Ducks almost blow it in Buffalo
They give up tying goal but Henrique scores in overtime to end skid, beat last-place Sabres.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Adam Henrique scored 1:36 into overtime and the Ducks ended a three-game skid with a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.
The Ducks rebounded in the extra period after allowing the Sabres to tie the score on Ryan O’Reilly’s goal with 15 seconds remaining in regulation.
Corey Perry, Rickard Rakell and Ondrej Kase also scored for the Ducks, who ended an 0-2-1 slide. Ryan Miller stopped 30 shots in facing his former team for the fourth time since the Sabres traded him to St. Louis during the 2013-14 season.
Jack Eichel and Zemgus Girgensons scored for the Sabres, who squandered two one-goal leads. They are 0-3-1 in their last four games and dropped to 4-9-2 since Jan. 1. Robin Lehner stopped 29 shots and fell to 2-2-1 in his last five games despite allowing just seven goals.
Lehner had no chance on either of the final two goals he gave up. Henrique’s shot deflected in off the stick of Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen and sailed in over Lehner’s right shoulder.
The Ducks went ahead 3-2 with 8:30 left in regulation when Perry was credited with a goal that O’Reilly inadvertently scored into this own net when his clearing attempt hit Lehner’s stick and caromed in.
Girgensons opened the scoring by banking in his own rebound off Miller’s pad 3:22 into the game. Eichel put Buffalo ahead 2-1 with 2:12 left in the second by converting Sam Reinhart’s feed through the crease.
Rakell put the Ducks on the board with a power-play goal 21 seconds into the second period, when his shot hit the right post and then caromed in off Lehner. Kase tied the score by poking the puck through Lehner’s legs after the goalie stopped Josh Manson’s shot from the right point.