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Buffalo Skates Past Florida 3-2 - Recap

It came down to a shootout and Linus Ullmark foiled the opposition in a 3-2 victory for Buffalo over Florida Friday.

Buffalo was an underdog by +119 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Buffalo got goals from Marco Scandella, and Johan Larsson in the victory. Larsson opened the scoring at 19:29 of the second period.

Linus Ullmark turned in a 41-save effort for the Sabres.

Mike Hoffman, and Evgenii Dadonov scored for the Panthers, finding the net behind Linus Ullmark.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 of 32 shots for the Panthers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Buffalo went 0-for-4, while the Panthers were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Buffalo lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 43-32.

Next game, Buffalo takes its act home to face Dallas looking for another win. For Florida, they head on the road to face NY Islanders.