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12/05 21:02 CST Eric Comrie makes 34 saves in Jets' 4-1 victory over the Sabres
Eric Comrie makes 34 saves in Jets' 4-1 victory over the Sabres
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) --- Eric Comrie made 34 saves, Kyle Connor scored his
team-leading 15th goal and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on
Friday night to avenge a road loss to start the week.
Buffalo beat Winnipeg 5-1 at home on Monday night.
Cole Koepke added his first goal with the Jets to go along with an assist after
signing in free agency over the summer. Tanner Pearson and Gabriel Vilardi,
with an empty-netter, also scored.
Jason Zucker scored for Buffalo, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 19 shots. The
Sabres played the second game of six-game trip that they opened with a 5-2 loss
to Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
The Jets didn't get their first shot on goal until 4:03 of the first period,
but turned up the pressure quickly when Connor used his own rebound to beat
Luukkonen at 4:24. It moved the winger out of a tie with Mark Scheifele for the
team lead.
Zucker's goal came during Buffalo's second power play of the first when he put
the puck past Comrie off his own rebound with 5:16 left in the first.
Pearson scored the go-ahead goal at 2:22 of the second on a breakaway. Koepke
used a backhand to bury his goal with 1:18 left in the period.
Up next Sabres: At Calgary on Monday night. Jets: At Edmonton on Saturday night before returning home for four straight. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl |
