At the Horn | BUF 5 - FLA 3

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers, 5-3, on Monday at KeyBank Center.

A back-and-forth contest saw Noah Östlund give Buffalo the lead for good with 12:45 remaining in the third period – the Sabres’ second power-play goal of the afternoon. Tage Thompson then added on to give the Sabres (3-3-0) their first multi-goal lead in six games.

Forwards Josh Doan and Ryan McLeod both scored their first goals of the season, and Olen Zellweger picked up his first Sabres point with a primary assist to McLeod.

Colten Ellis started in net for Buffalo – his third start in the last four games – but was pulled after allowing two goals on nine shots. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen entered and stopped 13 of 14 shots for the win.

Rasmus Dahlin scored a goal, his second, before exiting with an upper-body injury, last leaving the ice with 16:16 remaining in the second period. He's considered day to day and won't play Tuesday in Montreal.

Statistics

Scoring summary

FLA 0 – BUF 1 | Period 1, 5:58 – Josh Doan (1) from Peyton Krebs (3)

FLA 1 – BUF 1 | Period 1, 11:00 – Anton Lundell (1) from Aaron Ekblad (2) and Sandis Vilmanis (1)

FLA 1 – BUF 2 | Period 1, 15:55 (PP) – Rasmus Dahlin (2) from Jack Quinn (1) and Tage Thompson (3)

FLA 2 – BUF 2 | Period 2, 6:25 (PP) – Sam Reinhart (1) from Seth Jones (1) and Matthew Tkachuk (2)

FLA 2 – BUF 3 | Period 2, 11:25 – Ryan McLeod (1) from Olen Zellweger (1) and Owen Power (5)

FLA 3 – BUF 3 | Period 2, 13:39 (PP) – Sam Reinhart (2) from Brady Tkachuk (1) and Seth Jones (2)

FLA 3 – BUF 4 | Period 3, 7:15 (PP) – Noah Östlund (2) from Zach Benson (2) and Jack Quinn (2)

FLA 3 – BUF 5 | Period 3, 13:20 – Tage Thompson (4) from Owen Power (6) and Peyton Krebs (4)

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Up next

The Sabres hit the road for a three-game trip to Montreal, Toronto and Montreal again. Tuesday’s puck drop at the Canadiens is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., with MSG’s pregame coverage starting at 6.