detroit red wings

After a rough western road trip the Buffalo Sabres have put together back to back impressive victories over two of the better teams in the NHL.  After Saturday night's win over the Los Angeles Kings on home ice the Sabres played a patient game against the Detroit Red Wings until they scored a pair of goals just over a minute apart last in the third period to beat the Wings 2-1.

Good effort, but the Buffalo Sabres came up short again in Detroit, a place where they haven't won in nine years.  They came close.  The Sabres battled back from down 3-1 to score three straight goals to take a 4-3 lead in the third period only to give up a power play goal forcing overtime, then a shoot-out.