Florida 4, Buffalo 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 23, 2010
Where: HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York
Referees:
Greg Kimmerly, Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Brad Kovachik, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance:
18690
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Chris Higgins scored two goals and Stephen Weiss scored and added an assist to lead the visiting Florida Panthers to a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.
Jason Garrison scored his second goal of the season at 14:53 of the third period to snap a 3-3 tie after the Panthers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period. Tomas Vokoun made 39 saves to pick up his 13th win of the year.
Higgins opened the scoring with his fourth of the year just 70 seconds into the game from Evgeny Dadonov. Weiss made it 2-0 on the power play with his 10th of the season at 12:09 before Higgins buried his second of the night less than two minutes later with Weiss drawing an assist.
Jordan Leopold cut Florida’s lead with his eighth goal of the season 5:44 from Jason Pominville and Jochen Hecht before Pominville scored his sixth on the power play less than three minutes later. Leopold struck again at the 12:21 mark to tie the game heading into the third period.
Ryan Miller made 24 saves in a losing effort.
Top Game Performances
| Florida |
|
Buffalo |
|
Chris Higgins 2 |
Points |
Jordan Leopold 2 |
|
Chris Higgins 2 |
Goals |
Jordan Leopold 2 |
|
Evgeny Dadonov 2 |
Assists |
Tyler Myers 2 |
|
Stephen Weiss 1 |
Power Play Goals |
Jason Pominville 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Tomas Vokoun .938 |
Save Percentage |
Ryan Miller .862 |
|
Tomas Vokoun 45 |
Saves |
Ryan Miller 25 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Florida
|
29 |
4 |
1-4 |
4-5 |
14 |
35 |
| Buffalo
|
48 |
3 |
1-5 |
3-4 |
22 |
26 |
Upcoming Games
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Buffalo will play their next game on the road against Calgary. The Sabres have a W/L % of .267 after a win and .500 after a loss.
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Florida will play their next game at home against Boston. The Panthers have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .647 after a loss.
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