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01/24 15:25 CST Alex Lyon makes 26 saves, ties Buffalo record with 9th straight
win as Sabres blank Islanders 5-0
Alex Lyon makes 26 saves, ties Buffalo record with 9th straight win as Sabres
blank Islanders 5-0
NEW YORK (AP) --- Jason Tucker scored twice and Alex Lyon stopped 26 shots and
tied a Buffalo record with his ninth straight victory as the Sabres beat the
New York Islanders 5-0 Saturday.
Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Tuch also scored as the Sabres won their
third straight and for the fifth time in seven games. Ryan McLeod and Mattias
Samuelsson each had two assists.
Lyon, who signed with the Sabres in July after two seasons with Detroit,
recorded the sixth shutout of his career and tied the Buffalo record of Gerry
Desjardins (1976-77) with nine consecutive wins.
Buffalo improved to 18-3-1 in its last 22 games.
David Rittich made 16 saves for the Islanders, who were playing their first
home game after a seven-game trip in which they went 3-3-1.
Rittich, who last started on Jan. 17 against Calgary, entered the game with a
4-2-2 record 2.46 goals-against average versus Buffalo. He slipped to 11-7-3
this season.
Zucker opened the scoring 33 seconds into the second period, scoring on a wrist
shot, offa rebound of a shot by Jack Quinn. Thompson extended the lead to two
goals, scoring past a sliding Rittich at 19:47 of the second.
Zucker's second goal of the game, 25 seconds into the third, stretched the lead
to 3-0. Dahlin scored into an empty net at 14:02 of the period and Tuch
completed the scoring approximately 30 seconds later by tipping a shot from
Samuelsson by Rittich.
Bo Horvat was back on the ice with the Islanders after being sidelined for nine
games due to a lower-body injury.
Up next
Sabres: At Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday.
Islanders: At Philadelphia Flyers on Monday.
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