Mittelstadt seals Sabres 3-2 shootout win over Panthers

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On a night the Buffalo Sabres' top scorers were held in check, Kyle Okposo and his line of grinders came to the rescue. Okposo set up both goals in regulation before Jack Eichel and Casey Mittelstadt scored in the shootout to help Buffalo match its best start to a season in 10 years with a 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday night. ''I've never seen a bench cheer so much for another line having success,'' coach Ralph Krueger said of how his so-called energy line scored goals 2:33 apart spanning the second intermission to stake Buffalo to a 2-0 lead.

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