At the Horn | Panthers 5 - Sabres 2

The Buffalo Sabres fell to the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Monday night at KeyBank Center, snapping the team's three-game win streak.

Jason Zucker and Rasmus Dahlin scored goals for Buffalo while Owen Power, Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka each had an assist. Thompson's assist extended his point streak to seven games. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made his seventh start of the season and stopped 25 shots in the loss.

Jesper Boqvist, Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Bennett and Aleksander Barkov scored for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves on 28 shots.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Period

Florida scored twice in 57 seconds to a carry a 2-0 lead into the second intermission.

Boqvist opened the scoring with a shot on the rush at the 11:01 mark. The Panthers drew a penalty on the following shift and Barkov delivered a no-look, backhand pass from the end boards to set up Reinhart's goal on the ensuing power play.

Second Period

The Sabres bounced back with two goals to even the game before Florida went back on top.

After a high sticking penalty on the Panthers, Buffalo went on the power play. Thompson won the ensuing faceoff, received a return pass from Peterka, and took a shot that was deflected in out of mid-air by Zucker for the Sabres' second power-play goal in the last two games.

Nearly two minutes later, Dahlin received a pass at the blue line, skated into the slot and shoveled the puck past Bobrovsky’s pad for Buffalo’s second goal.

Florida answered with 3:16 left in the period after Tkachuk’s shot deflected off Luukkonen’s pad to Verhaeghe for a tap-in, leaving Buffalo with a one-goal deficit heading into the final frame.

Third Period

Two goals in the third period iced the game for Florida.

Sam Bennett scored the Florida's second power play goal of the game at the 5:25 mark and just more than a minute later, Aleksander Barkov made it 5-2 Panthers.

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Buffalo starts the month of November with a matchup against the New York Islanders on Friday night at KeyBank Center. Tickets are available **here**. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. on MSG and WGR550.