Huberdeau backhanded the puck through Mrazek’s pads

TAMPA Seth Griffith Jersey Womens , Fla. (AP) The Buffalo Sabres long ago fell out of playoff contention. They still might be a factor in the postseason.Jason Pominville scored on a power play at 1:26 of overtime to give the Sabres a 2-1 victory over the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night.Pominville beat Andrei Vasilevskiy with a one-timer from the left circle off a feed from Rasmus Ristolainen.Evan Rodrigues tied it for Buffalo in the third, and Chad Johnson stopped 21 shots.The victory was the second in a row against Tampa Bay in the past two weeks. The Sabres, last in the Eastern Conference, also knocked off second-place Boston Bruins twice in February.”Everybody really played good defensively,” Buffalo coach Phil Housley said. ”I’ve got to hand it to our guys, they really played hard and took away time and space against a really good hockey team.”Cory Conacher scored for Tampa Bay, which saw a four-game winning streak come to an end, and Vasilevskiy made 32 saves.With a point in the standings for the overtime loss, the Lightning became the first team to reach 90 points this season.”We’ll take the points where we can get them, but we didn’t really deserve the two points tonight Jack Roslovic Jersey Womens ,” Tampa Bay defenseman Dan Girardi said. ”We had good spots in the game but against a team that’s not in the playoffs and (if) we want to stay atop our division and the league we need the same effort we had against Toronto (on Monday) with the emotion and desperation and it just wasn’t there tonight.”With NHL scoring leader Nikita Kucherov out with an undisclosed upper-body injury, the Lightning struggled to generate offensive chances and finished with 18 even-strength shots on goal.”There’s one team that looked like they’re getting close to the playoffs and preparing to go to the postseason, and one team looked like they weren’t,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. ”So take that from there, which team was which.”Tampa Bay opened the scoring with 1:57 left in the first period. The puck deflected off the stick of Conacher in front right in to Johnson, but Conacher quickly recovered the rebound and pulled the puck back to his forehand to find the vacated side of the net.Rodrigues tied it with 8:13 left in regulation. After Andrej Sustr fumbled the puck along the boards and lost the puck, Jason Pominville passed off to fed Rodrigues, who lifted the puck to the far post past Vasilevskiy.”I think we had all 20 guys pulling in the right direction,” Rodrigues said. ”We didn’t have anyone cheating on the wrong side of the puck. We stuck with our game plan. As the game wore we didn’t try cheating for offense. We all stuck to the defensive side of the puck and when you do that you wear the other team down and you get rewarded.”NOTES: The U.S. women’s Olympic champion hockey team was honored before the game. The team held residency camp in nearby Wesley Chapel. … Buffalo RW Kyle Okposo missed the game to be with his wife while she gave birth to a daughter Tuesday. Okposo is expected to join the team in time for Friday’s game at Florida. … The Sabres called up C Seth Griffin from Rochester of the American Hockey League. … Tampa Bay recalled RW Michael Bournival from Syracuse of the AHL. … Tampa Bay’s streak of scoring at least three goals in a game was snapped at 10.UP NEXTLightning: At Dallas on Thursday night.Sabres: At Florida on Friday night. SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) The Florida Panthers are making a playoff push with improved offense and solid goaltending.Evgenii Dadonov scored twice Scott Mayfield Jersey Womens , Roberto Luongo made 39 saves and the Panthers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Sunday for their season-best sixth straight victory – all at home.”We’re obviously playing our best hockey of the year at the right time,” Luongo said. ”We know we still have a lot of work to do; there’s no taking things lightly the rest of the way. We have to make sure we keep pushing the way we have.”Luongo is 6-1 since returning Feb. 17 after missing 27 games with a groin injury.”When Lou’s in there he’s just a calming effect,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. ”He’s been solid ever since he’s come back. He’s playing some of the best hockey I’ve seen in a long time and it’s helping us.”Aleksander Barkov scored his 25th goal of the season and had an assist, and Jonathan Huberdeau added a goal. The Panthers are in the final Eastern Conference playoff position with 18 games left to play.Dadonov and Huberdeau broke the 20-goal scoring mark for the season, joining Barkov and Vincent Trocheck.”We’ve been winning games, getting points and chasing a playoff spot, but we still have a lot of games to go,” Barkov said. ”Of course, when we’re winning games we are happy and we’re happy right now.”Travis Konecny scored for the Flyers, and Petr Mrazek made 22 saves in his sixth straight start. Philadelphia has lost three straight after winning six in a row.”I didn’t like my game today Max Domi Jersey Womens ,” Mrazek said. ”I know we didn’t score the first two periods but the game could have been 1-0 or 2-0 and we would have had a chance. I have to support these guys better.”The Panthers made it 3-0 with 1:54 left in the second on Dadonov’s second goal. Dadonov took a pass from Barkov near the blue line, took it into the slot and shot it over Mrazek’s glove.The Panthers employed the stretch pass on three of their goals.”It wasn’t our best defensive coverage, that’s for sure,” Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas said. ”They played with the stretch passes. We could have done a way better job.”Huberdeau backhanded the puck through Mrazek’s pads at 2:47 of the third.Konecny poked in a rebound with 3:21 left in the third to finish the scoring.Dadonov has nine goals in his last 10 games, including his first career hat trick Feb. 24 against Pittsburgh and leads the Panthers with five multi-goal games.”He plays hard and always first on pucks and takes hits to make plays,” Boughner said. ”Him and Barkov have some great chemistry right now. He’s increased the skill level of this team.”Barkov gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead 2:41 in on a power-play goal. Barkov took a pass from Keith Yandle near the blue line, skated in and backhanded the puck past Mrazek. Barkov has a four-game goals streak. Luongo had the secondary assist.Dadonov put the Panthers ahead 2-0 on his first goal when he fired a shot from the left circle on a pass from Nick Bjugstad and beat Mrazek on the glove side with 5:11 left in the first. Bjugstad has 11 assists in his last 15 games.Notes: Luongo’s assist on Barkov’s first period goal was his 22nd career point. … Barkov has 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) in his past 15 games. … Flyers D Johnny Oduya left the game in the second period with an unspecified injury.The Flyers played their second game in less than 24 hours, losing 7-6 in a shootout at Tampa Bay on Saturday.UP NEXT:Flyers: Host Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.Panthers: At Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.