Buffalo Sabres: Top 5 most exciting wins on the road in 2022-23
By Sion Fawkes
3 – Sabres score their most emotional win of the season
The Buffalo Sabres entered this one with heavy hearts given Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s tragic collapse just one day before during a Monday Night Football game. And the game was nothing short of epic, with the Sabres and Washington Capitals going back and forth before the latter took a 4-3 lead in the third period.
But Tyson Jost scored at the 11:42 mark, tying the game and subsequently forcing an overtime. Tage Thompson would score his third goal of the night at exactly the three-minute mark of the extra frame, sending the Blue and Gold home victorious.
2 – Sabres fend off Lightning in the most improbable manner
The Buffalo Sabres had it tough against the Tampa Bay Lightning in recent history, and the previous time the two teams met, the Blue and Gold lost a heartbreaker. And this time around, it looked as though history were about to repeat itself, as the Sabres blew a 5-3 lead with five minutes remaining in the third period.
To make matters worse, Henri Jokiharju put the Sabres shorthanded going into the extra frame thanks to a delay of game call at the 19:52 mark. But despite all the momentum in Tampa’s corner, Ilya Lyubushkin said, “Not so fast,” and he ended up scoring on a breakaway to give Buffalo an unprecedented win.