Ducks recover late in 3rd, defeat Sabres in OT on Terry's 2nd goal

ANAHEIM -- Troy Terry scored at 1:29 of overtime and the Anaheim Ducks recovered for a 6-5 win against the Buffalo Sabres at Honda Center on Sunday.

Tage Thompson turned the puck over to Terry at center ice, who skated it in and put a backhand shot top shelf over Buffalo goalie Alex Lyon's blocker for the win.

"He's such an elusive breakaway guy," Lyon said of Terry. "When guys can get that close and then get it up top, he's a dangerous player."

Terry scored twice, Chris Kreider, Jackson LaCombe, Beckett Sennecke each had a goal and an assist, Leo Carlsson had two assists, and Ville Husso made 24 saves for the Ducks (39-27-4), who stretched their point streak to four games (3-0-1) and their lead in the Pacific Division to four points over the second place Vegas Golden Knights.

The Ducks haven't qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in eight years.

“We’ve been dying to play in these games," Terry said. "We're just trying to stay in the moment and just relish being in this position, and hopefully keep learning along the way.”

Owen Power and Zach Benson each tallied a goal and an assist, Rasmus Dahlin had two assists, and Alex Lyon made 27 saves for Buffalo (44-20-7), which rallied from a two-goal, third-period deficit to stretch its point streak to five games (4-0-1) and maintain a four-point lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning for first place in the Atlantic Division.

"They're a very dangerous team," Lyon said of the Ducks. "I was extremely impressed with their offensive capability. It took me by surprise, to be honest, how good their offensive game was."

The Sabres took a 1-0 lead at 3:36 of the first period. Power made a no-look backhand pass from the end boards to Alex Tuch in the bottom of the right face-off circle and Tuch scored with a snap shot.

"We still need to have better starts," Terry said. "I feel like we weren’t ready from the start again, and then after the first five minutes or so, I thought we played a really good game.”

The Ducks came back with two power-play goals in a 2:56 span. Kreider scored first with a snap shot from the right circle off a cross-ice feed from Carlsson to tie it 1-1 at 9:27, then LaCombe hit the net with a wrist shot from just inside the blue line for a 2-1 lead at 12:23.

Anaheim went 3-for-4 on the power play against Buffalo, and killed off all three of the Sabres power play opportunities.

"We definitely took way too many penalties, fueled their offensive guys," Thompson said. "I thought we controlled most of the game, so special teams gave them life tonight."

Josh Doan finished off a 2-on-1 thanks to a feed from Noah Ostlund to tie it 2-2 at 17:14.

Despite being outshot by Buffalo 9-3 in the second period, Anaheim scored twice to take a two-goal lead.

Sennecke moved the Ducks back in front 3-2 at 2:35. Dahlin backed off Sennecke as he drove down the left side, giving Sennecke room to cut to the front of the crease for a wrist shot.

Terry then tallied his first goal of the game to push it 4-2 at 15:40 when he retrieved the puck along the wall in the Buffalo zone, cut through three Buffalo players on his way to the net, and put it in with a backhand shot from the slot.

The Sabres cut it to 4-3 at 4:40 of the third period when Jack Quinn scored with a snap shot from the right circle off a rush.

After Kreider's shot went wide right on a breakaway at 8:31, and Lyon turned away Jansen Harkins on another backhanded breakaway attempt at 9:32, the Sabres tied it 4-4 when Ryan McLeod won the puck off the face-off at the left dot in the Buffalo zone, with Power putting a snap shot bar down at 10:05.

Benson buried the backhand dish from Dahlin into a wide open net, putting the Sabres up 5-4 at 11:37.

Mikael Granlund tied it 5-5 with 1:44 left in regulation. Tuch was called for tripping with 2:34 left, and the Ducks pulled Husso for the two-man advantage. Kreider's pass from below the goal line found Granlund above the right hash marks for the snap shot that beat Lyon over the glove.

"Lyon made some huge saves when we needed them," Thompson said. "We were fortunate to get a point out of that one. Obviously, it would have been nice to get another one, but getting points on all four games of this road trip is not an easy thing to do."

NOTES: The Sabres stretched their road point streak to 14 games (12-0-2). ... Dahlin has 17 points (four goals, 13 assists) in his past 12 games. ... Benson played in his 200th NHL game. ... Anaheim went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and has killed 18 straight power plays over the past five games. ... The Ducks are 23-0-0 when leading after the second period. .... Anaheim is 16-4 beyond regulation this season.