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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- After getting booed off the ice in their last home game, the Buffalo Sabres received a standing ovation from the crowd at KeyBank Center on Saturday.Anders Nilsson made 33 saves in his second NHL shutout and Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist for Buffalo in a 3-0 victory over the Florida Panthers.Johan Larsson and Kyle Okposo also scored and the Sabres (2-3-2) snapped a four-game winless streak with their first home victory.Buffalo had one goal in its first two home games, but scored in all three periods Saturday.Thats the way we have to play, Reinhart said. Right from the start with that mentality, and thats been the struggle this year. To finally come out with a big push in the first and continue that with all four lines was important for us tonight.Roberto Luongo stopped 22 shots for Florida. The Panthers (3-4-1) have lost five of six and are winless in the first three of a four-game road trip.Its the first game Im really disappointed, Panthers coach Gerard Gallant said. I thought we played well all season long. Tonight we didnt play well enough, we werent even close to winning that hockey game.Nilsson, starting his third straight game in place of Robin Lehner, made 13 saves in the third period. Floridas Vincent Trocheck shot high on a penalty shot with 57 seconds left in the third period.This was the first shutout for Nilsson since March 4, 2012, during his rookie season with the Edmonton Oilers.Of course, thats always nice, but I think the most important thing is the two points we got tonight, Nilsson said. Thats huge for us and it means a lot for our confidence.The Sabres scored twice on the power play while killing four penalties. The Panthers had a power-play goal in each of their last four games.Ultimately, it comes down to we werent able to find one on the power play and get that jump or spark that we needed, Panthers defenseman Keith Yandle said.The Sabres took a 1-0 lead on Larssons first goal of the year. Marcus Foligno pushed the puck into the corner where Brian Gionta sent a backhand pass to Larsson in the right circle while falling down. Larsson lifted a wrist shot over Luongos glove.Okposo scored on the power play to make it 2-0 in the second period. Luongo stopped Reinharts deflection of Rasmus Ristolainens shot from above the right circle. Okposo lunged at the rebound off the crossbar and slipped a backhander under Luongos blocker for his second goal of the season.Colton Sceviours tripping penalty put the Sabres on the power play.A hooking penalty on Jaromir Jagr led to Reinharts power play goal with 11:12 left in the game. Reinharts pass from behind the net bounced in off the skate of Florida defenseman Mark Pysyk, a former Sabre. It was Reinharts first goal of the season.UP NEXTFlorida: at Detroit on Sunday.Buffalo: at Winnipeg on Sunday.INJURYBuffalo F Nicolas Deslauriers was hurt in a play along the boards and was being evaluated. The team did not specify what sort of injury.NOTESF Shawn Thornton and D Steven Kampfer entered the Panthers lineup for the first time this season. Rookies D Michael Matheson and C Kyle Rau were healthy scratches. LW Jussi Jokinen missed his fourth straight game with a lower body injury. ... Lehner dressed as the backup after missing two games with an illness. Lehner practiced Friday and said he expects to start the next game on Sunday. C Jack Eichel (high ankle sprain) and LW Evander Kane (cracked ribs) are both progressing in their rehabilitation but are not yet ready to practice, coach Dan Bylsma said Friday. ... 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is preparing for a strenuous workout with the next Summer Olympics headed her way.The practice started when she received the Olympic flag Sunday in the official handover ceremony from her Rio counterpart, Mayor Eduardo Paes.I hope the flag is not too heavy, she joked the day before. Although I have trained my muscles to receive it properly.The next three Olympics are in Asian countries that have already held games: Tokyos Summer Games in 2020, sandwiched between Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018 and in Beijing in 2022.This will come as a relief to the International Olympic Committee after two trying games in Sochi, Russia, and Rio.That doesnt mean theyll be easy, particularly for Tokyo.I dont think that you can ever relax, said John Coates, the IOC member who heads the inspection team for Tokyo. There are some big issues, even for Tokyo.Heres a look at some of them.