Senators 2, Sabres 1: Amadio's late goal sinks Buffalo
Ottawa came from behind to end the Sabres' three-game win streak at KeyBank Center.
Michael Amadio's wrist shot with 3:09 left in regulation gave the Ottawa Senators a 2-1 comeback win over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night at KeyBank Center, the Associated Press reported.
The goals
Peyton Krebs scored for Buffalo, his first goal of the season, with assists from Tage Thompson and Zach Benson, according to the AP game summary carried by ESPN. Shane Pinto tied it for Ottawa in the second period, at 11:33 by that summary. Amadio's winner came on a 3-on-2 rush, with Fabian Zetterlund and Tim Stutzle credited with assists.
The AP summary and the local FingerLakes1 report, which cites the NHL's official box score, agree on the scoring and the players involved. They differ on which period Krebs scored in, so this report does not say.
In goal
Samuel Ersson made 24 saves for Ottawa to pick up the win, stopping 24 of the 25 shots he faced. Colten Ellis stopped 28 for Buffalo in the loss. Ottawa outshot the Sabres 30-25, per FingerLakes1.
Neither team scored on the power play. Ellis stopped all five Ottawa power-play shots, and Ersson turned away both of Buffalo's.
What it means
The result halted Buffalo's three-game winning streak, per the AP. The Sabres are 7-5-3, with a 3-4-0 record at home. Ottawa moved to 10-6-1 and 21 points in the Atlantic Division, four ahead of Buffalo's 17, after having lost three of its previous four, including a 6-3 defeat to Anaheim on Sunday. The Senators lead the season series 1-0.
Individual efforts around the margins included Beck Malenstyn leading Buffalo with seven hits and Mattias Samuelsson blocking five shots, according to FingerLakes1.
It was the kind of game that turned on a single moment: a one-goal contest decided with barely three minutes left, with each goalie stopping nearly everything else.