Owen Power scored at 4:22 of overtime to complete a two-goal comeback and lift the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild at KeyBank Center on Tuesday.
Following a scoreless opening period, the Wild struck twice late in the second frame. Danila Yurov opened the scoring on a power-play slap shot at 13:53, assisted by Jared Spurgeon and Blake Coleman, for his first goal of the season. Maxim Shabanov doubled the lead less than two minutes later, beating Buffalo goaltender Colten Ellis with a snap shot off assists from Quinn Hughes and Michael McCarron at 15:38.
Buffalo answered with two goals in the third period to force extra time. Noah Ostlund cut the deficit to 2-1 at 3:55 when he deflected a pass from Power past Minnesota goaltender Jesper Wallstedt, with Rasmus Dahlin earning the secondary assist. Tage Thompson tied the score at 9:38 with an even-strength snap shot set up by Peyton Krebs. In the extra period, Power snapped a wrist shot past Wallstedt off helpers from Jiri Kulich and Thompson to end the contest.
Ellis turned aside 18 of 20 shots to earn the victory for the Sabres. Wallstedt stopped 25 of 28 shots in the overtime loss. The Wild converted one of four opportunities on the power play, while the Sabres failed to score on two man-advantage chances.
Buffalo improved to 2-1-0 on the season and has won two consecutive games. Minnesota moved to 2-0-1 after securing one point in the overtime defeat.
The Wild visit the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, October 20. The Sabres host the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday, October 21.
