The Florida Panthers opened its holiday homestand with an exciting, and historic, 4-3 shootout win over the Buffalo Sabres on Star Wars night at the BB&T Center.
Jaromir Jagr assisted on all three goals in regulation to tie Mark Messier for second place in all-time NHL scoring with 1,887 points, and goaltender Roberto Luongo tied the legendary Terry Sawchuk for fifth all-time in wins at 447.
The Cats dominated the first period, out-shooting the Sabres 16-4, and came up with the frame’s only goal at the 16:09 mark. Aleksander Barkov notched his eighth when knocked his own rebound by Robin Lehner after taking a centering feed from Jagr.