Goaltenders shine in Buffalo Sabres’ 1-0 win against Calgary Flames
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Dustin Tokarski made 24 saves as the Buffalo Sabres won 1-0 Friday night over the Calgary Flames.
Tage Thompson scored the overtime winner and Dustin Tokarski made 24 saves as the Buffalo Sabres won 1-0 Friday night over the Calgary Flames.
Buffalo (21-33-8) has split the first two games of its Western Canada road trip, which wraps up Sunday night in Vancouver.
It’s a rare lost point on home ice for Calgary (37-16-8), which is 15-1-2 in their last 18 games at the Saddledome.
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It’s the second career shutout for Tokarski and first since 2013-14 with the Montreal Canadiens. He improves to 6-9-4.
Jacob Markstrom made 33 saves in he loss. He falls to 29-11-7.
After playing a brilliant game, it was Markstrom’s mistake on the deciding goal. He charged out of the net to clear a puck that had been shot in off the sideboards, but in attempting to shoot to safety, he whiffed on it and Thompson was right there to corral it and fire it into the empty net.
The 24 shots was a season low for the Pacific Division-leading Flames.