Panthers 1 - 2 Sabres
Final - OT
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Pominville's OT tally lifts Buffalo over Panthers

Dec 10, 2011 - 5:23 AM Buffalo, NY (Sports Network) - Jason Pominville scored the game-winner 2:19 into overtime as the Buffalo Sabres took a 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers.

Derek Roy netted the other goal for the Sabres, who got 22 saves from Ryan Miller.

"It's nice to get a win at home, and to do it in overtime is even sweeter," Pominville said.

The Sabres had lost six of their last seven games at home before Friday night's game.

Jason Garrison tallied the lone goal for the Panthers, who failed to secure their first four-game winning streak since 2008.

Florida also attempted to take the points lead in the Eastern Conference with a win. The Panthers haven't held first place in the East after October since Feb. 12, 1997.

Scott Clemmensen stopped 18-of-20 shots in defeat.

"There's a large amount of disappointment," Panthers head coach Kevin Dineen said. "We're proud of the fact that we're playing stingy on defense, but at the end of the day we still have things to clean up."

In the overtime, Paul Szczechura made a fantastic pass ahead to Pominville, who broke free down the ice. He deked a few times before finishing with a wrister into the lower-right corner.

Roy broke free on a breakaway to put the Sabres on the board first as his wrister from the slot trickled past Clemmensen with 2:10 left in the first period.

Christian Ehrhoff committed a roughing penalty, and Jochen Hecht was called for holding 10 seconds later to give the Panthers 1:50 of 5-on-3 hockey late in the second period.

Florida took advantage to even the game. Tomas Fleischmann controlled the disc from behind the net before firing a pass to Garrison, who rifled a one-time slap shot from the left circle into the back of the net with 4:12 left in the frame.

Game Notes

This is the second opportunity this season that the Panthers had a chance to win their fourth straight. Florida lost 2-1 in overtime against Tampa Bay on November 25...Buffalo went 0-for-5 on the power play...The Panthers haven't won four in a row since the club recorded a franchise record seven-game winning stretch from March 2-16, 2008.






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