Byram wins it in OT, Sabres defeat Senators for seventh straight win

Greig elected to drive the web on a 2-on-1 rush with ahead Michael Amadio and completed a deke on the backhand over Lyon’s glove to tie it 1-1 at 17:13.

“We’ve been winning games lately, and points,” Greig stated. “Even in our losses, I think we’ve played well, so that’s good for the confidence going into the break here and hopefully we can keep that going after.”

Ostlund tipped a Byram wrister tailored for a deflection to present Buffalo a 2-1 lead at 6:11 of the second interval.

Stutzle tied it 2-2 at 9:27. Drake Batherson, from his knees, discovered Stutzle alone within the slot with a centering move, and Stutzle beat Lyon glove aspect with a wrist shot on the ability play. Stutzle has 15 factors (seven objectives, eight assists) throughout his level streak.

“I feel like we were pretty consistent all game,” Senators ahead Claude Giroux stated. “They play different than most teams. We had to adapt a little bit. But at the end of the day, they had the puck a lot but I feel like we were in good positions. I think both teams played pretty good tonight.”

Lyon, sprawled out on the ice, robbed Batherson with the glove to maintain it 2-2 at 17:55 of the third interval.

“We needed one big save,” Ruff stated of Lyon’s clutch cease. “I think, with about [two] minutes left off a little bit of a blown coverage, we got a heck of a save from our goaltender.”

Buffalo killed off a Tuch hooking penalty for the ultimate 1:51 of the third interval to ship the sport to extra time.

“A lot of confidence in our ‘PK,’” Tuch stated. “Guys went out there and did a really good job. I mean, it starts with ‘Al’ in net. He’s been unbelievable for us, especially in this stretch of games. He’s been our best penalty killer. That’s huge when you’ve got confidence in a guy like that who will just keep you in games sometimes when you need it the most.”

NOTES: The Sabres’ successful streak is its longest since a 10-0-0 run from Nov. 8-27, 2018. … Buffalo middle Josh Norris was plus-1 in 14:00 of ice time in his return to Ottawa. He performed 236 video games for the Senators from 2019-2025. … Byram was a game-high plus-3. … Stutzle grew to become the fourth participant in Senators franchise historical past aged 23 or youthful to file a number of level streaks of eight video games or extra. … Ottawa captain Brady Tkachuk had a game-high six photographs.