Buffalo Sabres at Calgary Flames

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Buffalo Sabres

18-25-5

Final
2 - 5

Calgary Flames

23-16-7

Huberdeau and Kadri's 3-point games power the Flames to a 5-2 win over Sabres

Nazem Kadri added a goal and two assists, and Jakob Pelletier had a goal and an assist for Calgary. Yegor Sharangovich and Mikael Backlund added empty-net goals. Rookie goaltender Dustin Wolf had 32 saves and won for the fifth time in six starts to improve to 17-7-2 on the season.

The Flames hold the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference, three points ahead of the Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues.

Tage Thompson and Mattias Samuelsson scored for Buffalo. Ukko-Pekka Luukonen made 21 saves and slipped to 15-15-4.

The teams were tied at 2 in the third period before Pelletier gave Calgary the lead at 2:29 on a deflection of a point shot by Brayden Pachal.

Takeaways Sabres: Thompson has scored in three consecutive games and leads the Sabres with 22 goals. He has recorded at least one point in his last seven games against Calgary.

Flames: Calgary entered the game with the 30th-ranked penalty kill in the league, but went 6 for 6 against the Sabres.

Key moment As the Sabres pressed for the tying goal, Wolf made a pair of saves while the Flames were short-handed in the third period. He got across the crease to stop JJ Peterka’s one-timer before thwarting Alex Tuch from the top of the crease.

Key stat Huberdeau, whose short-handed goal was the only score in the opening 20 minutes, is second in the NHL in first goals, with six. Edmonton's Leon Draisaitl has seven.

Up next The Sabres close out a four-game trip in Edmonton on Saturday. The Flames are at Minnesota on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 12:00	Jonathan Huberdeau Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Pachal (3)
Goal	2nd Period 2:50	Mattias Samuelsson Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Henri Jokiharju (3), Sam Lafferty (3)
Goal	2nd Period 7:18	Tage Thompson Goal (22) Tip-In, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (5), JJ Peterka (24)
Goal	2nd Period 10:31	Nazem Kadri Goal (16) Backhand, assists: Jonathan Huberdeau (15), Jakob Pelletier (7)
Goal	3rd Period 3:29	Jakob Pelletier Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Brayden Pachal (4), Nazem Kadri (15)
Goal	3rd Period 17:15	Yegor Sharangovich Goal (9) Tip-In, assists: Jonathan Huberdeau (16), Nazem Kadri (16)
Goal	3rd Period 17:52	Mikael Backlund Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Blake Coleman (16)

Statistics

BUF		CGY
14	Blocked Shots	19
20	Hits	19
2	Takeaways	5
34	Shots	26
0	Power Play Goals	0
6	Power Play Opportunities	2
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	2
0	Shootout Goals	0
41	Faceoffs Won	26
61.2	Faceoff Win Percent	38.8
14	Giveaways	17
4	Total Penalties	9
11	Penalty Minutes	29

Calgary Flames Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Kevin Bahl, D	Day-To-Day	Nov 7
Brennan Othmann, LW	Day-To-Day	Nov 7
Jonathan Huberdeau, LW	Injured Reserve	Nov 6
Connor Zary, C	Out	Oct 30
Samuel Honzek, LW	Injured Reserve	Oct 19