Henrique scores twice, helps Ducks end Sabres point streak at six

ANAHEIM -- Adam Henrique scored two goals for the Anaheim Ducks in a 5-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres at Honda Center on Wednesday.

The Sabres (5-1-1) lost for the first time in regulation this season and had their streak of six straight games with at least a point end.
"We just need to stick to the game plan and we'll be fine," Sabres forward Vladimir Sobotka said. "The first six games we played a full 60 minutes and we won the game. Right now, I didn't think we played all 60 and we got the result."
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Jakob Silfverberg had a goal and two assists and Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist for the Ducks (5-2-0), who trailed 2-0 in the first period. John Gibson made 31 saves.
Jack Eichel and Victor Olofsson scored, and Linus Ullmark made 26 saves for the Sabres, whose NHL-leading power-play unit (9-for-21, 42.9 percent) went 1-for-7 and dropped to second (35.7 percent) behind the Edmonton Oilers.
"I would have liked to see us get a few more power plays than penalty kills, but ultimately I thought we did a good job of sticking up for one another without getting carried away," Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf said.

Rakell scored off his own rebound 57 seconds into the second period to tie the score at 2-2.
The Ducks took a 3-2 lead and ended a 0-for-16 start to the season on their power play when Getzlaf scored from the left circle at 9:14.
"There is still lots of work to do [on the power play], but it's just a relief to get one in there for everyone because it becomes a focus, and with that comes a lot of unneeded pressure," Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. "We have an expectation there that is a little bit different, but we had worked hard on that for a number of days and good on that unit for sticking with it."

Henrique scored at 19:47 off a centering feed from Max Comtois to make it 4-2.
Silfverberg scored into an empty net at 16:47 of the third period for the 5-2 final.
"We're not worried about playing physical. I feel there's a lot of courage on the bench," Buffalo coach Ralph Krueger said. "It all began with our puck management. We put ourselves in bad positions."
Eichel gave the Sabres a 1-0 lead at 7:35 of the first period.
Buffalo killed two power plays before scoring on its first for a 2-0 lead at 16:36.
The puck was loose to the right of Gibson when Jeff Skinner made a quick pass to Olofsson for a one-timer. Olofsson has scored the first eight goals of his NHL career on the power play -- six this season -- extending his NHL record.

Anaheim forward Max Jones appeared to score off a rebound at 18:03, but the goal was overturned on video review.
Henrique scored 37 seconds later off a deflection in front to make it 2-1.
"We lost the way," Krueger said. "It seemed like the no-goal worked, almost, against us versus for us. We let our guard down there, the next shift they got the 2-1 goal. We really lost our way then, right up into the third period."

They said it

"[The Ducks] are a team that wants to get us going, trick us into playing their game. Unfortunately, they were successful." -- Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark
"We're going to be scoring by committee all season long. We've got a lot of young players that are playing key roles for us and we're going to need them to contribute just as much as everybody." -- Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf

Need to know

Skinner, who got his 200th NHL assist, has an eight-game point streak against the Ducks (six goals, five assists). … Eichel has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his past four games. … The Ducks have three straight wins at home to start the season for the fourth time in their history and first since 2014-15. … Rakell has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past five games. … Henrique has 22 points (eight goals, 14 assists) in 24 games against the Sabres. … Henrique and Silfverberg each finished plus-4.

What's next

Sabres: At the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday (10:30 p.m. ET; FS-W, MSG-B, NHL.TV)
Ducks: Host the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday (10 p.m. ET; PRIME, FS-CR, NHL.TV)