In overtime in Buffalo Friday night, The New Jersey Devils’ Andy Greene was hauled down on a breakaway and awarded a penalty shot; he converted on the attempt and sent the Devils to a 2-1 win over the Sabres.
“A blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while,” Greene said. “I came in and I was just trying to be patient there. Make sure I don’t fall and get a decent shot off.”
Yohann Auvitu tied the game at 1-1 with under four minutes to go in the third period giving the devils the opportunity to win their third straight.
“You can give a lot of credit to [Zajac’s screen],” Auvitu said . “If there’s nobody in front of the net, I don’t think I would score that, so it’s always very important, especially when you are shooting from the far blue [line], to have somebody, some traffic.”
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Matt Moulson was the lone goal scorer for the Sabres and Anders Nilsson took the loss.
Keith Kinkaid got the start and win for the Devils in net.
In Edmonton, the Dallas Stars’ Kari Lehtonen was the star of the show with a 40-save effort in a 3-2 win over the Oilers.
Lauri Korpikoski, Patrick Eaves and Antoine Roussel scored for the Stars.
“We’re always playing from behind,” Edmonton’s Connor McDavid said. “We’re putting ourselves behind the eight-ball and we have to figure out a way to have better starts.”
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“I thought we played our best defensive game,” Dallas coach Lindy Ruff said. “We knew how dangerous [Connor] McDavid was going to be and we tried to pay special attention to him and make sure we limited his inside opportunities. We gave him some outside time, but we didn’t give him much inside time. We just knew if we gave him some space he could create some havoc, and I though our guys probably played the best defensive game of the year for us.”
Patrick Maroon and Tyler Pitlick scored for the Oilers.
“Give Dallas credit, but the other way, a sleepy team and we weren’t ready to go right off the bat,” Edmonton coach Todd McLellan said. “We did a lot of watching and then reacting instead of participating.”
Cam Talbot took the loss on made 27 saves.
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