Ducks fall to Sabres after third-period collapse

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Victor Olofsson and Peyton Krebs each scored two goals to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 6-3 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday.

Trevor Zegras had two goals and Simon Benoit also scored for Anaheim to tie the game at 3-3 in the second period. John Gibson made 33 saves for Anaheim, which is 1-5-1 in its past seven games.

Olofsson gave the Sabres a 4-3 lead at 2:12 of the third period when he finished off a 2-on-1 break with defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin. His second goal of the game made it 5-3 at 8:07 and he set a career high with 21 goals.

Dylan Cozens and Jeff Skinner also scored and Lyubushkin had three assists. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 34 saves for Buffalo.

Cozens opened the scoring at 9:53 of the first when he faked out Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg and put a shot over Gibson’s shoulder.

Skinner made it 2-0 at 17:39 with a snapshot past Gibson on the power play for his 19th goal of the season.Zegras tied the game with goals at 4:47 and 8:14 of the second period.

Krebs’ first of the game gave Buffalo (22-19-3) a 3-2 lead at 10:49 when he put a rebound of a wraparound attempt by Rasmus Dahlin past a sprawling Gibson.

Benoit made it 3-3 at 15:29 when he sent a turnaround shot towards the net and past Luukkonen.

The Ducks (13-28-5) visit Arizona on Tuesday for their fifth game of a six-game road trip.