After tough one-goal losses in Pittsburgh and Toronto, the Florida Panthers suffered their worst defeat of the season so far, falling 3-0 to the last place Buffalo Sabres in a Saturday matinee at KeyBank Center.
Anders Nilsson stopped all 33 Florida shots for his first shutout since he blanked the New Jersey Devils back on March 4, 2012.
The Sabres opened the scoring 7:47 into the tilt when veteran Brian Gionta found Johan Larsson in the right faceoff. Larsson beat Roberto Luongo with a wrist for his first of the season. Marcus Foligno picked up the secondary assist on the play.