Buffalo took it 4-3 in regulation, and the third period was the whole story: a 2-0 frame after trailing 2-3 through 40 minutes. Rasmus Dahlin and Jiri Kulich scored eight minutes apart to flip it.
Chicago jumped out 2-0 inside 12 minutes on Ryan Donato's goal (Nick Lardis) and Tyler Bertuzzi's finish off a Anton Frondell feed, before Jack Quinn answered at 17 for 1-2. Tage Thompson tied it at 26, but Oliver Moore restored the lead at 39 off Alex Vlasic's helper for 2-3 — the last time Chicago was ahead. Dahlin's equalizer at 47, assisted by Mattias Samuelsson, was the turn.
Kulich's winner at 54, set up by Owen Power, came from the back end again — three of Buffalo's four goals were assisted by defensemen (Metsa, Crevier, Samuelsson, Power all logged helpers). Four different scorers for the Sabres, none with more than one.