VANCOUVER — Jacob Markstrom made 26 saves and Daniel Sedin scored the winner in the third period Thursday as the Vancouver Canucks downed the Buffalo Sabres 2-1.
Jannik Hansen had the other goal for Vancouver (4-0-0), which won its fourth straight game to open the season, tying a franchise mark set in 1992-93. Brandon Sutter had two assists.
With the victory, the Canucks are the NHL’s only remaining undefeated team after Colorado blanked Tampa Bay 4-0 earlier Thursday.
Nicholas Baptiste scored his first NHL goal for Buffalo (1-2-1). Robin Lehner stopped 18 shots.
The Canucks led 1-0 through two periods and stretched that lead to two at 9:10 of the third when their power play _ 0 for 12 up to that point _ finally connected. Lehner robbed Sutter at the side of the net, but Loui Eriksson fed a nice pass to Sedin, who buried his second.
After Buffalo’s Ryan O’Reilly had a great chance that Alexander Edler swept off the goal line, Baptiste scored on a strange play. Baptiste threw the puck in front and it struck Vancouver’s Jake Skille as he battled with Nicolas Deslauriers. The puck caromed towards Markstrom’s net, off Edler’s stick and in at 11:23. Deslauriers was originally given credit for the goal before it was changed.