In Columbus, Alexandre Texier struck for a goal midway through extra time to give the Blue Jackets a 4-3 win over the visiting Buffalo Sabres.
Nick Foligno started the game-winning play with a steal of the puck in the offensive zone and fed Texier the puck.
“[Foligno] did a great job,” Texier said. “I just called out, but he probably didn’t hear me. When he turned, I was alone in the middle.”
Victor Olofssonhad scored late in the third on a power play and the extra attacker to force the overtime session.
“After a couple of games where everything went our way, we struggled to find our game, especially in the first period. Linus game us a chance,” Sabres head coach Ralph Krueger said. “We still showed character tonight to come back from two down, thanks to Linus buying us some time.”
Foligno, Cam Atkinson and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored for the Jackets in regulation.
“I don’t think we played bad in the first two,” coach John Tortorella said. “I think we played a more complete game in this one here.”
Marcus Johansson and Jeff Skinner also scored for the Sabres who dropped to 2-0-1.
“We let them play their game, do their thing kind of, and it cost us,” Johansson said. “Even though it didn’t end the way we wanted it to, we showed a lot of character and got a point.”
Joonas Korpisalo made 15 saves to get the win.
“Our composure against Pittsburgh, it just blew up on us,” Tortorella said. “We’ve been talking about that since then. Tonight, in the third period especially, going into it 2-2 after being up 2-0, was a really good test for us as far as staying within ourselves and not trying to do too much. I thought we did a good job.”
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Linus Ullmark made 40 saves in his first start of the season.
“We’ve just got to recharge, be a little bit sour about the loss today. It’s going to be a new day tomorrow. There’s nothing else to it. We have a lot of games going forward,” Ullmark said.
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