Troy Terry scored twice, including the game-winner at 1:29 of overtime in a 6-5 win for the Anaheim Ducks against the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Sunday.
Beckett Sennecke, Chris Kreider and Jackson LaCombe each had a goal and an assist for the Ducks (39-27-4, 82 points), who have won three of their past four games. Ville Husso made 24 saves.
Zach Benson and Owen Power each had a goal and an assist, and Alex Lyon made 27 saves for the Sabres (44-20-7, 95 points), who had won four straight.
Down by two after two periods, Buffalo’s Jack Quinn narrowed it to 4-3 when he fired a snap shot from the top of the right circle that went far side with 15:20 left in the third.
Power’s point shot off a face-off deflected of an Anaheim player in front to tie it 4-4 at the 10:05 mark.
Benson then put Buffalo ahead 5-4 at 11:37 expired. Husso was at the left of the crease when Rasmus Dahlin (two assists) sent a backhand centering feed out front to Benson, who put it into the open net.
With Husso pulled for the extra attacker, Anaheim’s Mikael Granlund tied it 5-5 from the slot on the power play at 18:16.
Sennecke had put Anaheim ahead 3-2 at 2:35 of the second period. He took the puck at the Buffalo blue line and went unimpeded to the net before putting it past Lyon’s left skate.
Terry gathered a rebound off the right wall and brought it to the slot to beat Lyon with a backhand, pushing it to 4-2 at 15:40.
Alex Tuch gave Buffalo a 1-0 lead at 3:36 of the first period. Power collected the puck behind the net and sent a no-look backhand feed to Tuch, who quickly snapped it past Husso.
Kreider tied it 1-1 on the power play at 9:27 with a one-timer that went high glove side on Lyon.
LaCombe’s shot from the blue line through traffic on the power play made it 2-1 at 12:23.
Josh Doan tied it 2-2 off the rush at 17:14, taking a pass through the slot from Noah Ostlund and quickly roofing it short side.
–Field Level Media
