Sabres Skewer Defending Champs

This is what we have been waiting for

Sabres 5 (en) – Panthers 2  The Florida Panthers are enduring injury, illness, and playing without their number one goaltender in net, and that was all the opportunity the Sabers required to win big at home for victory number one.

Head Coach Ruff insists that this is how the Sabres play and I believe him, the only time Buffalo did not look good last night was during the Panthers’ first goal nine minutes into the game.

It took “Get out of the Way” Greenway who just manned his way to the front of the Florida net to score and Mr. Thompson’s goal 81 seconds apart to tie the game and then take the lead with less than three minutes remaining in the first period.

The Sabres score early and late in the second period to take the commanding 4-1 lead before the Panthers get a tip in goal from some of their top players in the last couple minutes of the period to get within two.

With barely over one minute left in the game Mr. Tuch with a great read and takeaway snaps a high wrist shot into the empty net from along the dasher boards for the 5-2 final score.

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