Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, January 3, 2019 · KeyBank Center
FS-F · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at KeyBank Center. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 38-33.
Jeff Skinner scored twice. Tage Thompson, Frank Vatrano, Sam Reinhart, Mike Hoffman and Aleksander Barkov also scored.
Linus Ullmark made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Skinner (27)Sam Reinhart (31)0–104:42 BUF
Tage Thompson (5)Vladimir Sobotka (3), Conor Sheary (8)0–207:15 BUF
2nd period
Frank Vatrano (11)Colton Sceviour (6)1–213:42 FLA
3rd period
Sam Reinhart (9)Lawrence Pilut (4), Zach Bogosian (6)1–301:20 BUF
Mike Hoffman (19)Aleksander Barkov (25), Jonathan Huberdeau (35)2–312:15 FLA · PPG
Jeff Skinner (28)Unassisted2–416:14 BUF
Aleksander Barkov (16)Keith Yandle (27), Aaron Ekblad (8)3–418:31 FLA
Team stats
FLABUF
38Shots on goal33
46%Faceoff %54%
1/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits16
9Blocked shots18
6Giveaways5
1Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 12:42
Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min
- 2nd 09:24
Tage Thompson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:59
Mike Hoffman · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:51
Mark Pysyk · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:26
Aaron Ekblad · slashing2 min
- 3rd 10:33
Kyle Okposo · slashing2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 24:44 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:04 |
| 11Jonathan HuberdeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 22:17 |
| 68Mike HoffmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:55 |
| 72Frank VatranoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:41 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 25:13 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:31 |
| 8Jayce HawrylukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 22Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:49 |
| 62Denis MalginC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:50 |
| 63Evgenii DadonovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:44 |
| 90Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:05 |
| 91Juho LammikkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:58 |
| 95Henrik BorgstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 19Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:25 |
| 52MacKenzie WeegarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 55Bogdan KiselevichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 57:22 |
| 34James ReimerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:25 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:27 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:26 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:17 |
| 24Lawrence PilutD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 14:13 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:21 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:59 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:48 |
| 49C.J. SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 81Remi ElieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:01 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:00 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:01 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | W | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 60:00 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |