The Buffalo Sabres suddenly are owners of a two game win streak as they rallied from a 3-1 deficit against the Toronto Maple Leafs and Steve Ott scored the decisive goal in the shootout as Buffalo won it 5-4.
Ryan Miller secured the win by getting his left pad out to stop former Sabres forward Clarke MacArthur’s shootout attempt. Miller stopped 32
Christian Ehrhoff had a goal and two assists for Buffalo, which won consecutive games for only the fourth time this season. Tyler Ennis had a goal and an assist, and Marcus Foligno and Jason Pominville also scored.
The Sabres improved to 11-1-1 in Toronto’s last 13 games in Buffalo.
Ehrhoff capped a three-goal rally and gave Buffalo a 4-3 lead when he scored a power-play goal 22 seconds into the third period. Ehrhoff got a nice drop pass from Cody Hodgson and blasted a shot past Reimer, who was screened in front by Buffalo’s Steve Ott.
The Maple Leafs responded six minutes later. Kadri was battling Buffalo’s Jordan Leopold in front when he managed to deflect in Cody Franson’s shot from the right circle.
Foligno jammed in a loose puck in front at the 11:39 mark, shortly after he failed to get a shot off on a wide-open breakaway. Pominville then tied it by sneaking into the slot, where Hodgson set him up from behind the Toronto net.
The game between Northeast Division and cross-border rivals got off to a chippy start.
Maple Leafs forward Colton Orr was ejected 2:09 in after he broke his stick in two cross-checking Patrick Kaleta off a face-off. That sparked a fight between Orr and Kaleta as well as the teams’ two heavyweights, Buffalo’s John Scott and Toronto’s Frazer McLaren.
Orr was issued minor penalties for cross-checking and instigating, a major for fighting and game misconduct.
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