ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Drew Stafford scored 46 seconds into overtime to give the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday.
Jason Pominville and Rob Niedermayer also scored to help Buffalo move into eighth place in the Eastern Conference, a point ahead of Carolina for the final playoff spot. The Sabres are 6-0-1 in their last seven road games.
Stafford picked up the puck at the Wild blue line, went around Brent Burns and tucked the puck under goalie Jose Theodore’s leg.
Warren Peters and Marek Zidlicky scored for Minnesota, which has lost three of four to drop to 11th place in the Western Conference, two points behind eighth-place Los Angeles.
