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Mittelstadt backhanded in a rebound of a Dylan Cozens shot over
the left pad of Chicago goaltender Collin Delia for his sixth
goal of the season.
Owen Power and Tage Thompson also scored goals and Dustin
Tokarski finished with 19 saves for Buffalo (32-39-11, 75
points) which won for the fifth time in its last six games and
finished fifth in the Atlantic Division.
Dylan Strome and Dominik Kubalik scored for Chicago (28-42-12,
68 points) which had a two-game win streak snapped and finished
seventh in the Central Division. Delia made 33 saves.
Chicago took a 1-0 lead at the 8:47 mark of the second period.
Alex Vlasic skated around the left back boards and then passed
to Kubalik alone in the slot. Kubalik then one-timed a shot into
the top right corner for his 15th goal of the season. It was
also the first assist of Vlasic's NHL career.
Thompson tied it, 1-1, at the 4:16 mark of the third period with
his 38th goal of the season. Jeff Skinner set up the score with
a cross-ice pass to Thompson at the bottom of the left circle
where he fired a wrist shot under the crossbar.
Strome then put Chicago back in front when he redirected Caleb
Jones' pass from the right circle past Tokarski's blocker side
for his 22nd goal.
Power, the first pick of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, tied it, 2-2,
with 5:38 remaining when he fired a wrist shot from above the
circles through traffic and Delia's pads for his second goal of
the season and setting the stage for overtime.
The game was the final one for longtime Buffalo play-by-play
announcer Rick Jeanneret, who is retiring after 51 seasons.
Jeanneret, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame who had a banner
in his honor hoisted into the rafters at KeyBank Center earlier
this season, broadcast his first game on Oct. 10, 1971.
--Field Level Media
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