Dawn, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk snapped a tie in the opening moment of the third interval, and the Florida Panthers topped the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Tuesday night for their fourth consecutive victory.
Aaron Ekblad also scored for Florida, and Alex Lyon manufactured 40 saves for his fourth straight acquire.
It is the longest win streak of the year for the Panthers (40-31-7), who moved into a tie with the New York Islanders for the major place in the Japanese Meeting wild-card standings. Florida owns the very first tiebreaker mainly because of its restrictions wins.
Pittsburgh is a single place guiding Florida and New York with 4 video games remaining for each individual crew.
Dylan Cozens scored for Buffalo, which had received 4 of five. Devon Levi, a seventh-spherical decide on by Florida in the 2020 draft, manufactured 34 saves in his to start with decline in two NHL starts.
The Sabres (37-32-7) are six details guiding the Panthers and Islanders. The Sabres have 6 games remaining.
Cozens scored on a Buffalo electricity enjoy 8:58 into the very first period. It was his 29th target of the season.
Ekblad tied it with a electricity-participate in objective with 4:13 remaining in the to start with. Ekblad’s shot clipped the goal cage and deflected off Levi on its way to the back again of the net.
Soon after a scoreless second, Tkachuk deflected in a Brandon Montour shot from within the blue line 59 seconds into the third.
Value NOTING
With his help on Cozens’ goal, Tage Thompson became the 10th participant in Sabres record to hit 90 details in a solitary season. He is the initial to carry out the feat due to the fact Daniel Briere had 95 details for the duration of the 2006-07 time. … Florida was once again without having the companies of G Sergei Bobrovsky (sickness) and C Sam Bennett (lower-physique harm). Bobrovsky has missed the past four online games for Florida Bennett the earlier eight.
UP Next
Sabres: Pay a visit to the Detroit Pink Wings on Thursday evening.
Panthers: Host the Ottawa Senators on Thursday evening.
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