SAN JOSE, California: The Buffalo Sabres blew a pair of third-period leads and benefited from an apparent blown call in overtime before finally coming out on top in the shoot-out.
It’s been that hard to get wins this season for Buffalo.
Cory Hodgson scored in the fourth round of the shoot-out and Ryan Miller made 47 saves to give the Sabres their third win in 17 games this season, 5-4 over the San Jose Sharks yesterday.
“We just stuck with the game plan,” defenceman forward Henrik Tallinder said.
“No matter what happened out there we said keep working hard, keep playing the way we want to play, and good things would come out of it and it did.”
They got a little luck in overtime. After Tyler Kennedy hit the post with a shot midway through the extra period, replays showed Tommy Wingels poked the loose puck under Miller’s pad and over the goal line before Tyler Myers kicked it out.
“ I knew I poked it,” Wingels said. “ I didn’t know where it went.” Referee Mike Leggo ruled no goal, and the Sharks didn’t argue the call. The play apparently was never reviewed by replay officials, and the game continued until the Sabres won in the shootout.Agencies
