Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Tuesday, February 27, 2024 · Amerant Bank Arena

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2–3

Final

SOG 30–37

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 37-30.

Goals came from Dylan Cozens, Sam Bennett, Matthew Tkachuk, Brandon Montour and Tage Thompson.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 34 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	30
FLA	2	0	1	3	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Dylan Cozens (12)Jordan Greenway (11), Owen Power (17)1–009:25 BUF · PPG
Sam Bennett (14)Nick Cousins (5), Brandon Montour (16)1–112:54 FLA
Matthew Tkachuk (21)Carter Verhaeghe (31), Brandon Montour (17)1–215:36 FLA · PPG

3rd period

Brandon Montour (5)Matthew Tkachuk (46), Sam Reinhart (29)1–309:41 FLA · PPG
Tage Thompson (17)Rasmus Dahlin (30), Alex Tuch (23)2–312:44 BUF

Team stats

BUFFLA

30Shots on goal37

39%Faceoff %61%

1/4Power play2/5

14Penalty minutes12

21Hits41

14Blocked shots11

9Giveaways10

8Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 06:44Zach Benson · holding2 min
1st 06:44Dmitry Kulikov · interference2 min
1st 07:40Brandon Montour · hooking2 min
1st 15:22Jacob Bryson · high sticking2 min
1st 19:35Matthew Tkachuk · roughing2 min
2nd 07:44Connor Clifton · high sticking2 min
2nd 14:23Jordan Greenway · roughing2 min
2nd 14:23Nick Cousins · roughing2 min
2nd 14:23Jordan Greenway · roughing2 min
2nd 17:09Dmitry Kulikov · slashing2 min
3rd 00:31Niko Mikkola · tripping2 min
3rd 09:01Zach Benson · tripping2 min
3rd 09:01Bench · unsportsmanlike conduct bench2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Jordan GreenwayL	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	4	–	14:03
24Dylan CozensC	1	0	1	0	4	3	0	0	50	19:24
72Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	+1	7	2	1	0	43	18:52
89Alex TuchR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	33	21:08
25Owen PowerD	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	–	23:35
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	30:49
9Zach BensonL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	4	–	11:27
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	40	12:21
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	57	10:21
28Zemgus GirgensonsL	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	56	10:38
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	20:00
50Eric RobinsonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:06
53Jeff SkinnerL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	25	19:54
77JJ PeterkaR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	12:39
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	03:31
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	23:32
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	15:31
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	–	14:35

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	L	37	34	3	.919	59:40
31Eric ComrieG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

62Brandon MontourD	1	2	3	+1	5	0	0	2	–	21:00
19Matthew TkachukL	1	1	2	+1	7	2	1	2	–	22:01
9Sam BennettC	1	0	1	+1	3	7	0	0	47	16:53
13Sam ReinhartC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	60	19:00
21Nick CousinsC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	2	2	–	13:27
23Carter VerhaegheC	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	–	14:57
12Jonah GadjovichL	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	08:15
15Anton LundellC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	12:59
16Aleksander BarkovC	0	0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	74	19:36
17Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	100	11:10
27Eetu LuostarinenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	12:57
82Kevin StenlundC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	65	13:37
94Ryan LombergL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	10:04
5Aaron EkbladD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	2	0	–	21:29
7Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	–	16:40
42Gustav ForslingD	0	0	0	-1	4	2	1	0	–	20:53
77Niko MikkolaD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	2	2	–	19:04
91Oliver Ekman-LarssonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	16:35

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41Anthony StolarzG		0	0	0	–	00:00
72Sergei BobrovskyG	W	30	28	2	.933	59:38