Buffalo’s Rasmus Dahlin netted a power-play goal 1:42 into overtime and the visiting Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 Thursday night to win for the fourth time in five games.
After the Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov went off for hooking Tage Thompson early in the extra session, Dahlin finished a give-and-go with Casey Mittelstadt as Buffalo improved to 8-2-0 in road matches since Jan. 1.
Alex Tuch and Thompson also scored and Buffalo goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 21 saves to record his 18th win.
Buffalo played without defenseman Erik Johnson, who was dealing with the flu after skating for just one period in Tuesday night’s 3-2 loss at the Florida Panthers.
The Sabres ended February with a 6-5-0 mark.
The Lightning got goals from Brayden Point and Mitchell Chaffee. NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov notched an assist to bring his point total to 104.
Brandon Hagel went scoreless and had his 14-game point streak end. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 shots in his ninth start in the past 10 games.
The Lightning finished the month 5-6-1.
To open their five-game homestand, the Lightning were aggressive early as both Hagel and Kucherov hit the posts next to Luukkonen in the first five minutes.
