After playing their best game of the young season and earning their first win, the Buffalo Sabres will begin their first small road trip by heading down south to take on a division opponent in the Florida Panthers. It's a battle of two young, talented teams looking to make a bigger impact in the NHL and features plenty of recent top draft picks - Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart, and Rasmus Ristolainen for the Sabres, and Aaron Ekblad and Aleksander Barkov for the Panthers.
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