Red-hot Jeff Skinner ties it in the third period with his fifth goal in 4 games.
By Scott Billeck / NHL.com Correspondent
WINNIPEG, MAN.– Jeff Skinner extended his goal streak for the Buffalo Sabres to four games in a 2-1 shootout win against the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Friday.
Skinner scored 53 seconds into the third period on the power play to tie the game 1-1. He has five goals in the past four games and 19 points (13 goals, six assists) in the past 13 games.
Conor Sheary won it when he beat goalie Laurent Brossoit in the bottom of the seventh round of the tiebreaker.
Carter Hutton made 25 saves for the Sabres (11-6-2), who have won four straight.
Kyle Connor scored for the Jets (11-5-2), who lost for the first time in four games. Brossoit made 31 saves and is 3-0-1 in four starts this season.
Winnipeg forward Blake Wheeler had his point streak end at 11 games. He had two goals and 18 assists during the streak.
Connor gave the Jets a 1-0 lead, extending his point streak to five games (three goals, two assists), when he beat Hutton with a wrist shot after a cross-ice pass from forward Patrik Laine on a 2-on-1.
The Sabres continue their road trip to Minnesota to take on the Wild Saturday night.