Sabres 2, Red Wings 1
DETROIT -- Center Ryan O'Reilly and left winger Johan Larsson scored 1:01 apart late in the third period to give the Buffalo Sabres a 2-1 come-from-behind win against the Detroit Red Wings Monday night at Joe Louis Arena.
Chad Johnson made 31 saves for Buffalo.
Brad Richards scored for Detroit, which had its 13-game point streak (8-0-5) snapped.
Petr Mrazek made 28 saves.
O'Reilly tied the game 1-1 with 4:14 left when he tipped in a shot from the point by center Sam Reinhart. It was O'Reilly's 11th goal of the season.
Larsson gave the Sabres a 2-1 lead when he put in a rebound with 3:13 left in the third period for his first goal of the season and first in 30 games.
Mrazek and center Pavel Datsyuk, with a stick check, combined to make a save on center O'Reilly from just outside the crease in front of the net with 5:10 left in the third period.
Richards gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead 4:01 into the second period.
He snapped a one-time shot past Johnson off a cross-ice pass from Datsyuk. It was Richards' second goal of the season.
Johnson stopped Detroit right winger Tomas Jurco on a penalty shot with 5:04 left in the second period after it was ruled that defenseman Mike Weber interfered with Jurco on a breakaway. Jurco came in at an angle, slowed down and came down the slot at Johnson and tried to beat him with a forehand shot.
Datsyuk hit the goal post on his own rebound with 8:40 left in the second period.
Johnson denied defenseman Mike Green, playing in his 600th game, on a one-time shot from the high slot with around 7:35 left in the second period.
Green earlier hit the goal post from the right circle 9:50 into the game on a power play.
Johnson stopped Red Wings captain and forward Henrik Zetterberg from the slot with 2:51 left in the first period.
NOTES: Heading into Monday's game, Detroit had points in its past 13 games (8-0-5), the franchise's longest streak since the 2005-06 season when it had a point in 20 consecutive games (17-0-3). ... Buffalo C Ryan O'Reilly had a seven-game point streak (3-7-10). ... The Red Wings were without LW Drew Miller (broken jaw), RW Teemu Pulkkinen (dislocated shoulder), RW Johan Franzen (concussion) and D Kyle Quincey (ankle). ... The Sabres were missing G Robin Lehner (high ankle sprain), C Tyler Ennis (upper body), C Cody McCormick (blood clots) and D Mark Pysyk (lower body). ... D Jakub Kindl was Detroit's healthy scratch. ... D Jake McCabe was a healthy scratch for Buffalo.