The Buffalo Sabres are over the longest losing streak in their history. They've turned it around with help from goalie Jhonas Enroth. Enroth made 38 saves and Zemgus Girgensons had a goal and an assist and Chris Stewart had three assists in a 3-2 win against the Dallas Stars at First Niagara Center on Saturday.
Enroth led the Sabres (16-34-3) to their second win in the past three games with another performance that saw him allow two goals while under consistent pressure. In his past three starts, Enroth has faced 103 shots on goal and made 97 saves, good for a .942 save percentage. Buffalo lost 14 in a row before that.
The Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday, but lost 3-0 to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. Buffalo's win against Dallas ended a six-game home losing streak. The Sabres got out to a 3-0 lead in the second period when Girgensons scored his 14th goal of the season 5:59 into the period. He took a pass from defenseman Nikita Zadorov and shot the puck into an empty net after Stars goalie Anders Lindback was caught out of position. Stewart has been on the Sabres' top line with Ennis and Girgensons since Jan. 30 against the Vancouver Canucks. Ennis scored his 13th goal of the season 43 seconds into the second period when he received a backhand pass from Stewart and beat Lindback over his glove hand with a one-timer. Stewart has 17 points in the past 22 games and has 17 career points against the Stars. Stewart also assisted on Tyler Myers' third goal of the season with 1:43 left in the first period. Myers took Stewart's pass and skated in from the blue line before taking a wrist shot that deflected off Stars defenseman John Klingberg and past Lindback. Dallas (23-21-8) has lost three in a row. Seven of the past 10 losses have been by one goal. Seguin made it 3-1 on a power-play goal with 4:37 left in the second period. Seguin received a pass from Klingberg and took a slap shot that beat Enroth on the short side. Seguin's goal was his fourth since Jan. 3 and gave him 10 points in the past nine games. Klingberg's assist extended his point streak to five games. Cody Eakin made it 3-2 with 10:13 left in the third period after a Sabres turnover. Eakin received a pass from Klingberg and took a wrist shot that beat Enroth high over his right shoulder for his 10th goal of the season. Lindback made 21 saves.
Stars Quotes
Tyler Seguin: "I think especially as of late we've been dominating games. We've been walking out with 40-plus shots a night against any team, but we're losing by a goal pretty much every night it seems like. Not much time left, but a lot of time left. It was a game we needed to win, again. Every game's important. There's pressure every game and it's an embarrassing one to lose. They competed hard, they kept buzzing opportunities and we left our goalie hanging a lot of the time tonight."Lindy Ruff: "We haven't been able to push through. There's been too many games where we haven't been able to push through and tie a game, or get back in the battle. It's frustrating. You know, I still think it starts with us not playing well enough defensively. For about 10 minutes in the second period, they took over. We came back and didn't stop and didn't play the game we needed to play."
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