Casey Mittelstadt scored his second goal of the season for the Buffalo Sabres, giving them a 2-0 lead against the New York Rangers. Mittelstadt capitalized on a 3-on-1 opportunity, shooting high blocker on goaltender Georgiev. The goal came at 1:39 of the second period. The Sabres had just killed a penalty, and Mittelstadt chose to shoot instead of passing to Benson, surprising the goalie.
Rough sequence after the #Avs power play ends. Leads to a 3-on-1/4-on-2 for the Sabres and Casey Mittelstadt scores. 2-0 Third goal against in eight games right after a special teams chance ended for someone.
Casey Mittelstadt keeps the puck on a two-on-one w/Zach Benson and makes it 2-0 1:39 into the second.
2-0 Sabres Casey Mittelstadt uses a 3-on-1 to score his second goal of the season. High blocker on Georgiev, who was cheating to his left anticipating a pass over to Benson.
Mittelstadt on a 2-on-1 with Benson out of the box, waits, waits, shoots. 2-0 Sabres
#Sabres kill the penalty and Mittelstadt burns Georgiev short side on the 3-on-1. Looked off Benson and it seemed the goalie was expecting the pass. A 2-0 lead at 1:39 of the 2nd.