TAMPA, Fla. — Jason Pominville scored on a power play at 1:26 of overtime to give the Buffalo Sabres a 2-1 victory over the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night.
Pominville beat Andrei Vasilevskiy with a one-timer from the left circle to give the Sabres their second straight victory over the Lightning.
Evan Rodrigues tied it for Buffalo in the third, and Chad Johnson stopped 21 shots.
Cory Conacher scored for Tampa Bay, and Vasilevskiy made 32 saves.
With a point in the standings for the overtime loss, the Lightning became the first team to reach 90 points this season in the NHL.
J.T. Miller, acquired from the New York Rangers on Monday, played 17:40 in his Lightning debut.
With NHL scoring leader Nikita Kucherov out with an undisclosed upper-body injury, the Lightning struggled to generate offensive chances and finished with 17 shots on goal while at even strength.
CANADIENS 3, ISLANDERS 1: Jonathan Drouin and Nikita Scherbak scored in the second period and host Montreal extended its points streak to five games.
Paul Byron also scored and Antti Niemi made 27 saves to help the Canadiens improve to 2-0-3 in their last five.
Mathew Barzal scored his 18th of the season for the Islanders, who are winless in last four games and 4-8-2 in their last 14.
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HURRICANES: Captain Jordan Staal and his wife say their infant daughter died of a terminal birth defect.
The team released a statement from Staal and his wife, Heather. The Hurricanes announced Hannah’s death Sunday, though they didn’t publicly reveal the cause.
In the statement, the Staals say it had been “a longer road than most people know” and that they had “prayed for a miracle,” but that Hannah was stillborn. They say they are “very thankful for our short time with her.”
They also thanked friends, family and the hockey community for support.
The Hurricanes say Staal rejoined the team Wednesday and is expected to play Thursday against Philadelphia.
CANUCKS: The Canucks signed defenseman Alex Biega to a two-year extension worth an average annual value of $825,000.
The 29-year-old has six assists in 31 games this season.
He leads the Canucks with 3.1 hits per game and ranks sixth in blocks per game with 1.4.
Biega has one goal and 16 assists in 125 NHL games, all with Vancouver.
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