Mika Zibanejad scored with 28 seconds remaining in overtime and the visiting New York Rangers defeated the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Thursday.
Zibanejad entered the Sabres zone 2-on-1 and passed across to Artemi Panarin, who sent the puck back across to Zibanejad for a one-timer from the left circle.
Buffalo's Tage Thompson forced overtime with 3.6 seconds left in regulation on a wrist shot from the left circle with the extra attacker on.
Colin Blackwell and Filip Chytil also scored for the Rangers, who have won two straight after dropping a pair. Igor Shesterkin made 21 saves.
Rasmus Asplund also scored for Buffalo, which lost one night after ending its 18-game winless streak (0-15-3). Dustin Tokarski made 44 saves.
Chytil gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead at 6:17 of the third period. During a scrum in front of the net, Julien Gauthier pushed the puck to Chytil, who scored on a wrist shot from the slot.
The Rangers outshot the Sabres 36-10 in the second and third periods.
Asplund, who had missed the past four games because of a lower-body injury, gave the Sabres a 1-0 lead at 2:06 of the first period when he jammed the puck home during a scramble in front.
Blackwell's ninth goal of the season tied the score 1-1 at 6:40 of the second period. Blackwell hit the crossbar during a two-on-one rush, but Ryan Strome got the rebound and passed cross ice to Blackwell, who scored on a one-timer from the left circle.
Strome extended his point streak to 11 games (two goals, 14 assists).
New York was 0-for-4 on the power play, while the Sabres were 0-for-1.
--Field Level Media
NY Rangers | Buffalo | |
Artemi Panarin 2 | Points | Rasmus Asplund 1 |
Colin Blackwell 1 | Goals | Rasmus Asplund 1 |
Artemi Panarin 2 | Assists | Cody Eakin 1 |
N/A | Power Play Goals | N/A |
N/A | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
Igor Shesterkin .913 | Save Percentage | Dustin Tokarski .936 |
Igor Shesterkin 21 | Saves | Dustin Tokarski 44 |
Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
NY Rangers | 47 | 3 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 2 | 26 |
Buffalo | 23 | 2 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 8 | 19 |