In Buffalo, Victor Olofsson‘s second goal of the game came in extra time and it gave the Sabres a 4-3 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.
Olofsson returned to the lineup after missing 15 games with an injury.
“It was great to be back,” Olofsson said. “I didn’t feel great for the first for the first couple periods trying to find my game a little bit. It’s obviously hard being out for six weeks. I got a little rust in my game there, but I’m happy with the way I finished the game.”
Carter Hutton made 28 saves in the win.
Markus Nutivaara pushed the game to extra time when he got the Jackets even with a 1:13 left on the regulation clock.
Nathan Gerbe and Boone Jenner had the other goals for Columbus.
Columbus let a 2-0 lead slip away in the middle frame.
“In that situation, we need to end that period being up 2-0,” Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said. “Three of our veteran forwards get caught, give up a 3-on-2 from their goal line, [the puck is in the] back of the net. … That’s the hard part for me, just the situational play of some players. Glad we found a way to get a point. Had some chances in overtime. They did too. We lose.”
Jack Eichel and Evan Rodrigues scored single markers for the Sabres.
“Even when [we were] down two, I thought we had some good chances in the first and I thought we played good at times in the second as well,” Eichel said. “That’s a really good hockey team, they don’t give up a lot, probably don’t blow a whole lot of leads either. We did a great job of just sticking with it in the room.”
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Matiss Kivlenieks made 23 saves in the loss.
“I thought we stopped putting [our foot[ on the gas there,” Gerbe said. “I thought we sat back a little bit too much and gave them a little space and didn’t control pucks the way we wanted to. Big goal at the end to tie it up, but unfortunately it’s a tough loss.”
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