In Buffalo, the Detroit Red Wings’ Moritz Seider struck for his first NHL goal in overtime on Saturday, to help defeat the Sabres, 4-3.
“Obviously really happy with the ‘W’ tonight,” Seider said. “Great comeback. Huge plays by [goalie Alex Nedeljkovic], saved us a couple times. And obviously it’s nice to get the first one.”
Nedeljkovic made 29 saves for the Wings in the win.
Detroit improved to 5-5-2.
Tage Thompson and Arttu Ruotsalainen scored for Buffalo, who had a 3-1 lead in the game before the Red Wings rallied back.
Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice for Detroit.
“‘Bert’s’ a [heck] of a player,” Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill said. “He’s a [heck] of a competitor, he’s a great person. I don’t know if he gets his due all the time for as good a player as he is. He’s had a big impact in the games that he’s played in, for sure, and certainly tonight he had a huge impact.”
Rasmus Dahlin also scored for Buffalo.
“They probably got uptight before the second [Bertuzzi] goal,” Sabres head coach Don Granato said. “It was the defensive zone. It wasn’t any doing of [the Red Wings] part. It was us. We just slid out of position and created, opened a seam, which is uncharacteristic. … Because it was a simple coverage that we’ve done over and over and over.
“So I would have to say we were a little tight there, tense there. For what reason? There was no reason. The unfortunate part is you have to learn from it.”
Pius Suter had a single marker for the Red Wings in regulation.
“I thought in the first period we came out and we had good confidence,” Blashill said. “We were playing good hockey and we had opportunities to potentially be up by a few goals that didn’t go in. And then all of a sudden they score, and they scored again. We started to dip a little bit. To dig in there late I thought was huge, led by Tyler Bertuzzi. I just thought he did a real good job of making sure that we dug in. To find a way to come back is big.”
Dustin Tokarski made 29 saves in the Sabres loss.
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