At The Final Horn | Early lead for Sabres erased by Panthers on the road

For the second night in a row, the Buffalo Sabres saw a 3-1 lead evaporate. On Friday against the Florida Panthers at FLA Live Arena, the Sabres allowed three unanswered goals with the game-winner going in with 37.3 seconds remaining in a 4-3 loss.
Jeff Skinner scored his 30th goal of the season and extended his personal point streak to five games. He has hit the 30-goal plateau for the fifth time in his career.
Victor Olofsson and Mark Pysyk also scored for Buffalo while Dustin Tokarski made 39 saves.
The Panthers, however, came out on top thanks to Sam Bennett's tally in the final minute of regulation. Claude Giroux, Patric Hornqvist and Sam Reinhart were Florida's other goal scorers. Sergei Bobrovsky needed to make only 19 saves to earn the victory.
Buffalo's power play finished 1-for-4 and the penalty kill was 0-for-2.

How it happened

Buffalo opened the scoring with one second left on a power-play opportunity when Olofsson stepped into a shot and beat Bobrovsky at the 6:27 mark of the opening period.
Florida tied things up 8:25 in on their first chance with the man advantage. Giroux one-timed a pass in from a tough angle along the goal line

On the next shift, Pysyk's wrist shot from the point when off the leg of MacKenzie Weegar and in past Bobrovsky. The two goals were scored 20 seconds apart.
With 4:25 left in the first, Skinner lifted a backhand in to make it 3-1.
On a delayed penalty call 9:30 into the second period, a shot attempt by Hornqvist from behind the net deflected off Tokarski and in to put Florida within one.
And on a power play with 5:40 to go in the second, Reinhart deflected in a Barkov shot to tie the game.
The Sabres were outshot 16-3 in the middle frame, and 43-22 overall.
Bennett completed a pretty passing play set up by Aleksander Barkov with 37.3 seconds remaining to give Florida the win.

Roll the highlight film

Here's Skinner's goal:

Worthy of a mention

• Buffalo has two players with at least 30 goals on the roster (Skinner and Thompson) for the first time since 2010-11 when Thomas Vanek (32) and Drew Stafford (31) both hit that mark.

• The Sabres signed first-overall pick Owen Power to a three-year, entry-level contract Friday afternoon. The 19-year-old defenseman saw his college season come to an end with the Michigan Wolverines' 3-2 overtime loss to Denver in the Frozen Four on Thursday.
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Power is expected to join the team tomorrow in Tampa and will likely make his NHL debut Tuesday night in Toronto. Buffalo's next home game is Thursday against St. Louis. Tickets are on sale now.

Coming up

Buffalo's road trip continues Sunday evening when the Sabres take on the Lightning at Amalie Arena.
Faceoff from Tampa is set for 5 p.m. on MSG and WGR 550. Pregame coverage on MSG starts at 4:30.