Panthers 5, Sabres 1
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Five Florida players scored, leading the Panthers to a 5-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.
Right winger Jaromir Jagr, center Derek Mackenzie, center Corban Knight, left winger Jonathan Huberdeau and center Brandon Pirri scored for Florida (24-12-4). The Panthers extended their franchise-best winning streak to 10 games.
Goalie Roberto Luongo made 31 saves.
Center Ryan O'Reilly scored for the Sabres (15-21-4), who lost their fifth game in a row. Goalie Linus Ullmark made 22 saves.
Jagr opened the scoring 9:43 into the game on his 14th goal of the season. After Huberdeau skated past Sabres center Sam Reinhart at the blue line, Huberdeau found Jagr to his right, and the veteran winger scored on a one-timer to the glove side.
The goal was the 736th for Jagr, leaving him five away from tying Brett Hull for third all time.
O'Reilly evened the score 2:44 into the second period on the power play thanks to a pretty setup by Jack Eichel. The rookie center fed a wide-open O'Reilly with a no-look, backhand pass, and O'Reilly finished a one-timer for his 16th goal of the year.
Eichel extended his point streak to four games (two goals, four assists), and he has 12 points in his last eight games.
Mackenzie gave Florida a 2-1 lead at 8:54 of the second period. Mackenzie finished a two-on-one rush by burying a hard wrist shot into the top right corner of the net. It was his fourth goal of the season.
Knight made it 3-1 at 5:35 of the third. After some strong work by center Quinton Howden down low, Howden found Knight all alone in the slot, and Knight quickly finished his second goal of the season.
Huberdeau made it 4-1 with 3:54 remaining by converting on a breakaway. Huberdeau beat Ullmark with a deke to his forehand.
Pirri added an empty-net goal with 1:21 remaining.
NOTES: The Sabres scratched D Mike Weber. ... The Panthers scratched LW Shawn Thornton and C Dave Bolland. ... Sabres LW Nicolas Deslauriers will miss three to five weeks with a lower-body injury. He suffered the injury in Buffalo's 4-3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. ... With Deslauriers injured, the Sabres recalled forward Tim Schaller from the AHL's Rochester Americans. Schaller had two assists in six games during his first recall with the team earlier this season and has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in 18 games for Rochester this season. ... This was the third of four meetings between the Sabres and Panthers this season. Their final meeting takes place Feb. 9 in Buffalo.