NHL ROUNDUP
NHL ROUNDUP
Sunday's games
Sabres 3, Rangers 2 (OT)
NEW YORK -- Chris Drury deflected in Teppo Numminen's shot 1:36 into overtime and the Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers. Thomas Vanek posted a goal and an assist in fewer than 2 1/2 minutes of the second period, and Buffalo overcame two goals by Martin Straka to beat the Rangers for the third time. Maxim Afinogenov also scored for the Sabres, who won both Madison Square Garden visits this season in overtime. Straka tied it with 4:53 left in the third period. Ryan Miller made 25 saves for the Sabres, who avoided their first losing streak of the season and improved to 11-1 on the road.
Lightning 3, Senators 1
TAMPA, Fla. -- Filip Kuba and Brad Richards scored 36 seconds apart midway through the second period, helping Tampa Bay. Johan Holmqvist made 22 saves for the Lightning, who have won three straight and seven of 10. Tampa Bay also got a power-play goal from Martin St. Louis with 1:18 left. Jason Spezza scored for the Senators, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. The Lightning had lost eight straight regular-season games to Ottawa, dating to March 1, 2003. This was the first meeting between the teams since the Senators beat Tampa Bay in five games in an Eastern Conference quarterfinal playoff series last season.
Ducks 5,Flames 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Teemu Selanne scored twice and Anaheim made things relatively easy for goalie Michael Wall in his NHL debut, limiting Calgary to 11 shots on net over the first two periods. Selanne and Ryan Getzlaf had power-play goals and Samuel Pahlsson also scored for the Ducks, who are off to the best start in franchise history at 17-2-6 and are tied with Buffalo for the most points in the league. Defenseman Francois Beauchemin had two assists and Todd Marchant scored an empty-net goal. Kristian Huselius had two goals and Daymond Langkow scored a power-play goal in the final minute for the Flames, whose 3-0 win over the Ducks on Nov. 10 in Calgary was Anaheim's first loss in regulation after an NHL-record 12-0-4 start. Miikka Kiprusoff made 34 saves for the Flames after recording shutouts in his previous two starts against Anaheim. Ducks regular goalies Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Ilya Bryzgalov were sidelined because of lower-body injuries, so the Ducks plucked the 21-year-old Wall from Portland of the AHL as insurance if Giguere couldn't answer the bell. Wall finished with 19 saves.
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