---THE COSTSThe new national stadium is an example of Tokyos rising costs -- or underestimating costs. The original bill was expected to be $1 billion, but the price soared to three times that much in a design by the late architect Zaha Hadid.Organizers scrapped that design and adopted a new one by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. The cost will still be at least 50 percent more than the original estimate with completion set for November, 2019.I will not leave white elephants for the taxpayers, Kioke told reporters in Rio, just weeks after being elected Tokyos first female governor. The citizens of Tokyo are the taxpayers. We must have the understanding of the taxpayers about whatever we do.Costs are rising elsewhere, too.The Tokyo organizing committees operating budget was 350 billion yen ($3.5 billion) in the original bid document. But officials say it will be revised upward to account for inflation and unexpected costs.This is the budget for running the games themselves, and does not include building roads and other infrastructure.Tokyo organizers say 50 percent of the venues already exist, though they have not made public the cost for building new venues and preparing the city.Constructing scaled-down venues -- following Rios model -- could still be costly in Japan. The buildings must be earthquake-proof, and Japanese taste might not accept stripped-down architecture.---TRANSPORTATIONTokyo proposed compact games in its winning bid three years ago. But venues have been spread out to save money and take advantage of existing structures.Tokyos games are divided into two basic sectors -- a zone around Tokyo Bay, and a so-called Heritage Zone, which is anchored around the new national stadium.The remaining venues are scattered around, from cycling in Izu, southwest of Tokyo, to soccer venues in Sapporo, Miyagi, Saitama, and Yokohama.Youll travel a lot because there isnt the concentration, Coates said. If you go to the heritage area, theyre all stand-alone (venues) largely.Tokyo has a sophisticated transport system, but its crowded and not particularly foreigner-friendly. Coates said getting around might be morre complex than Rio, which was difficult in a city sliced up by the sea, mountains and poor roads.ddddddddddddThey have a very good transport infrastructure that connects all parts of the city, Coates said. I think theyre up for it, no worry about that, but you cant say its going to be easy.Tokyos narrow roads are a problem, and so are the 3 million who commute daily from the outskirts to the citys center.Well have to ask the citizens for various forms of cooperation, Kioke said.---THE EVENTSFive sports have been added to Tokyos program: baseball-softball, skateboarding, surfing, karate and sport climbing. They enter under new IOC rules that allow cities to propose events from their own games.The new sports will add 18 events and 474 athletes to the program. The Tokyo Games will feature 33 sports and about 11,000 athletes, compared to the usual number of 28 sports and 10,500 athletes.The new sports may give Japan some advantages, particularly in baseball and softball, which are very popular in the country.Japan won 41 medals in Rio, topping its previous record of 38. Look for the home nation to get another medal bounce from being host.The competition schedule is sure to create tension. Evening events in Tokyo will take place in the early morning in North America -- and vice versa. This isnt ideal for U.S. rights-holder NBC. Some events might be moved around to work better on television.Japanese Olympic committee President Tsunekazu Takeda faced a similar problem as the sports director of the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.Athletes-first must be the concept, he said. We have to be fair to the athletes, but of course I cant make any decisive comments because this has to be negotiated. But I hope the athletes-first concept prevails.---FEMALE POWERTwo female politicians have key roles in directing Tokyos games -- Governor Koike and Tamayo Marukawa, who was recently named Olympic minister by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.Both are former television newscasters, and Marukawa will be the link between Tokyos government and the national government.Koike said Japanese women have done well in sports, but Japanese society has been slower to promote women to leadership positions in business and politics.Women won almost half of Japans 41 medals in Rio -- four gold medals alone in womens wrestling.Our women athletes are having fantastic performances, Kioke said. Unfortunately, the percentage of women legislators in Japan is still low. Ms. Hillary Clinton often refers to a glass ceiling for women. I think weve got an iron ceiling in Japan.---BACH ADVICEIOC President Thomas Bach offered brief advice for Tokyo.Organizing successful games means always being authentic, Bach said. Not taking a blueprint from other games; not thinking you should copy. Make the games a representation of the host country.---Stephen Wade on Twitter: http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wade ' ' '