At The Final Horn | Sabres shut out by Flames on home ice

The Buffalo Sabres' 5-0 loss to the Calgary Flames was all but sealed on Thursday when the team allowed three goals in a span of 1:37 in the second period.
Dustin Tokarski made 18 saves on 23 shots before being relieved by Aaron Dell at the start of the third period. Dell stopped all 10 shots he faced.
Johnny Gaudreau and Andrew Mangiapane each scored twice for Calgary. Matthew Tkachuk recorded a goal and two assists. Gaudreau also had an assist for a three-point night.
Jacob Markstrom made 27 saves to record his sixth win of the season and fifth shutout.

How it happened

Gaudreau opened the scoring on a breakaway with 9:30 left in the first period.
The Flames took a 2-0 lead early in the second when Mangiapane potted is first of the game.
Then just as a Calgary power play was expiring, Tkacuk wristed one in to start the Flames surge with 6:02 left in the second.
Just 1:01 later, Mangiapane scored again on a 2-on-1 and then 36 seconds after that, Gaudreau added a power-play goal to make it 5-0.

Coming up

The Sabres' next game will be on the road. They'll face the New York Rangers on Sunday at 6 p.m. Dan Dunleavy and Rob Ray will have the call on MSG and The Bet Buffalo 1520 AM. Pregame coverage on MSG begins at 5:30.
The game kicks off a stretch of five games in seven days for the Sabres (and six games in nine days).