At the Horn | Panthers 4 - Sabres 3

The Buffalo Sabres lost 4-3 to the Florida Panthers on Monday at KeyBank Center.

The game was tied through two periods before Anton Lundell scored the go-ahead goal for Florida with 8:53 remaining in the third.

Jacob Bryson, Zach Benson and Alex Tuch scored Buffalo’s goals.

Colten Ellis got the net for Buffalo and made 28 saves on 31 shots.

Sabres coach Lindy Ruff coached his 1,900th NHL game, third most all-time behind Scotty Bowman (2,141) and Florida’s Paul Maurice (1,975). Those 1,900 include 1,291 with Buffalo.

Statistics

Scoring summary

FLA 1, BUF 0 | Period 1, 2:35 (PP) – Sam Reinhart (24) from Uvis Balinskis (7) and Carter Verhaeghe (19)

FLA 1, BUF 1 | Period 1, 10:19 – Jacob Bryson (2) from Ryan McLeod (18) and Zach Metsa (1)

FLA 2, BUF 1 | Period 1, 15:11 – A.J. Greer (8) from Sam Bennett (18) and Carter Verhaeghe (20)

FLA 2, BUF 2 | Period 2, 17:57 – Zach Benson (5) from Tage Thompson (20)

FLA 3, BUF 2 | Period 3, 11:07 – Anton Lundell (14) from Eeti Luostarinen (15) and Gustav Forsling (15)

FLA 4, BUF 2 | Period 3, 18:46 (EN) – A.J. Greer (9) from Carter Verhaeghe (21) and Sam Bennett (19)

FLA 4, BUF 3 | Period 3, 19:46 – Alex Tuch (15) from Bowen Byram (15) and Rasmus Dahlin (26)

Dunne drops the gloves

Sabres forward Josh Dunne fought the Panthers' Donovan Sebrango late in the second period. Just 1:22 later, Zach Benson scored the tying goal. Dunne also fought Florida's A.J. Greer last March.

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