Jeff Skinner scores power-play goal after tying it late in the third period.
By Heather Engel / NHL.com Correspondent
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jeff Skinner scored on the power play at 3:06 of overtime to give the Buffalo Sabres their eighth straight win, 3-2 against the Montreal Canadiens at KeyBank Center on Friday.
Skinner tied it 2-2 with 2:26 remaining in the third period when he backhanded a rebound from the left circle past Antti Niemi.
Brendan Gallagher and Andrew Shaw scored for the Canadiens (11-7-5), who have lost three in a row. Niemi made 38 saves.
Casey Mittelstadt scored for Buffalo (15-6-2), and Carter Hutton made 31 saves.
Mittelstadt made it 1-0 at 12:39 of the first period. Conor Sheary’s deflection of Jake McCabe’s shot-pass hit the right post and Mittelstadt tapped the loose puck into the open side of the net.
Denied a goal a few minutes earlier when it was ruled he kicked the puck in the net, Gallagher tied it 1-1 at 18:12 of the first when his shot from the right circle beat Hutton on the far side.
Montreal took a 2-1 lead at 8:18 of the third period, on a power-play goal by Shaw, who, screening Hutton, tipped David Schlemko’s point shot.