Panthers clinch postseason spot with 5-3 win over Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jonathan Huberdeau set Florida’s single-season factors report, and the Panthers clinched a playoff berth with a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday.
Huberdeau scored his twenty fourth aim to increase his level streak to eight video games and lift his season whole to 97, another than teammate Aleksander Barkov’s report set in 2019.
Anthony Duclair scored twice because the Panthers (48-15-6) established a franchise report for victories. Successful for the seventh time in eight video games, Florida closed a two-game journey by bettering to 20-9-6 on the street.
MacKenzie Weegar had a aim and an help for Florida. Anton Lundell additionally scored, and Spencer Knight made 26 saves.
Jeff Skinner had a aim and an help for the Sabres, who’re on the cusp of lacking the playoffs for an NHL-record eleventh consecutive season. Tage Thompson and Kyle Okposo additionally scored, and Dustin Tokarski stopped 35 photographs. Buffalo misplaced an eight-game level streak (5-0-3), its longest in three seasons.
SENATORS 5, RED WINGS 2
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Josh Norris scored three objectives for his first profession hat trick and Ottawa accomplished a sweep of its home-and-home sequence with Detroit.
Artem Zub and Nikita Zaitsev additionally scored for the Senators, and Anton Forsberg made 30 saves.
The 22-year-old Norris, who reached the 30-goal milestone for the primary time in his younger NHL profession, additionally scored in Ottawa’s 5-2 victory in Detroit on Friday night time.
Michael Rasmussen and Dylan Larkin scored for the Purple Wings, who’ve misplaced six straight. Thomas Greiss stopped 31 photographs.
The Senators honored late proprietor Eugene Melnyk earlier than the sport. Melnyk, 62, died final Monday after a prolonged sickness.
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