Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 20, 2016 · BB&T Center
FS-F · MSG-B
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at BB&T Center. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 39-36.
Goals came from Aleksander Barkov, Keith Yandle, Sam Reinhart, Evander Kane, Rasmus Ristolainen and Nick Bjugstad.
Roberto Luongo made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 36 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Aleksander Barkov (8)Jaromir Jagr (11), Jason Demers (8)0–116:09 FLA
2nd period
Keith Yandle (2)Aleksander Barkov (16), Jaromir Jagr (12)0–212:14 FLA · PPG
Sam Reinhart (7)Rasmus Ristolainen (20), Ryan O'Reilly (11)1–215:45 BUF · PPG
Evander Kane (6)Brian Gionta (7), Cody Franson (7)2–216:55 BUF
3rd period
Rasmus Ristolainen (3)Sam Reinhart (10)3–212:19 BUF
Nick Bjugstad (1)Aleksander Barkov (17), Jaromir Jagr (13)3–316:09 FLA
SO period
Vincent TrocheckUnassisted3–400:00 FLA
Team stats
BUFFLA
36Shots on goal39
47%Faceoff %53%
1/3Power play1/4
15Penalty minutes13
14Hits19
10Blocked shots10
7Giveaways8
7Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 10:23
Aaron Ekblad · cross checking2 min - 1st 19:08
Johan Larsson · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 2nd 03:24Jakub Kindl · interference2 min
- 2nd 07:12Evander Kane · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 10:57Zach Bogosian · slashing2 min
- 2nd 14:25Jason Demers · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 17:27Paul Thompson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 17:27William Carrier · roughing2 min
- 2nd 17:27Marcus Foligno · fighting5 min
- 2nd 17:27Shawn Thornton · fighting5 min
- 3rd 16:40Sam Reinhart · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:36 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28:57 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22:02 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:54 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:16 |
| 6Cody FransonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:09 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 20:35 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:51 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:27 |
| 27Derek GrantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:57 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:17 |
| 48William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:59 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:48 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 77Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 24:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anders NilssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | O | 39 | 36 | 3 | .923 | 65:00 |
Florida Panthers
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 19:24 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 24:34 |
| 55Jason DemersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:20 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 15Paul ThompsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:51 |
| 17Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:27 |
| 18Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:55 |
| 21Vincent TrocheckC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:44 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:08 |
| 24Seth GriffithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 15:52 |
| 62Denis MalginC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:06 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:18 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 19Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:07 |
| 46Jakub KindlD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | W | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 65:00 |
| 34James ReimerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |