Tuesday night's game was undoubtedly one for the record books. The Sabres hall of fame added 2 more illustrious members, with the induction of Rick Jeanneret and Dale Hawerchuk. Both inductees gave speeches that had the sellout that was FN Center on its feet. And the excitement was just beginning. For the first time since 1995, the Sabres dropped the puck against a team from Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was the Jets who got off to a flying start (no pun intended). Mark Flood and Bryan Little both scored roughly 2 minutes apart in the early 1st. It looked as if Ryan Miller was going to get smoked again. But, this time, his offense came to the rescue. Derek Roy continued his recent tear, scoring on the Power Play to cut the score to 2-1 with about 10 minutes remaining. Then, about 11 seconds later, call-up Corey Tropp found the back of the net for the first time in his NHL career. Congrats to Corey for that! Then the see-saw continued as Tanner Glass connected on the PP to give the Jets their lead back again. But the Sabres battled back again. The Sabres Penalty kill continued to dominate, as Paul Gaustad got the puck at center and did a spin-o-Rama and passed to Jason Pominiville, who tapped it right in. It is arguably the best pass I've ever seen. The seesaw battle raged on. Ultimately leading to a 5-5 tie at the end of regulation. Winnipeg killed their chances of winning with how many penalties they took. Blake Wheeler took a penalty with less than a minute left in OT, setting up Jason Pominville's blast that went in of Thomas Vanek's skate to win it for Buffalo. It was a great game in my opinion. Thanks for reading!
Star of the Game: Thomas Vanek.
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