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BUFFALO http://www.officialblackhawksproshop.com/authentic-adidas-artem-anisimov-jersey , N.Y. (AP) Ducks forward Adam Henrique was still kicking himself for losing a faceoff in his own end that led to Anaheim giving up the tying goal with 15 seconds left in regulation.Henrique felt much better a few minutes later when he scored 1:36 into overtime for a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.”They tie it up late and it’s a tough one, but you’ve got to rebound right away and put it behind you,” said Henrique, referring to Buffalo’s Ryan O’Reilly beating him on the draw and then scoring to tie the game. ”I felt like I kind of owed us one there.”It was Henrique’s 12th goal and fifth game-winner in 30 games since being acquired by the Ducks in a trade with New Jersey on Nov. 30.Corey Perry, Rickard Rakell and Ondrej Kase also scored for the Ducks, who ended an 0-2-1 slide. Anaheim (26-19-10) kept pace in the Western Conference, where the Ducks began the day among five teams separated by one point in competing for the final playoff spot.Ryan Miller stopped 30 shots in facing his former team for the fourth time since the Sabres traded him to St. Louis during the 2013-14 season.Miller allowed 12 goals in his previous four games, including a 7-4 loss at Toronto on Monday night.”I’ve had a couple of rough outings, and I’ll take anything I can get tonight,” said Miller, who has been filling in with starter John Gibson recovering from a lower-body injury. ”I appreciate the opportunity to come back and try and make a difference tonight and get the win.”Jack Eichel had a goal and assist, and Zemgus Girgensons also scored for Buffalo. Robin Lehner stopped 29 shots.Bad breaks continued to hurt the Sabres, who dropped to 0-3-1 in their past four games.Aside from Henrique’s shot deflecting in off the stick of defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen, the Sabres fell behind 3-2 with 8:30 left in regulation when O’Reilly inadvertently scored into his own net while attempting to clear the puck.”It’s a stupid play by me,” O’Reilly said after his attempt to shoot the puck behind Buffalo’s net hit Lehner’s stick and caromed in. ”I feel bad. Lenny stands on his head all season for us and I kind of put one in off him.”On the upside, O’Reilly contributed to Buffalo earning a point by beating Henrique on the faceoff and one-timing Eichel’s pass into the slot.”Good to see him bounce back and tie it up,” Sabres coach Phil Housley said. ”It’s a difficult place to be. I’ve been there before. You try to battle back mentally. But it was a credit to him.”Housley was unhappy with Ristolainen’s performance, noting the defenseman’s errant pass intended for Eichel was the turnover that eventually led to Henrique’s goal.”I just think it’s just focus, bearing down at critical times,” Housley said.At 14-29-10, the Sabres sit last in the Eastern Conference standings. Their home record dropped to 6-15-4, tied with Arizona for the fewest home wins in the NHL.Girgensons opened the scoring with his second short-handed goal in three games by banking in his own rebound off Miller’s pad 3:22 in. Eichel put Buffalo ahead 2-1 with 2:12 left in the second period by converting Sam Reinhart’s feed through the crease.Rakell put the Ducks on the board with a power-play goal 21 seconds into the second period, when his shot hit the right post and then caromed in off Lehner. Kase tied the game 1:57 after Eichel scored.NOTES: Eichel’s goal was his 50th point of the season. He joined Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin, Phil Housley and Christian Ruuttu in becoming the fifth Sabres player to score at least 50 points in each of their first three seasons. … With an assist on Rakell’s goal, Getzlaf reached 300 career power-play points. Only Teemu Selanne (410) has more in Ducks history. … Sabres D Jake McCabe played only one shift in the second period before leaving the game. He appeared to be hurt late in the first following a collision with Getzlaf.UP NEXTDucks: Host the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.Sabres: Complete a five-game homestand against the New York Islanders on Thursday.— MONTREAL (AP) Things looked to be getting nasty between P.K. Subban and his former teammates.Subban was held off the scoresheet and played a turnover-filled game, but his Nashville Predators still pulled out a 3-2 shootout victory on Saturday night – mainly thanks to the outstanding play of goalie Pekka Rinne who made 47 saves Brandon Saad Jersey , including 10 in the five-minute overtime period.Ryan Ellis scored the only goal in the shootout to lift the Predators to the win.The Bell Centre crowd reacted with some boos but mostly cheers each time Subban had the puck. The flashy defenseman remains highly popular in Montreal after his trade to Nashville two summers ago for Shea Weber, who has been out since mid-December with a foot injury.The Canadiens went after Subban early in the game, with Nicolas Deslauriers putting a solid hit on him in the opening minute. And Subban and Brendan Gallagher went at each other in the first period, but the Canadiens’ forward was shaken up while trying to lay a big hit on his former teammate.”I didn’t see a smile from him tonight to be honest with you,” Subban said of Gallagher. ”I just saw the blood dripping down his face after he tried to hit me and fell down.”I didn’t see anything else. Other than that, it was just a normal game, as usual. Just competing in the battles and that’s it.”Gallagher tied the game 1-1 in the second period, then skated to over to the Nashville bench and appeared to say something to Subban.”I don’t think he said anything to me,” Subban said. ”Some guys from the bench were saying stuff, but I couldn’t hear it. … It’s so loud in this building. But I’m sure it’s pretty quiet over there now with two points on our side.”Gallagher said he didn’t want to discuss Subban, but still launched some barbs his way.”I don’t know why we’re talking about him – that’s what he wants,” Gallagher said. ”He comes in here and tries to make it about himself.”It was Subban’s second visit since the trade. Last season, the Canadiens prevailed 2-1.But the teams have gone in different directions since. The Predators have become one of the NHL’s top teams, while the Canadiens have had a disastrous campaign and will almost certainly miss the playoffs.Scott Hartnell and Kevin Fiala scored in regulation for Nashville.Jonathan Drouin also scored for the Canadiens, and Carey Price stopped 30 shots.Fiala gave the Predators a 2-1 lead with his 18th with 7:41 left in the third period. After the Canadiens pulled Price for an extra skater, Drouin tied it with his eighth with 1:14 remaining.”I thought we deserved better,” said Montreal coach Claude Julien, who didn’t want to talk about Subban. ”The game plan was to get pucks behind their defensemen, it wasn’t about P.K. Subban. Obviously the attention is on him because it always is, but it wasn’t about an individual.”Arturri Lehkonen stripped the puck from Filip Forsberg at the Nashville line. Gallagher grabbed it and saw his first shot blocked by Subban, but Gallagher picked up the rebound and beat Rinne from close range for his 20th goal of the season at 8:35 of the second.A bouncing puck in front of the Montreal net went to Nick Bonino, who slipped it to Hartnell for the tying score with 3:38 remaining in the middle period.After a sprawled Price made a glove save at the side of the net on Ryan Johansen, the Nashville center slipped the rebound back to uncovered Fiala for a backhander into an open side.NOTES: On Friday, Subban brought several Nashville teammates along as he visited the Montreal Children’s Hospital, to which he pledged to raise $10 million for when he played for the Canadiens and has stuck with even though he no longer lives in the city. … Forsberg returned after serving a three-game suspension for a high hit on Jimmy Vesey of the New York Rangers. … Half of the Predators’ defense are former Canadiens – Subban, Alexei Emelin and Yannick Weber. … Emelin took a penalty for an open-ice hit that was a knee-on-knee contact that left Nikita Scherbak limping in the first period.UP NEXTPredators: Host St. Louis on Tuesday night to start a four-game homestand.Canadiens: At Colorado on Wednesday night to open a four-game trip.

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