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 at center ice to Terry, 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 extended their point streak to four games (3-0-1).

The Ducks, who haven't qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs since 2017-18, are four points ahead of the Vegas Golden Knights for first place in the Pacific Division.

“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 had a goal and an assist, Rasmus Dahlin had two assists, and Alex Lyon made 27 saves for Buffalo (44-20-7), which extended its point streak to five games (4-0-1).

Buffalo remained four points ahead of the Tampa Bay Lightning for first place in the Atlantic Division. The Lightning lost 4-3 in overtime at the Calgary Flames on Sunday.

"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, where he 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. LaCombe then 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 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 feed from Noah Ostlund on a 2-on-1 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 scored his first goal of the game to push it 4-2 at 15:40. He retrieved the puck along the wall in the offensive zone, cut through three Buffalo players on his way to the net, and scored 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.

Kreider shot went wide right on a breakaway at 8:31, and Lyon turned away Jansen Harkins on another breakaway attempt at 9:32.

The Sabres then tied it 4-4 at 10:05. Ryan McLeod won the puck off the face-off at the left dot and passed to Power, who scored bar down with a snap shot.

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

However, 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 a snap shot that beat Lyon over his 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 has killed 18 straight power plays over its past five games. ... The Ducks are 23-0-0 when leading after the second period. .... Anaheim is 16-4 beyond regulation this season.