Florida Panthers hold off Buffalo Sabres in a tight finish

That brings us to the end of a first period — Florida Panthers 1, Buffalo Sabres 0. Buffalo Sabres edged the shot clock 11-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Nathan Walker opened the scoring for Florida Panthers at 3:33.

Joseph Woll was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Buffalo Sabres went 0-for-2.

Buffalo Sabres owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Florida Panthers 1, Buffalo Sabres 0. Florida Panthers edged the shot clock 10-8, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Claude Giroux extended the lead for Florida Panthers at 15:31.

Jordan Binnington was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Buffalo Sabres went 0-for-1.

Buffalo Sabres owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Florida Panthers 0, Buffalo Sabres 1. Buffalo Sabres edged the shot clock 10-3, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Noel Acciari cut the deficit for Buffalo Sabres at 14:12.

Joseph Woll was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Buffalo Sabres went 0-for-1.

Buffalo Sabres owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.