Buffalo and Ottawa provided an entertaining, back and forth, seesaw battle tonight as the Northeast division foes met in Scotiabank Place.Milan Michalek opened the scoring in the 1st, dekeing through Tyler Myers and going above Jhonas Enroth's glove for his 9th. In the 2nd, Derek Roy made his hometown return even better, deflecting Ville Leino's point shot for his 2nd. Then Jordan Leopold scored on a hard working shift from Nathan Gerbe to give Buffalo a 2-1 lead. This didn't last long ,however, as Erik Condra scored his first on a break away. The ensuing back and forth game resulted in a tie through out 65 minutes, setting the stage for Enroth to star in his signature situation. Enroth allowed the first two shooters for Ottawa, Michalek and Jason Spezza, but stopped the next four. Thomas Vanek and Brad Boyes kept Buffalo alive in the first two shootout rounds, allowing Enroth time to shake off the rust and dominate. After Ottawa's last four shooters were stopped by Enroth, Nathan Gerbe, Jason Pominville, and Drew Stafford all came up short. This provided Derek Roy a rare chance, to score a game winner in his home town. And he delivered, firing into the top left to beat Craig Anderson and winning Buffalo its second straight. I can imagine it was a fun trip home for Roy.
Goodnight and thanks for the read. Buffalo is back in action Tuesday when Winnipeg comes to town. Be sure to watch!
Star of the Game: Derek Roy.
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