Greenway ties it late, Jokiharju scores in OT to lift Sabres past Wild, 3-2
Dylan Cozens tied it with 37 seconds left with goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen off for an extra attacker and Henri Jokiharju scored 1:29 into overtime to give the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.
Luukkonen made 31 saves to help Buffalo win for the second time in five games since the All-Star break. Casey Mittelstadt also scored.
Joel Eriksson Ek and Declan Chisholm scored for Minnesota, and Filip Gustavsson made 25 saves. The Wild had won four straight.
Cozens tied it off a scramble in front of the net. Jordan Greenway poked at the puck and it trickled through Gustavsson’s pads. Cozens then knocked it across the goal line.
“You do the right things and success usually comes with it,” said Greenway, who was originally credited with the goal.
Jokiharju then beat Gustavsson with a wrist shot from the top of the slot. It was just the third goal of the season for the defenseman, but the goal didn’t surprise Sabres coach Don Granato.
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