"It was nice to get off the shine a little bit for everybody and after we got that second goal it was big," Okposo said afterward. "I just think we had a little bit of time. We got some good breaks. It was a little bit of a smorgasbord, some of the set things that we wanted to do weren't happening so we were just kind of improvising and using our hockey sense."
Only 53 seconds had passed after Larsson's goal when Brouwer returned to the box for interference, and only 12 more seconds passed after that by the time Moulson scored from in tight on a crossing feed from Okposo. The goal was Moulson's team-leading seventh of the season and League-leading sixth on the power play.
"We had some good puck movement that led to getting guys open and had some good looks out there," Moulson said. "We put them away."
Not only did the onslaught of goals mark a significant breakout for an offense that has struggled without its top two centers in November, it allowed the Sabres to play the defensive style of game that made them successful against Pittsburgh on Saturday. Mikael Backlund scored for Calgary on a 3-on-1 rush after the Sabres committed a turnover on their own odd-man rush, but those kinds of quality chances were otherwise limited for the Flames.
Robin Lehner earned the win in net for the Sabres with 29 saves.
"I think we talked a lot about how we wanted to play and getting back to our team identity. I think Robin was stellar again tonight," Moulson said. "We gave up some chances but I think eliminating the really good-look, odd-man rushes - other than the first goal which is kind of a bad bounce off on our own odd-man rush - I think we're doing a lot better job of that."
The difference between this win and the one over the Penguins was that it didn't take a shootout for the Sabres to earn that elusive second goal. The rest is simple math: More goals equals more DJ Kool, which equals more noise in the joint from the Sabres' faithful.
"It's nice," Moulson said. "I think the fans probably enjoyed it so it was a good way to get a win."