Overview
- Buffalo's surge is its first 12-in-13 stretch since 2005 and lifted the team into the East's second wild-card position.
- Josh Doan, Alex Tuch, Jason Zucker, Mattias Samuelsson and Ryan McLeod scored, with Zucker's power-play winner snapping a 17-chance drought.
- Samuelsson netted a short-handed goal seconds into a four-minute penalty kill created by Peyton Krebs' double-minor for high-sticking.
- In his first appearance since Dec. 9, Ellis stopped 30 shots and the final 12 he faced after Vincent Trocheck cut the deficit early in the third.
- New York was without Igor Shesterkin and Adam Fox as Jonathan Quick gave up four on 20 shots, and referee Peter MacDougall exited after being hit by a puck.