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Avs Fall To Sabres

Robin Lehner made 35 saves to help the Buffalo Sabres end a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 win against the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center on Tuesday.

Benoit Pouliot, Jake McCabe, Evander Kane and Jack Eichel scored for the Sabres (7-17-4), who are 2-9-2 in their past 13 games.

Nathan MacKinnon scored twice for the Avalanche (12-12-2), who lost the last three games of a five-game homestand to go 1-4-0.

Kane gave the Sabres a 3-2 lead at 11:54 of the third period with his 13th goal. Eichel sent the puck behind the Avalanche net, Kane corralled it and scored on a wraparound.

Eichel scored into an empty net with 32.9 seconds to play. The Avalanche tied the game 2-2 at 9:58 on a power-play goal by MacKinnon, who beat Lehner to the short side for his second goal of the game and 10th of the season.

The Sabres took a 2-1 lead in the second period on goals by Pouliot and McCabe. Pouliot scored shorthanded at 5:32 off a pass from Ryan O'Reilly, who skated into the Avalanche end as defenseman Erik Johnson slid toward the net. O'Reilly passed across to Pouliot on the right side for a shot past goalie Semyon Varlamov for a 1-0 lead.

The Avalanche tied the game 1-1 at 12:22 on a power-play goal by MacKinnon, who beat Lehner to the short side from the left circle for his ninth goal.

The Sabres went ahead 2-1 on McCabe's goal at 18:59. His shot bounced into the net off Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard.

It was the first goal by a Buffalo defenseman this season. The Avalanche requested a review whether the Sabres were offside before the goal, but the goal stood and Colorado was assessed a penalty for delay of game.

--by Rick Sadowski / NHL.com--