Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Thursday, December 2, 2021 · FLA Live Arena
MSG-B · BSFL
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–4 on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at FLA Live Arena. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 45–31.
Vinnie Hinostroza scored twice, Aaron Ekblad scored twice and Anton Lundell scored twice. Dylan Cozens, Lucas Carlsson, Casey Mittelstadt, Sam Reinhart and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored.
Spencer Knight made 19 saves on 19 shots for the win; Aaron Dell stopped 38 of 43.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Vinnie Hinostroza (3)Rasmus Dahlin (12), Cody Eakin (4)1–003:21 BUF
Dylan Cozens (7)Kyle Okposo (10)2–007:41 BUF
Vinnie Hinostroza (4)Dylan Cozens (7)3–014:25 BUF
2nd period
Lucas Carlsson (1)Jonathan Huberdeau (17), Sam Reinhart (9)3–109:57 FLA
Casey Mittelstadt (1)Rasmus Asplund (8), Henri Jokiharju (2)4–111:16 BUF
Sam Reinhart (6)Lucas Carlsson (2), Jonathan Huberdeau (18)4–212:32 FLA
Aaron Ekblad (7)Jonathan Huberdeau (19), Sam Reinhart (10)4–315:40 FLA
3rd period
Aaron Ekblad (8)MacKenzie Weegar (13), Jonathan Huberdeau (20)4–401:07 FLA ·
Anton Lundell (4)Carter Verhaeghe (10), Aaron Ekblad (15)4–508:05 FLA
Jonathan Huberdeau (8)Sam Reinhart (11)4–618:37 FLA ·
Anton Lundell (5)Carter Verhaeghe (11), MacKenzie Weegar (14)4–719:55 FLA ·
Team stats
BUFFLA
3145
52%48%
0/31/3
88
1516
2015
1819
214
Penalties
- 1:09 into the first period
Henri Jokiharju · hooking2 min
- 18:13 into the second period
Mark Pysyk · roughing2 min
- 18:54 into the second period
Patric Hornqvist · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:54 into the second period
Kyle Okposo · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:53 into the second period
Henri Jokiharju · hooking2 min
- 3:57 into the third period
Jonathan Huberdeau · tripping2 min
- 8:53 into the third period
Aaron Ekblad · holding2 min
- 16:15 into the third period
Eetu Luostarinen · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 24Dylan CozensC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:20 |
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 11:40 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:07 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 15:03 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 19:02 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:45 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:06 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 25:14 |
| 17Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:45 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 19:15 |
| 57Brett MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 72Tage ThompsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 18:49 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:05 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:18 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 80Aaron DellG | L | 43 | 5 | .884 |
Florida Panthers
| 11Jonathan HuberdeauL | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 13Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 2 | 18:00 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 28:51 |
| 15Anton LundellC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 15:59 |
| 23Carter VerhaegheC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 32Lucas CarlssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 52MacKenzie WeegarD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 30:01 |
| 9Sam BennettC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 19:14 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 08:00 |
| 27Eetu LuostarinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 70Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:42 |
| 74Owen TippettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 09:14 |
| 77Frank VatranoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11:17 |
| 94Ryan LombergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 98Maxim MaminC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:37 |
| 7Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 |
| 8Matt KierstedD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 09:23 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Spencer KnightG | W | 19 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | 12 | 4 | .667 |