SUNRISE, Fla. - Jack Eichel scored to make it 1-0 entering the third period, but a string of three quick goals by the Florida Panthers proved to be the difference in what ended as a 4-2 loss for the Sabres at BB&T Center on Tuesday.
Jonathan Huberdeau, Jayce Hawryluk and Aleksander Barkov all scored in a span of 2:35 to turn what had been a one-goal Sabres lead into a two-goal deficit early in the third.
Eichel had what would have been his second goal of the game wiped out by an offside challenge later in the period, after which Huberdeau scored again to put the game out of reach. Vladimir Sobotka scored the Sabres' second goal with 7.9 seconds remaining.
Third-period lead slips away in loss to Florida
Eichel, Sobotka score in 4-2 defeat
© Eliot J. Schechter