Sabres beat Blues in overtime

Rasmus Dahlin scored a power-play goal in overtime to deliver the Sabres a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night at KeyBank Center.

Ryan McLeod and Alex Tuch each had a goal and an assist in the win. Zach Benson also scored a goal. Devon Levi made 24 saves in his first start since Nov. 1 with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen sidelined due to a minor injury.

The Sabres were also without leading scorer Tage Thompson, who is day to day with a lower-body injury. McLeod filled in for Thompson on a line with Tuch.

Brandon Saad scored twice for the Blues, whose other goal came from Pavel Buchnevich. Jordan Binnington made 29 saves on 33 shots in the loss.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Period

Following a game-opening goal by the Blues, the Sabres tightened up their defense and the offense went to work, ending the period on top 2-1.

The Blues struck first when Saad stole a puck right in front of goal and slotted it past Levi. Benson responded by sneaking a shot inside the near post from along the goal line for his third goal in the last four games.

Four minutes later, McLeod swept a shot from above the right faceoff circle, sneaking it past Binnington’s right shoulder with the help of screens from Tuch and Benson. Benson nearly added a second goal with the time counting down on the period but was denied by the left pad of Binnington.