It was a historic night in the sports world on Friday.
In the NBA, the Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings combined for 351 points, the second highest scoring game in NBA history.
Goaltender Craig Anderson, #41 of the Buffalo Sabres, celebrates a 3-1 win with teammates Kale Clague, #38, and Jeff Skinner, #53, against the Florida Panthers at FLA Live Arena on February 24, 2023 , in Sunrise, Florida. Florida. (Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images)
In the NHL, more history was made as Buffalo Sabers goalie Craig Anderson he became the oldest goaltender to record 50 or more saves in a single game.
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The 41-year-old goaltender made 53 saves against his former team as the Sabers defeated the Florida Panthers, 3-1.
Anderson made 26 saves in the third quarter as Buffalo moved to the second place wild card in the Eastern Conference.
Goaltender Craig Anderson, #41 of the Buffalo Sabres, warms up before the game against the Florida Panthers at the FLA Live Arena on February 24, 2023 in Sunrise, Florida. (Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)
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«It’s special, for sure. Age is just a number,» Anderson said, via The Buffalo News. «Right now. It’s just about managing the rest and managing your time, so you can have the moments in the game like this.»
«The mind just went off and you started worrying about the next shot,» Anderson said. «And whatever the shot clock has come to, it has come. That’s the best game I’ve played in a long time and so good mentally as far as being sharp and being in the moment.»
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anderson played for the panthers from 2006 to 2009.
Goaltender Craig Anderson, #41 of the Buffalo Sabers, makes a save against Sam Reinhart, #13 of the Florida Panthers, at FLA Live Arena on February 24, 2023 in Sunrise, Florida. (Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images)
«Outstanding,» Sabers head coach Don Granato said. «He makes it look easy, he reads the plays, he reads the shooters, he obviously knows how we play and he knows the prescout, how they’re going to play and what’s in store for him. And you can see the calm as a result.»
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Buffalo currently has the longest postseason drought in the NHL, not making the Stanley Cup playoffs since the 2011 season.