{"id":59901,"date":"2018-03-01T06:54:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T06:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59901"},"modified":"2018-03-01T06:54:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T06:54:45","slug":"pominville-scores-ot-sabres-beat-nhl-best-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/pominville-scores-ot-sabres-beat-nhl-best-lightning.html","title":{"rendered":"Pominville scores in OT, Sabres beat NHL-best Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pominville scores in OT, Sabres beat NHL-best Lightning<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Jason Pominville scored on a power play at 1:26 of overtime to give the Buffalo Sabres a 2-1 victory over the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pominville beat Andrei Vasilevskiy with a one-timer from the left circle to give the Sabres their second straight victory over the Lightning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evan Rodrigues tied it for Buffalo in the third, and Chad Johnson stopped 21 shots.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cory Conacher scored for Tampa Bay, and Vasilevskiy made 32 saves. With a point in the standings for the overtime loss, the Lightning became the first team to reach 90 points this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

CANADIENS 3, ISLANDERS 1<\/span><\/p>\n

MONTREAL (AP) \u2014 Jonathan Drouin and Nikita Scherbak scored in the second period and Montreal beat New York to extend its points streak to five games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul Byron also scored and Antti Niemi made 27 saves to help the Canadiens improve to 2-0-3 in their last five. Mathew Barzal scored his 18th of the season for the Islanders. They are winless in last four games and 4-8-2 in their last 14.<\/span><\/p>\n

BLUES 2, RED WINGS 1<\/span><\/p>\n

ST. LOUIS (AP) \u2014 Carter Hutton made 35 saves, Scottie Upshall and Alex Pietrangelo scored and St. Louis beat Detroit to snap a seven-game losing streak.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nHutton improved to 6-2-1 in his last nine starts and 16-7-2 overall, allowing only Andreas Athanasiou’s goal with 1:45 left.<\/span><\/p>\n

AVALANCHE 4, FLAMES 2<\/span><\/p>\n

DENVER (AP) \u2014 Nathan MacKinnon and Tyson Barrie each had a goal and an assist in Colorado’s victory over Calgary.<\/span><\/p>\n

Matt Nieto and Nikita Zadorov also scored, and Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves. The Avalanche have won 11 of 12 home games. Mikael Backlund and Michael Frolik scored for Calgary.<\/span><\/p>\n

RANGERS 6, CANUCKS 5, OT<\/span><\/p>\n

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) \u2014 John Gilmour scored from a sharp angle 1:22 into overtime and goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made a season-high 50 saves to help the Rangers beat the Canucks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vancouver’s Brock Boeser forced overtime when he scored his second goal of the night with 45.9 seconds left. The Canucks had pulled their goaltender for an extra attacker.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mika Zibanejad had given New York a 5-4 lead less than five minutes earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kevin Hayes scored twice for the Rangers (28-30-6), who snapped a seven-game losing streak. Vladislav Namestnikov, obtained in a multi-player trade from Tampa Bay on Monday, had a goal and an assist. Jimmy Vesey had the other New York goal while Ryan Spooner had three assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nhl\/2018\/02\/28\/pominville-scores-in-ot-sabres-beat-nhl-best-lightning\/110957298\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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