Thompson scores OT winner as Sabres beat Flames

CALGARY — Tage Thompson scored the overtime winner and Dustin Tokarski made 24 saves as the Buffalo Sabres won 1-0 Friday night over the Calgary Flames.

Buffalo (21-33-8) has split the first two games of its Western Canada road trip, which wraps up Sunday night in Vancouver.

It's a rare lost point on home ice for Calgary (37-16-8), which is 15-1-2 in their last 18 games at the Saddledome.

It's the second career shutout for Tokarski and first since 2013-14 with the Montreal Canadiens. He improves to 6-9-4.

Jacob Markstrom made 33 saves in he loss. He falls to 29-11-7.

After playing a brilliant game, it was Markstrom's mistake on the deciding goal. He charged out of the net to clear a puck that had been shot in off the sideboards, but in attempting to shoot to safety, he whiffed on it and Thompson was right there to corral it and fire it into the empty net.

The 24 shots was a season low for the Pacific Division-leading Flames.

After a lacklustre first period in which the teams combined for just 13 shots and few dangerous chances, things opened up a little more in the second period, but both goaltenders stood tall.

The save of the night and a contender for save of the season was a highlight reel effort by Tokarski, who dove across the crease to take away what appeared to be a sure goal for Calle Jarnkrok after he was set up for an empty net by a perfect pass from Andrew Mangiapane.

Jarnkrok was making his Flames debut after the 30-year-old Swede was acquired Wednesday from the Seattle Kraken for three draft picks. He centred a line with Mangiapane and Tyler Toffoli, acquired Feb. 14.

While Calgary had the best scoring chance of the second, Buffalo had the greater quantity of dangerous chances but Markstrom turned them all