With the score tied at 1, Robinson sparked a three-goal surge by scoring with 6:19 left in the opening period.
Both missed their second game, with Tuch - on crutches and with a boot on his left foot - expected to miss another few weeks. The Sabres were slow and sloppy through two periods, and resembled nothing of the team that had won three straight and was coming off a 7-4 win over Washington despite missing top-line forward Alex Tuch and Norris Trophy candidate defenseman Rasmus Dahlin. We move on and we try to win the next one.” “We didn’t come out and play well enough in the first two periods to win a game. You’ve got to win,” Sabres captain Kyle Okposo said. The day began with five points separating the seventh-place New York Islanders and 12th-place Washington Capitals. Peterka also scored and Tage Thompson got his team-leading 41st goal for the ninth-place Sabres, who are in playoff contention entering March in a bid to end an NHL-record 11-season playoff drought.īuffalo (31-24-4) squandered an opportunity to gain ground in a tight playoff race. “I think, for our process, these are important games for us to find that way that we want to play and how we’re going to play and how we’re going to win games in this league and realize how hard it is, and what’s our recipe to make that happen.”īuffalo rookie Jack Quinn had a goal and an assist. “It’s something to build off for us,” Jenner said, looking ahead to next season. Robinson sealed the victory with an empty-net goal with 36 seconds remaining, as Columbus avoided squandering a 4-1 third-period cushion two days after blowing a 2-0 lead in a 3-2 overtime loss at Minnesota.
Elvis Merzlikins stopped 39 shots and added an assist for the last-place Blue Jackets, who are already looking ahead to next season by offloading pending free agents before the NHL trade deadline Friday. (AP) - Eric Robinson enjoyed the first three-goal game of his career, and the Columbus Blue Jackets weathered a late comeback bid to beat Buffalo 5-3 and stall the Sabres’ playoff push Tuesday night.īoone Jenner and Kent Johnson also scored for a Columbus team that won its league-low seventh road game of the season.
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