Mittelstadt’s shootout goal seals Buffalo Sabers’ 3-2 win over Carolina Hurricanes

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Casey Mittelstadt scored in the fourth round of shootouts, and the Buffalo Sabers extended their winning streak to their third record of the season with a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Hurricanes. Caroline Sunday evening.

Owen Power forced overtime by scoring with 4:05 left in regulation, and Jeff Skinner also scored for the Sabres, who hadn’t won three in a row since a 3-0 stretch from April 6-10 . Power’s goal came in his first game after missing six with a left arm injury.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 30 shots in overtime and did not allow a goal in the shootout.

Martin Necas had a goal and an assist and Tony DeAngelo also scored for the Hurricanes who were playing on consecutive nights following a 2-1 home loss to Dallas.

Spencer Martin stopped 30 shots in overtime and stopped three of four shootout attempts to fall to 3-0-1 in four starts since being claimed by Carolina on waivers last month.

Mittelstadt’s decisive goal came as he crossed the front of the net, where he hesitated briefly before firing a shot inside the left post. Luukkonen then sealed the victory by gloveing ​​a Necas shot.

Buffalo was coming off back-to-back road wins and won only its second of seven outings at home.

The Hurricanes squandered two one-goal leads to fall to 4-2 in their last six games.

The teams traded goals 73 seconds apart in the third period, with Necas scoring a power play goal with 5:18 remaining with a one-timer from the left circle. The Sabers responded with Power tying the game by pinching the slot and converting a Peyton Krebs pass by slamming it inside the left post.

Tied at 1, Carolina’s Teuvo Teravainen had a goal called off when the play was whistled for a hand pass from Hurricanes teammate Jesperi Kotkaniemi with 5:06 remaining in the second period.

Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal played in his 800th career game with the franchise, joining his brother Eric, who appeared in 909 games with Carolina. The Staals are the fourth combination of brothers to play at least 800 games with the same team, joining Maurice and Henri Richard (Montreal), Bobby and Dennis Hull (Chicago) and Henrik and Daniel Sedin (Vancouver).

DeAngelo opened the scoring at 2:40 by capping a series of slick passes. Necas, behind the Sabers net, fed Michael Bunting who sent a pass across the crease to hit DeAngelo pinching from the right point.

Buffalo tied it up on Skinner’s power play goal 6:27 into the second period. Martin stopped Dylan Cozens’ shot from the blue line, but couldn’t control the rebound, which Skinner curled into the open left side.

FOLLOWING

Hurricanes: At the Minnesota Wild Tuesday night.

Sabres: At the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.

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John Wawrow, Associated Press