Sharpen Up: March 18, 2019

The Sabres skated away with two points last night thanks to their 4-3 shootout victory over the St. Louis Blues on home ice.
Sam Reinhart scored the deciding goal in the shootout. Conor Sheary, Evan Rodrigues and Johan Larsson also scored for Buffalo while Carter Hutton made 30 saves through regulation and overtime.
The Sabres next play on Wednesday against the Toronto Maple Leafs at KeyBank Center. Faceoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Here's what you need to know.

About last night

From the Lexus Postgame Report…
Sam Reinhart watched as his buzzer-beating backhand deflected off the post while the final second ticked off the clock in overtime on Sunday, briefly extending what had already been a thrilling St. Patrick's Day matchup between the Sabres and St. Louis Blues at KeyBank Center.
When given a second chance at a game-winning goal in the ensuing shutout, he was sure to hit his mark. Reinhart flipped his forehand attempt over the pad of Blues goalie Jake Allen and Ryan O'Reilly ended his return to Buffalo with a shot off the crossbar to clinch a 4-3 Sabres victory, snapping their seven-game winless streak.
"It's a credit to the guys, because obviously things haven't gone the way we wanted them to," Sabres coach Phil Housley said. "To do what they did tonight was great to see."

"It got physical," Housley said. "It all started with Larsson's line, they came out and delivered some hits. Our guys didn't back off. I just liked the way we played after a back-to-back. In Carolina [on Saturday], I just thought our game was in a pretty good spot. We didn't get the result and we haven't gotten the result in the last two weeks.
"I'm happy for our guys. They just continue to battle, fight and they found a way to win tonight."

More postgame stats

Courtesy of @SabresPR…

St. Patrick's Day jerseys up for bid

The green St. Patrick's Day-themed jerseys the team wore for warmups are being auctioned off here](https://auctions.nhl.com/iSynApp/allAuction.action?sid=1100803&rc=25&sort=timeleft_asc&selectedCatId=11902&&pgcust1=sabres&pgcust2=team&pgcust3=&pgmode1=profilepage&pgmode2=&qMode=open&qt[0].type=openbrac&qt[1].type=fieldmatch&qt[1].name=panname_profileName_s&qt[1].value1=team&qt[2].type=operand&qt[3].type=fieldmatch&qt[3].name=panname_teamName_s&qt[3].value1=sabres&qt[4. The auctions run until 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26.
Before the game, RJ was in a festive mood:

Congrats to the Beauts on a great season

The Buffalo Beauts lost 2-1 in overtime yesterday to the Minnesota Whitecaps in the Isobel Cup Final.

It marked the fourth year in a row Buffalo had reached the championship game (that's every year the trophy has been awarded). They won it all in 2017.

What's new with Dumont?

Daniel Briere and J-P Dumont were in town for a few community relations events this weekend. Dumont stopped by the set to talk to Brian Duff and his old friend Martin Biron: