Sabres 4, Flames 3 (OT)

Jack Eichel battled through some misfortune before scoring the overtime winner for Buffalo in a victory over Calgary on Wednesday.

Seconds after putting a backhand off the post, Buffalo's captain rifled a low shot past Dave Rittich, on the Calgary goaltender's glove side 70 seconds into OT.

Eichel also rang the puck off the iron in the first minute of the game. He was all alone in front of Rittich with five minutes remaining in the first period, but his shot was over the net.

"Obviously you put a lot of pressure on yourself," Eichel said. "When things aren't going well, you want to be one of the guys who makes a difference.

"I think that's when you start gripping your stick and start thinking about it a little too much. Hopefully, that goal can get me going again. It's just what I needed."

Jake McCabe, Evan Rodrigues and Rasmus Dahlin also scored for Buffalo, which halted a four-game losing skid.

Buffalo goaltender Linus Ullmark earned the start and the win with 30 saves after relieving Carter Hutton in Monday's 7-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

The Sabres scored three goals on a total of three shots in the third and overtime periods.

"When we needed goals, we found ways to get them," Eichel said. "I think as a group, we probably weren't the most confident after losing 7-2 in Edmonton.

"This is a game we should use moving forward as kind of a building block of what we can do every night to try and give ourselves the best chance to win."

Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist for Calgary, which snapped a five-game win streak.

Matthew Tkachuk and Noah Hanifin also scored for Calgary, with Elias Lindholm contributing a pair of assists.

After winning four straight starts, Rittich had 19 saves in the loss.

"I liked our game. We only gave up two shots in the third," Flames head coach Bill Peters said. "Special teams were good, two-for-three on the power play and three-for-three on the penalty kill.

"I think we held onto the puck a little too much tonight and tried to force some plays where we had other options available and could have taken what was given.

"We didn't capitalize on the three-on-one in overtime and they came back the other way and ended it."

The Flames took their point and continue to battle with the San Jose Sharks for first in the Pacific Division.

Coyotes 6, Sharks 3

Christian Fischer had a goal and an assist, Richard Panik scored Arizona's 12th short-handed goal of the season and the Coyotes snapped San Jose's seven-game winning streak.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Lawson Crouse, Alex Galchenyuk and Josh Archibald also scored for the Coyotes, the last two coming after the Sharks pulled goalie Aaron Dell in the final two minutes.

Darcy Kuemper made 26 saves for Arizona, extending his winning streak to four games.

Kevin Labanc had a goal and two assists, Evander Kane got his 17th goal and Logan Couture scored for the Sharks, who were playing the second of back-to-back games after beating Pittsburgh at home Tuesday.

Erik Karlsson's assist gave him at least one in 15 straight games, making him the fifth defenseman in NHL history to accomplish the feat.

The Sharks had not lost since falling 8-5 to Calgary on New Year's Eve and had given up only 10 goals in their last six games.

Oilers 3, Canucks 2 (SO)

Alex Chiasson scored in the fifth round of a shootout to give Edmonton a victory over Vancouver.

Jujhar Khaira and Connor McDavid scored in the first period for the Oilers, who won consecutive games for the first time since early December. Mikko Koskinen stopped 20 shots before denying all five Canucks attempts in the tiebreaker.

Brandon Sutter and Markus Granlund had the goals for Vancouver. Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves.

Senators 5, Avalanche 2

Matt Duchene had two goals and an assist against his former club and Ottawa beat Colorado for its first home victory since Dec. 17.

Duchene returned after missing three games for the birth of his first son.

Brady Tkachuk, Mark Stone and Ryan Dzingel also scored for the Senators, and Anders Nilsson made 30 saves. Nikita Zadorov and Nathan MacKinnon scored for Colorado.