BUFFALO, N.Y. — A crazy bounce off the glass allowed Derek Roy to score into an unattended net 4:02 into overtime, and the Sabres overcame a three-goal deficit for the second consecutive outing to beat the Thrashers 4-3 on Friday night.
Skating up the left wing, Sabres rookie defenseman Tyler Myers got to the Thrashers’ blue line and dumped the puck in high along the boards.
Goalie Johan Hedberg anticipated the play and immediately left his crease to go behind the net in a bid to play the puck. The puck, however, took a strange carom off the glass and bounced directly into the slot, where Roy swept it into the wide-open net.
Buffalo was coming off a 4-3 victory over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night in which it also erased a 3-0 deficit. The Sabres became the first team to win consecutive games when trailing by three or more goals since Dallas did it in January 2006.
