Then Falk recorded his first point of the year with 2:50 remaining to make it 2-2. With traffic in front, he wristed a shot along the ice in past Lundqvist.
Falk's goal came during 4-on-4 play following two separate plays that resulted in coincidental minors.
First, Kevin Shattenkirk crosschecked Reinhart behind the net (Shattenkirk was whistled for the infraction while Reinhart was called for embellishment). Then 1:06 later, Ristolainen and Brendan Smith were sent to the box for roughing. Eight seconds after the roughing penalties, Falk scored off the ensuing faceoff.
Housley said he disagreed with the embellishment call, and Reinhart said he spoke with the official about it.
"I don't know what he's seeing there. But you've just got to move on from that one," Reinhart said.
Buffalo nearly took the lead into the second intermission with less than 35 seconds to play, but another shot by Gorges rang off the post.