Buffalo Sabres at Winnipeg Jets

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Buffalo Sabres

26-19-3

Final
3 - 2

Winnipeg Jets

31-18-1

Sabres hold off Jets 3-2 for 5th straight victory

Thompson scored his 34th goal of the season and stretched his points streak to six games. He has three goals and seven assists during the streak.

Owen Power and Victor Olofsson also scored for the Sabres, Jeff Skinner and Rasmus Dahlin each had a pair of assists, and Eric Comrie stopped 19 shots.

Nate Schmidt and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored for Winnipeg, and Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves.

“We didn’t really get out of our zone very well tonight,” Schmidt said. “I don’t think we had a lot of times where we had the puck on our stick and making the play to get out of the zone. Had a lot of times where we just weren’t confident with it.”

Thompson made it 2-0 in the second on a one-timer off Alex Tuch's pass. Tuch has a seven-game point streak, the second-longest point run in his career.

“He’s always ready for the puck, so when you can find him in an open area ... he’s going to bury it,” Tuch said.

Olafsson boosted the lead to 3-0 with a power-play goal midway through the third.

UP NEXT

Sabres: At Minnesota on Saturday night.

Jets: Host Philadelphia on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 10:32	Goal scored by Owen Power assisted by Rasmus Dahlin and Tage Thompson
Goal	2nd Period 14:15	Goal scored by Tage Thompson assisted by Alex Tuch and Jeff Skinner
Goal	3rd Period 10:30	Goal scored by Victor Olofsson assisted by Jeff Skinner and Rasmus Dahlin (PPG)
Goal	3rd Period 15:14	Goal scored by Nate Schmidt assisted by Blake Wheeler and Adam Lowry (PPG)
Goal	3rd Period 19:17	Goal scored by Pierre-Luc Dubois assisted by Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler

Statistics

BUF		WPG
15	Blocked Shots	12
10	Hits	19
7	Takeaways	9
36	Shots	21
1	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	3
50.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
24	Faceoffs Won	19
55.8	Faceoff Win Percent	44.2
9	Giveaways	14
3	Total Penalties	2
6	Penalty Minutes	4

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Colin Miller, D	Injured Reserve	Mar 10
Nino Niederreiter, RW	Injured Reserve	Feb 28
Vladislav Namestnikov, C	Out	Feb 28
Neal Pionk, D	Injured Reserve	Feb 24

Buffalo Sabres Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Colten Ellis, G	Day-To-Day	Mar 13
Tanner Pearson, LW	Day-To-Day	Mar 13
Mattias Samuelsson, D	Day-To-Day	Mar 13
Alex Tuch, RW	Day-To-Day	Mar 13
Tyson Kozak, C	Day-To-Day	Mar 13