Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen kept the Sabres in it, but Buffalo fell to the Canadiens 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday night in Montreal. The Sabres still came away with a point.
Luukkonen made thirty-five saves on thirty-eight shots. In the first period, he lunged to rob Josh Anderson on a two-on-none. And with three seconds left in regulation, he stopped Phillip Danault’s tip from the crease to force overtime.
Buffalo trailed three to one after two periods. Then, just sixty-one seconds apart early in the third, Josh Norris and Olen Zellweger tied it. Zellweger scored twice.
Tage Thompson scored in the shootout, but Zachary Bolduc won it for Montreal. The Sabres were outshot thirty-eight to seventeen and went zero for five on the power play. They’re three-three-one. Luukkonen on the night:
The Sabres are at Toronto Thursday at 7:00pm EDT.
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