Buffalo defeats San Jose to snap a six-game losing streak

Buffalo, N.Y. — Ryan Miller made 27 saves in his final tuneup before the Olympics, and the Buffalo Sabres scored three second-period goals to beat the San Jose Sharks, 3-1, on Saturday night.

Paul Gaustad, Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville scored to help Buffalo end a losing streak at six games.

Evgeni Nabokov, also in his last game before joining the Russian Olympic squad, made 25 stops for the Sharks and had his NHL-record road winning streak ended at 11 games. Kent Huskins scored for San Jose.

The Sharks had the better chances early in the second period, but Buffalo broke a scoreless deadlock 5 1/2 minutes in when Gaustad charged the net and tucked in a pass from the left corner by Henrik Tallinder.

Vanek made it 2-0 just over seven minutes later when took a lead pass in the slot, faked to his forehand to get Nabokov out of position, then went to his backhand to flip the puck in.

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