In Ottawa Tuesday, the visiting Buffalo Sabres got a strong effort from Robin Lehner who made 39 saves in a 3-2 win over the Senators.
“We just want to keep winning. We’re going to go to a game-by-game mindset now and not look at the future. We have three games before [our] break, take those one at a time, try to set ourselves up, have a bye week and gather some strength and one back for a last push. This means nothing,” Lehner said after his win.
Trailing 2-1 in the third period, the Sabres rallied on goals from Matt Moulson and Justin Bailey.
“Our talk was coming out in the third was a situation where we thought we knew we could come back and we had proven we can come back,” Sabres head coach Dan Bylsma said.
The Senators had built the lead through two periods on goals from Bobby Ryan and Dion Phaneuf; Ottawa dropped to 29-19-6 after the loss.
Buffalo has made a habit of rallying for wins after two-period deficits, this was their seventh such win this season.
“We came in after the second and we weren’t discouraged,” said Bailey, who scored his second goal of the season in his 16th game. “We knew the game was right there. We were doing a lot of good things all night. We just stuck to our game plan.”
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In his second start since returning to the lineup, Craig Anderson made 22 saves in the loss.
Ryan O’Reilly opened the scoring when he staked the Sabres to a 1-0 lead with just 24 seconds gone in the game.
“You’ve got to give the opponent credit for what they do also. You’re not alone on that ice surface. They capitalized on their chances and we didn’t capitalize on some of the chances that would have made a difference,” Senators head coach Guy Bouchersaid of the Sabres.
Buffalo improved to 24-23-10 with the win.
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