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Jeff Skinner, Casey Mittelstadt and Dylan Cozens also scored for
the Sabres, who have at least one point in eight of their last
nine games.
Craig Anderson made 32 saves for Buffalo (26-34-11).
Jesper Fast and Nino Niederreiter scored goals and Jordan Staal
provided two assists for the Hurricanes (45-17-8), who dropped
their second game in a row.
Frederik Andersen, making his third consecutive start, stopped
18 shots.
Fast opened the scoring with the game's only first-period goal
as Carolina enjoyed a 13-5 edge in first-period shots. The
Sabres didn't have a shot on goal midway through the opening
period.
Skinner scored just 1:21 into the second period on a 2-on-1
chance against his former team, picking up his 29th goal of the
season.
Slightly more than 4 ½ minutes later, Mittelstadt's fourth goal
of the season came from the right circle and put the Sabres on
top.
Niederreiter tied the game at 4:10 of the third period, giving
him five goals in the last seven games. From there, it looked
like the Hurricanes had developed momentum until that was
snatched by the Sabres.
Oloofsson broke the tie with 7:52 remaining in regulation after
the Hurricanes failed to clear the puck out of the zone. Cozens'
power-play goal with 4:49 to play provided the two-goal cushion.
Buffalo scored on two of its five third-period shots on the way
to finishing 2-1-1 on a four-game homestand.
The Sabres and Hurricanes have split two games this season and
they meet again in the back end of consecutive games Thursday
night in Raleigh, N.C.
-Field Level Media
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