The Buffalo Sabres beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-2 on Saturday night.
Tage Thompson scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play midway through the third period and Jeff Skinner had two goals and an assist in his his return from three-game suspension as the Buffalo Sabres beat theTyson Jost and Kyle Okposo scored empty net goals in the final 90 seconds to seal Buffalo’s third straight win to improve to 5-1-1 in its last seven games. Alex Tuch had three assists, Rasmus Dahlin and Thompson added two each, and Craig Anderson made 29 saves.
Shayne Gostisbehere and Barrett Hayton scored for the Coyotes, who are 4-3-1 in their new home at the 5,000-seat Mullett Arena at Arizona State. Connor Ingram finished with 38 saves. "It’s a big time of the game," said Thompson, whose was born in Phoenix and played in front of his mother and friends. "We knew that was a big power play. makes a big stop on but we got everyone digging for it. It pops loose and I’m sitting right off the side of the net there. It was good to get the lead there in the third.""We found a way to stay in the game," Arizona coach Andre Tourigny said.
The Sabres tied it on their first power play at 6:34 of the first period. Ingram got a glove on Thompson’s wrist shot from the left circle but could not hold it, and the puck bounced off Skinner’s chest into the net. It was Skinner’s 14th goal in his first game back from a three-game suspension for cross-checking Pittsburgh F Jake Guentzel in a loss on Dec. 9."I was skating with the assistant coaches" during the suspension, Skinner said. "They made sure I stayed in shape.
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