Anaheim went 2-3 on its road trip and will be off until after the Christmas break. The Ducks, who won 3-0 at Boston on Monday, lost for the first time in five meetings with the Sabres. Perry added a second goal, and backup Curtis McElhinney made 37 saves for Anaheim. "We didn't show that we had much energy or sharpness." "They definitely had a lot more energy than we did," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. The Sabres scored three times in the first 20 minutes against Anaheim, which finished a stretch of five road games in seven days. Miller finished with 21 saves.ĭrew Stafford and Nathan Gerbe also scored and Derek Roy and Jordan Leopold added a pair of assists each for the Sabres, who rebounded from losses to the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning over the weekend. His shutout bid was spoiled when Corey Perry scored a power-play goal with 4:24 to go. Ryan Miller, making his 11th straight start, earned his 199th NHL win. "I thought there was some defensive zone stuff I'd like to clean up." Sabres coach Lindy Ruff, though, seemed cautiously encouraged with Rivet's performance.
"The last month he's been really supportive in the room and has been a great leader. If I can continue that, it's all I can ask for."Įnnis wasn't surprised with how Rivet came back and told the 16-year NHL veteran before the game he had a feeling Rivet would get that elusive goal. I'm happy that I was able to come out and help our team a little bit. "But those are things I'm going to work through. "There's been a lot of mixed emotions that I've had over the last month or so," he said. Rivet responded by scoring his first goal of the season, putting three shots on net, and earning a team-high plus-2 rating. Playing for the first time in nearly a month, Rivet had a goal and assist and Tyler Ennis scored two goals to lift Buffalo to a 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.īuffalo's embattled leader had been a healthy scratch for the past 11 games - and 16 times overall this season - but he was added to the lineup because of defenseman Chris Butler's recent struggles. Buffalo Sabres captain Craig Rivet's sour season turned a bit sweeter. Sabres rebound from weekend losses to beat DucksīUFFALO, N.Y.
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