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Sabres lock up another triumph

‘"The biggest thing is when we have leads to be better with leads," Sabres right wing Jason Pominville said. "We’ve done a better job and hopefully learned from that tough one we lost the other night."’

Stafford snaps out of scoring slump

‘”It’s huge for me, especially missing a couple games there with another muscle thing,” said Stafford, who leads the team with 28 goals. “It’s frustrating. I’m not going to lie. At the same time, it’s just a matter of sticking with it and doing the other things to help this team contribute to winning. You never know when you’re going to get a bounce. You have to be ready for it and tonight I happened to get a couple.”‘

Stafford sparks Sabres to 4-2 win over Panthers

‘“Once you get that one goal, the crowd gets into it and the momentum shifts,” Pominville said. “And then we got another one off the bat, and the building kind of exploded. It’s a fun building to play in when it gets like that.”’

Buffalo 4, Florida 2

‘”Every game is going to be real tight,” Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff said of the stretch run. “We’re going to have to play real sound defensively.”‘

The aftermath: Sabres 4, Panthers 2

‘Drew Stafford scored two goals and added an assist to reach 45 points for the season, tying the career-high he set in 2008-09. He now has a team-leading 28 goals on the season. Stafford’s first goal of the game was also his first since March 6 and broke a 1-1 tie in the second period as he was somehow able to get his stick on a pass from Brad Boyes in front of the crease. His second goal came in the third period when he knocked in a Tyler Ennis rebound, and occurred just 13 seconds after Jordan Leopold had scored a power play goal to put Buffalo ahead, 3-1.’