Buffalo erases a 2-goal deficit but falls to the Blue Jackets in overtime.
By Craig Merz / NHL.com Correspondent
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Artemi Panarin scored his second goal of the game 31 seconds into overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 5-4 victory against the Buffalo Sabres at Nationwide Arena on Saturday.
Buffalo (6-4-1) failed to win a fourth straight game, which would have matched its longest winning streak since Dec. 9-15, 2014.
Cam Atkinson scored twice within 31 seconds and had an assist for Columbus (6-4-0), which has won two straight. With the score tied 2-2 in the second period, he scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season to set the Blue Jackets record for fastest two goals by one player, breaking the mark set by Nick Foligno (51 seconds against the Calgary Flames on March 22, 2013).
Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and two assists, and Joonas Korpisalo made 34 saves for the Blue Jackets.
Jeff Skinner and Jason Pominville each had a goal and an assist, Kyle Okposo and Casey Mittelstadt scored, and Jack Eichel had two assists for the Sabres.
Linus Ullmark made 32 saves in his third start of the season for Buffalo.
Okposo made it 1-0 at 1:38 of the first period.
Dubois tied it 1-1 at 8:37, and Skinner made it 2-1 at 14:11 of the first.
Panarin tied it 2-2 at 1:34 of the second.
Atkinson gave Columbus a 3-2 lead at 16:42 of the second, completing a give-and-go with Riley Nash. Atkinson made it 4-2 at 17:13 on the rush down the left wing.
Pominville made it 4-3 at 2:32 of third, and Mittelstadt scored on the power play at 4:30 to tie it 4-4.