Sabres pull out OT win over Tampa Bay
Jason Pominville scored on a power play at 1:26 of overtime to give the Buffalo Sabres a 2-1 victory over the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night.
Pominville beat Andrei Vasilevskiy with a onetimer from the left circle to give the Sabres their second straight victory over the Lightning.
Evan Rodrigues tied it for Buffalo in the third.
Cory Conacher scored for Tampa Bay. With a point in the standings for the overtime loss, the Lightning became the first team to reach 90 points this season. CANADIENS 3, ISLANDERS 1>> Jonathan Drouin and Nikita Scherbak scored in the second period and Montreal beat New York to extend its points streak to five games. Paul Byron also scored and Antti Niemi made 27 saves to help the Canadiens improve to 2-0-3 in their last five. Mathew Barzal scored his 18th of the season for the Islanders. They are winless in last four games. BLUES 2, RED WINGS 1>> Carter Hutton made 35 saves, Scottie Upshall and Alex Pietrangelo scored and St. Louis beat Detroit to snap a seven-game losing streak. Hutton improved to
6-2-1 in his last nine starts and 16-7-2 overall, allowing only Andreas Athanasiou’s goal with 1:45 left. AVALANCHE 5, FLAMES 2>> Nathan MacKinnon and Tyson Barrie each had a goal and an assist for Colorado. Matt Nieto and Nikita Zadorov also scored. STAALS RELEASE STATEMENT>> Carolina Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal and his wife say their infant daughter died of a terminal birth defect. The team released a statement Wednesday from Staal and his wife, Heather. The Hurricanes announced Hannah’s death Sunday, though they didn’t publicly reveal the cause.