| Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 5 |
| Florida | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 |
First Period_1, Florida, Vilmanis 2 (Mikkola, Greer), 0:37. 2, Florida, Rodrigues 10 (Reinhart, Bjornfot), 5:54. 3, Buffalo, Thompson 29 (Dahlin, Krebs), 15:03. 4, Buffalo, Krebs 7 (Dahlin, Tuch), 18:26. Penalties_None.
Second Period_5, Buffalo, Benson 7 (McLeod, Power), 5:44. 6, Florida, Balinskis 4 (Verhaeghe, Reinhart), 18:59 (pp). Penalties_McLeod, BUF (Delay of Game), 3:36; Petry, FLA (Tripping), 12:51; Quinn, BUF (Slashing), 17:11.
Third Period_7, Buffalo, Zucker 14 (Quinn, Doan), 5:31 (pp). 8, Buffalo, Doan 17 (Krebs, McLeod), 17:51. Penalties_Ekblad, FLA (Holding), 0:35; Schwindt, FLA (Hooking), 5:19; Dahlin, BUF (Tripping), 12:15; Byram, BUF (Slashing), 13:08.
Shots on Goal_Buffalo 8-6-6_20. Florida 8-19-14_41.
Power-play opportunities_Buffalo 1 of 3; Florida 1 of 4.
Goalies_Buffalo, Lyon 14-7-3 (41 shots-38 saves). Florida, Bobrovsky 20-17-1 (20-15).
A_19,474 (19,250). T_2:32.
Referees_Chris Rooney, Brandon Schrader. Linesmen_Scott Cherrey, Jonny Murray.