Gets no help against Cats

Vitek Vanecek stopped all 21 shots he faced in his Florida debut, and the Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-0. A.J.

Florida wrapped up their five-game homestand on Saturday night with a fifth straight win, taking down the Buffalo Sabres by a 4-0 final score. On this night, it was Florida’s new-look fourth line that got things started for the Cats.

An early-period, post-whistle scrum resulted in a fight between Dunne and Greer. Dunne, listed at 6-foot-4, got a few solid punches in before he and the 6-foot-3 Greer dragged one another to the ice. The sequence also yielded an Aaron Ekblad roughing penalty which resulted in an unsuccessful Sabres power play.

The Buffalo Sabres played a blah game on Saturday and it resulted in a 4-0 loss to the Florida Panthers. Vitek Vanecek has made a career out of beating the Sabres, but this 21 save shutout likely was the easiest of his career.

Luukkonen has lost three straight games, allowing 14 goals on 81 shots in losses to Montreal, San Jose and Tampa Bay. Luukkonen is 20-19-4 with a pair of shutouts, a 3.14 GAA and an .890 save percentage across 45 appearances this season. The Panthers are averaging 3.25 goals per game in 2024-25, eighth in the NHL.

Stephenson added a short-handed goal with 22 seconds remaining in the period. Owen Tippett scored his 19th goal for Philadelphia in the first period. Samuel Ersson had 28 saves.

The Florida Panthers got a big 4-0 shutout win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night at the Amerant Bank Arena. With the win, the Panthers extended their winning streak to six games.

There was a whole lot of nothing going on for the Buffalo Sabres Saturday in their 4-0 loss to the Florida Panthers in Amerant Bank Arena.

With Jordan Greenway and Jiri Kulich sidelined due to illness, Isak Rosen (12:51 TOI) and Josh Dunne (7:16) joined the lineup after being recalled from Rochester earlier in the day. Dunne’s appearance marked his Sabres debut and his first NHL game since April 11, 2023.

Vitek Vanecek made 21 saves in his Panthers debut, and defenseman Nate Schmidt provided two primary assists as Florida defeated the visiting Buffalo Sabres, 4-0, on Saturday night in Sunrise, Fla.

The Sabres have lost seven games this year when leading by two or more goals at some point. Four of the seven have been in regulation.