IN TROUBLE: Sabres erased Florida's two-goal lead quickly as the Cats lost another center to injury

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) brought in Florida Panthers Historian Francisco Oporta(@FLACatsHistory) to break down the Panthers 5-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres, where the Panthers got off to a great start, getting the first two goals of the game, and by the time we got to the final five minutes, the Sabres were able to erase the Panthers lead. Sabres were able to get up in transition with connecting on stretch passes out of their own end, which led to the goals. Florida was still able to control play, but one mistake by Sergei Bobrovsky after the aPanthers killed off a penalty had them chasing a game, again. Florida was able to tie it at three on the power play before the end of the second period, and even had a chance to tie the game at four having 1:07 of 5-on-3 time, and not being able to convert after losing multiple draws. Sam Bennett did not play in the final 40 minutes of the game and there was no update postgame, so there is not a single center from the 2025 Stanley Cup team who finished the game on Monday night. The losing streak is now at four, and it leaves the Panthers in a world of trouble with two games left. Even a sweep of the next two games does not put them back in the playoff conversation, so what are the expectations from here on out? We discuss all of this and more on today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast: Your Team, Every Day.

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