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Recap: Sabres win 2-1 in shootout. No, really.

When tonight’s game went to overtime, and then a shootout, what thoughts ran through your head? Be honest, it’s OK, we’re all friends here.

And I’ll give you a dollar if you thought that Rasmus Ristolainen and Zemgus Girgensons would help the Sabres win the shootout, which went to the tenth round, the longest shootout victory in team history.

Ristolainen, who scored on his first career shootout attempt on a sweet Forsberg move, kept the Sabres alive deep in the skills contest.

Nilsson on Risto goal: "I knew he was going to do that.