Detroit — These Buffalo Sabres are for real.
The Sabres won their ninth in a row Saturday, defeating the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in a shoootout.
The shootout went seven rounds before the Sabres won 2-1 on Sam Reinhart’s goal.
Andreas Athanasiou and Buffalo’s Tage Thompson both scored in round 5.
The Sabres improved to 16-6-2, while the Wings are 10-10-3.
Anthony Mantha tipped in his seventh goal at 13:52 of the third period, after Tyler Bertuzzi deflected Mike Green’s shot just after a power play expired, tying the score 2-2.
Goaltender Linus Ullmark appeared to make the save, but the puck trickled by Ullmark, and Mantha nudged the loose puck into the net.