Penguins top Sabres in shootout
PENGUINS 5, SABRES 4, SO
PENGUINS 5, SABRES 4, SO
Jason Zucker scored in the ninth round of the shootout to give Pittsburgh a win over Buffalo on Tuesday night.
Kasperi Kapanen got his third goal of the preseason in the third period, Drew O'Connor scored twice and Radim Zohorna also scored. Casey DeSmith had 23 saves. Bryan Rust and Danton Heinen also scored in the shootout.
Jack Quinn, Arttu Ruotsalainen, and Tage Thompson scored in the shootout for Buffalo.
Anders Bjork, Brett Murray, Vinnie Hinostroza, and Victor Olofsson scored in regulation for the Sabres. Dustin Tokarski started and stopped 15 of 16 shots in 30:15 of ice time. Aaron Dell stopped 19 of 22 shots in his half of the game.
Bjork had a chance to extended the shootout but his attempt was denied by DeSmith.