2:01	Giveaway by Oliver Ekman-Larsson	0	0
2:02	Connor Clifton shot blocked by Dmitry Kulikov	0	0
2:14	Takeaway by Evan Rodrigues	0	0
2:24	Evan Rodrigues Backhand Wide Left	0	0
2:29	Kevin Stenlund Deflected Wide Left	0	0
2:38	Niko Mikkola Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0
2:40	Goalie Stopped	0	0
2:40	Kyle Okposo faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund	0	0
2:54	Icing	0	0
2:54	Kevin Stenlund faceoff won against Kyle Okposo	0	0
2:59	Puck in Benches	0	0
2:59	Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund	0	0
3:15	Takeaway by Niko Mikkola	0	0
3:26	Owen Power Wrist Shot Wide Left	0	0
3:47	Ryan Lomberg hit Kyle Okposo	0	0
4:12	Erik Johnson hit Nick Cousins	0	0
4:12	Oliver Ekman-Larsson Snap Shot Wide Left	0	0
4:27	Dylan Cozens hit Nick Cousins	0	0
4:39	Dmitry Kulikov hit Casey Mittelstadt	0	0
4:45	Jordan Greenway Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky	0	0
4:47	Goalie Stopped	0	0
4:47	Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Alex Tuch	0	0
4:52	Giveaway by Gustav Forsling	0	0
5:00	Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Left	0	0
5:14	Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Alex Tuch	0	0
5:16	Aleksander Barkov hit Tage Thompson	0	0
5:36	Giveaway by Connor Clifton	0	0
6:03	Icing	0	0
6:03	Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Anton Lundell	0	0
6:08	Erik Johnson Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky	0	0
6:09	Zemgus Girgensons Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky	0	0
6:18	Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0
6:20	Goalie Stopped	0	0
6:20	Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Sam Bennett	0	0
6:44	Zach Benson Holding against Dmitry Kulikov	0	0
6:44	Dmitry Kulikov Interference against Zach Benson	0	0
6:44	Sam Bennett faceoff won against Dylan Cozens	0	0
7:01	Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0
7:20	Icing	0	0
7:20	Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sam Bennett	0	0
7:32	Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky	0	0
7:37	Tage Thompson Wrap-around Wide Right	0	0
7:40	Brandon Montour Hooking against Tage Thompson	0	0
7:40	Kevin Stenlund faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt	0	0
7:57	Tage Thompson hit Aaron Ekblad	0	0
8:10	Jeff Skinner shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad	0	0
8:49	Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Wide Left	0	0
8:54	Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0
9:25	Dylan Cozens Goal (12) Slap Shot, assists: Jordan Greenway (11), Owen Power (17)	1	0
9:25	Sam Bennett faceoff won against Peyton Krebs	1	0
9:52	Matthew Tkachuk Tip-In Wide Left	1	0
10:14	Carter Verhaeghe hit JJ Peterka	1	0
10:25	Oliver Ekman-Larsson hit Peyton Krebs	1	0
10:55	Icing	1	0
10:55	Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons	1	0
11:07	Gustav Forsling hit Kyle Okposo	1	0
11:26	Kyle Okposo Wrist Shot Wide Left	1	0
12:07	Oliver Ekman-Larsson Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	1	0
12:08	Jonah Gadjovich hit Tage Thompson	1	0
12:09	Goalie Stopped	1	0
12:09	Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Anton Lundell	1	0
12:17	Icing	1	0
12:17	Anton Lundell faceoff won against Dylan Cozens	1	0
12:36	Puck in Benches	1	0
12:36	Sam Bennett faceoff won against Peyton Krebs	1	0
12:54	Sam Bennett Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Cousins (5), Brandon Montour (16)	1	1
12:54	Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Tage Thompson	1	1
13:06	Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin	1	1
13:28	Carter Verhaeghe hit Alex Tuch	1	1
13:39	Kevin Stenlund shot blocked by Connor Clifton	1	1
13:40	Puck in Netting	1	1
13:40	Kevin Stenlund faceoff won against Kyle Okposo	1	1
13:49	Kyle Okposo hit Jonah Gadjovich	1	1
13:49	Kevin Stenlund hit Connor Clifton	1	1
14:14	Zemgus Girgensons hit Oliver Ekman-Larsson	1	1
14:25	Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky	1	1
14:27	Goalie Stopped	1	1
14:27	Anton Lundell faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt	1	1
14:49	Anton Lundell hit Rasmus Dahlin	1	1
15:03	Off-side	1	1
15:03	Sam Bennett faceoff won against Peyton Krebs	1	1
15:22	Jacob Bryson High-sticking against Sam Bennett	1	1
15:22	Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Dylan Cozens	1	1
15:29	Brandon Montour Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	1	1
15:36	Matthew Tkachuk Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (31), Brandon Montour (17)	1	2
15:36	Anton Lundell faceoff won against Tage Thompson	1	2
15:50	Henri Jokiharju Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky	1	2
15:55	Goalie Stopped	1	2
15:55	Anton Lundell faceoff won against Jeff Skinner	1	2
16:05	Takeaway by Owen Power	1	2
16:22	Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	1	2
16:24	Goalie Stopped	1	2
16:24	Kevin Stenlund faceoff won against Kyle Okposo	1	2
16:32	Zemgus Girgensons Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky	1	2
16:38	On-Ice Official	1	2
16:38	Kevin Stenlund faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons	1	2
16:52	Zemgus Girgensons hit Ryan Lomberg	1	2
16:59	Kevin Stenlund Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	1	2
17:01	Goalie Stopped	1	2
17:01	Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Sam Bennett	1	2
17:05	Nick Cousins hit Henri Jokiharju	1	2
17:36	Matthew Tkachuk hit Peyton Krebs	1	2
17:36	Sam Bennett hit Zach Benson	1	2
17:37	Takeaway by Peyton Krebs	1	2
17:54	Sam Bennett hit Zach Benson	1	2
18:06	Casey Mittelstadt Wrist Shot Wide Right	1	2
18:28	Dylan Cozens Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky	1	2
18:31	Goalie Stopped	1	2
18:31	Anton Lundell faceoff won against Jeff Skinner	1	2
18:42	Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Gustav Forsling	1	2
18:44	Jeff Skinner Wrist Shot Above Crossbar	1	2
18:46	Goalie Stopped	1	2
18:46	Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sam Bennett	1	2
19:11	Giveaway by Jeff Skinner	1	2
19:21	Dmitry Kulikov hit Tage Thompson	1	2
19:27	Owen Power shot blocked by Nick Cousins	1	2
19:35	Matthew Tkachuk Roughing against Tage Thompson	1	2
19:35	Kyle Okposo faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund	1	2
20:00	End of 1st Period	1	2

Tkachuk scores to give Panthers lead

0:42

Tage Thompson tallies goal vs. Panthers

0:41

Brandon Montour nets power-play goal

0:43

Regular Season Series

FLA leads 2-0

Panthers
4
Sabres
0

Game 1

16/2

Sabres
2
Panthers
3

Game 2

28/2

Sabres
2
Panthers
3

Game 3

13/4

Amerant Bank Arena

12:00 AM, 28 February 2024

Sunrise, FL

Attendance: 18,243

Referees:
TJ Luxmore
Michael Markovic

Linesmen:
Brandon Gawryletz
Kilian McNamara

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	52	24	6	110
Boston	47	20	15	109
Toronto	46	26	10	102
Tampa Bay	45	29	8	98
Detroit	41	32	9	91
Buffalo	39	37	6	84
Ottawa	37	41	4	78
Montreal	30	36	16	76

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