nhl Game Recap
Florida Skates Past Buffalo 4-3 - Recap
The Sabres came up short Friday against the Panthers, falling 4-3.
Florida was favored by -445 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went PUSH the consensus closing total of 7.0.
Florida got goals from Claude Giroux, Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart, and Patric Hornqvist in the victory. Giroux opened the scoring at 8:25 of the first period.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 of 22 Buffalo shots in the victory.
Jeff Skinner, Mark Pysyk, and Victor Olofsson scored for the Sabres, finding the net behind Sergei Bobrovsky.
Dustin Tokarski stopped 39 of 43 shots for the Sabres, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Florida went 2-for-2, while the Sabres were 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Buffalo lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 43-22.
Florida heads into a battle against the Predators. Buffalo, meanwhile, will have their next action against Tampa Bay.