BUFFALO 4,
PITTSBURGH 3 IN OVERTIME
DATE: Friday
March 1st
TIME; 7:00 PM
ET
VENUE: KeyBank
Center
LOCATION: Buffalo,
New York
REFEREES: Tim
Peel, Ian Walsh
LINESMEN: Steve
Miller, Brad Kovachik
ATTENDANCE: 19,070
Conor Sheary's second goal of the game with 48.2 seconds
left in overtime Friday gave the Buffalo Sabres a 4-3 win over the visiting
Pittsburgh Penguins.
Sheary's shot from above the left hash mark sailed past
the blocker of goaltender Matt Murray on the winner.
Newly acquired defenseman Brandon Montour tied it 3-3 for
Buffalo with 2:32 left in regulation on a long-range shot that wove its way
through a crowded crease, and he also had an assist.
Jack Eichel also scored for Buffalo, which ended a
two-game losing streak.
Linus Ullmark, facing Pittsburgh for the first time in
his career, made 41 saves as the Penguins outshot the Sabres 44-30.
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist, Nick Bjugstad and
Patric Hornqvist also scored, and Justin Schultz had two assists for
Pittsburgh, which has lost three of four (1-1-2).
Murray made 26 saves in the losing effort.
Eichel extended his point streak to seven games when he
gave Buffalo a 1-0 lead at 3:09 of the first. Penguins defenseman Marcus
Pettersson turned the puck over on an attempted outlet pass. Sam Reinhart got
to the puck and touch-passed it to Eichel, who scored from the left circle.
Bjugstad tied it 56 seconds later. His shot from the left
circle squeaked in on the short side.
On a Sabres power play, Sheary took a set-up in the low
slot from Kyle Okposo and lifted the puck past Murray for a 2-1 Sabres lead at
12:53 of the first.
With 3:35 left in the second, Buffalo's Scott Wilson took
a double-minor penalty for high-sticking Pettersson, and Pittsburgh cashed in
on both penalties to take the lead.
Hornqvist, playing in his 700th game, tied it at 17:18
when he tipped a Schultz shot past Ullmark.
Crosby gave the Penguins a 3-2 lead at 18:21. From the
right dot and, while falling, he took a pass from Evgeni Malkin and snapped the
puck past Ullmark as the goalie slid to his left.
It was Crosby's 28th goal of the season and 439th of his
career, tying him with Jaromir Jagr for second-most in Penguins history behind
Mario Lemieux's 690.
MY 3 STARS OF THE GAME
GAMES 1ST STAR: Conor Sheary,
LW – BUF, 2 Goals, 1 Assists
GAMES 2ND STAR: Linus
Ullmark, G – BUF, 41 Saves, .932 SV%
GAMES 3RD STAR: Brandon
Montour, D – BUF, 1 Goals, 1 Assists
SCORING SUMMARY
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