From the Locker Room: Sabres-Wild
In the words of head coach Phil Housley, once again the Sabres "bent but didn't break," on their way to a 3-2 win in Minnesota over the Wild on Saturday night. After falling down 2-0 early in the first period, the Sabres battled back for the second night in a row to earn two points, and get their fifth straight win.
Jake McCabe was able to cut the Wild lead in half before the end of the first period with a goal that stemmed from a nifty pass by Rasmus Dahlin. The rookie defenseman had arguably his best game yet as a Sabre, showing off his skating and playmaking ability throughout the entire night.
Dahlin got his second point of the evening in the third period when he burried his second goal of the season to tie the game at 2-2. Dahlin crashed the net and put home a rebound past Devan Dubnyk after the Sabres took a few good whacks at the puck in front of the goal.
The Sabres go-ahead score came with a minute and a half left in the game. Jason Pominville potted the winning tally after he rejoined Jack Eichel and Jeff Skinner on a line in the third period. The group saw a ton off success earlier in the season and were able to strike again at a key time for Buffalo.
Linus Ullmark stood tall in goal and played a spectacular game after a shaky first ten minutes in which he gave up two goals.Ullmark finished the evening with 37 saves on 39 shots faced.
With the win the Sabres are now in a three-way tie with Minnesota and Columbus for the fourth-most points in the NHL (26) and are on a five-game winning streak, their longest since March 2012.
Let's go inside the locker room to hear from Pominville, McCabe, Dahlin and Phil Housley after the come-from-behind win in Minnesota over the Wild.