The Florida Panthers nipped the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a back and forth matinée affair from KeyBank Center to remain undefeated under new head coach Paul Maurice.
Matthew Tkachuk scored Florida’s second goal and combined with Aleksander Barkov to set up Brandon Montour’s eventual game-winner with 2:15 left in the second period.
After Alex Tuch opened the scoring by taking advantage of Marc Staal’s ill-timed tumble to the ice, Colin White evened it up from Eetu Luostarinen and Anton Lundell with 5:57 remaining in the first. White hammered Lupstarinen’s pass past new Buffalo keeper Eric Comrie.