At The Final Horn | Tokarski steals win for Sabres in Pittsburgh

Dustin Tokarski made a career-high 45 saves, including 19 in the third period, as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena.
The Penguins dominated the third period, outshooting the Sabres 20-3 and Tokarski was there to shut the door, especially late.
Colin Miller and Kyle Okposo scored for Buffalo. Mller leads Sabres defensemen with nine points (2+7).

Jake Guentzel was Pittsburgh's goal scorer. Tristan Jarry stopped 17 shots.
Tokarski's pervious high was 44 saves, set last season on April 1 against the Rangers.
Buffalo's power play finished 0-for-5 and the penalty kill was 3-for-4 on the night.

How it happened

No goals were scored in the first period and the Sabres wasted no time getting on the board in the second.

Drake Caggiula threw a pass up the boards from behind the Penguins net to Miller, who one-timed it in 28 seconds into the second period to open the scoring.

The Sabres extended their lead at the 8:54 mark when Okposo redirected in a shot by Zemgus Girgensons past Jarry.
Buffalo had an early power play in the third period and Tokarski had to be on his game. He stoned Teddy Blueger on a shorthanded breakaway to preserve the 2-0 lead.
A few minutes later, on another Sabres power play, Tokarski came up big with a top on Brock McGinn
Pittsburgh finally broke through when Guentzel redirected in the puck with his skate 5:59 into the third.
From there, the Penguins kept the pressure on and Buffalo was able to hang on, in no small part to Tokarski's heroics.

Roll the highlight film

Here are two stops by Tokarski in the dying seconds of regulation:

Worthy of a mention

For the second-straight season, the two clubs partnered to host a Pride Game.

A portion of the proceeds from the auction will benefit three local Pride organizations: GLYS Western New York, Pride Center of Western New York and Niagara Pride.

Coming up

The Sabres will host the Calgary Flames on Thursday at KeyBank Center.
Faceoff is set for 7 p.m. on MSG and WGR 550 with pregame coverage on MSG starting at 6:30.
Tickets are on sale now.