Sabres score three times in second, defeat Red Wings

Author : Sam Published: February 09, 2019

BUFFALO — The Buffalo Sabres scored two power-play goals for the second time in three games in a 3-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings at KeyBank Center on Saturday.

Conor Sheary, Casey Mittelstadt and Kyle Okposo scored for Buffalo (27-20-7) in the second period, and Linus Ullmark made 28 saves.

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Dylan Larkin scored and Jimmy Howard made 18 saves for the Red Wings (21-27-7).

Sheary intercepted Justin Abdelkader‘s pass and used Red Wings defenseman Mike Green as a screen to make it 1-0 from the high slot at 1:15 of the second period.

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Mittelstadt extended his point streak to four games with a power-play goal from the right faceoff dot at 10:05 to give Buffalo a 2-0 lead.

Detroit cut the lead to 2-1 on the power play when Larkin used his speed on a wraparound to slide the puck into the right side of the net at 17:14.

The Sabres went ahead 3-1 when Okposo, again on the power play, scored from the top of the right circle with 31 seconds left in the period.

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