Tyler Ennis and Kyle Okposo score for Buffalo in the 4-2 loss to the Canucks.
By Joe Yerdon / NHL.com Correspondent
BUFFALO — Michael Chaput scored two goals to help the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Sunday night.
Chaput made it 4-2 with his second goal of the game with 4:27 left in the second period. Chaput took a pass from Alexander Edler and his shot Sabres goalie Robin Lehner for his third goal of the season.
Chaput gave Vancouver a 2-1 lead with 3:23 left in the first period when he put a rebound of a Daniel Sedin pass off the side of the post past Lehner.
Jacob Markstrom made 26 saves for the Canucks (25-25-6), who have won two of their past three games and are 2-2-0 on their six-game road trip.
The Sabres (23-23-10) have lost two of the past three.
Tyler Ennis gave Buffalo a 1-0 lead 4:58 into the first period with his fourth goal of the season. He beat Markstrom on a pass from Evan Rodrigues. Canucks forward Bo Horvat made it 1-1 4:09 later with a power-play goal for his 17th of the season.
Kyle Okposo’s 18th goal of the season made it 2-2 with 16 seconds left in the second period.
Alexandre Burrows gave the Canucks a 3-2 lead 5:00 into the second period. Burrows got a pass from defenseman Troy Stecher and took a shot that went off the stick of Sabres defenseman Justin Falk and past Lehner for his ninth goal of the season.
Lehner made 27 saves.
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