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SAN JOSE Adidas Leo Komarov Jersey , Calif. (AP) — Ilya Kovalchuk got back in the lineup and finally delivered for the Los Angeles Kings.Kovalchuk scored in overtime in his return from an ankle injury to lift the Kings over the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Saturday. The 35-year-old also scored in the first period, and Alex Iafallo had a goal and an assist. Jonathan Quick made 29 saves to help LA overcome Joe Pavelski’s tying goal with 30 seconds left.Kovalchuk missed 10 games following an ankle bursectomy and hadn’t recorded a point in the previous 11 contests. The two-time All-Star is back in the NHL for his first season after playing five years in his native Russia.This was the sort of performance the Kings anticipated when they signed him as a free agent.“I felt going in I had to give him a chance to show that he was ready to play, I had to give him an opportunity,” Kings coach Willie Desjardins said. “In some of those games, he didn’t have quite as much. But tonight, like overtime … I went with him because I thought he deserved the chance. He played well tonight and he deserved the chance in overtime.”Kovalchuk scored the winner on a breakaway.“I tried to do what I’m capable of, and it worked Adidas Valtteri Filppula Jersey ,” he said, acknowledging the moment was pretty sweet. “Yeah, I didn’t score for 21 games.”Martin Jones stopped 28 shots for San Jose, and Lukas Radil also scored. But the Sharks couldn’t capitalize on Pavelski’s late equalizer.“In that state we’re in a 6-on-5, we’re in a pretty desperate state of mind,” Pavelski said. “We had a few chances on it, but they kept icing it Adidas Dylan DeMelo Jersey , kept getting faceoffs. It was just a play I was able to get my stick on it. … Definitely happy to see it go into the net.”Kovalchuk scored on a power play at 4:28 of the first period, and Iafallo’s scored at 5:15 of the third period and gave the Kings a 2-0 lead.“He was flying today,” Iafallo said. “That gives us momentum. He’s got a great shot and he proved it today. A really good game out of him.”San Jose lost its second straight after winning a season-high five consecutive games.Erik Karlsson extended his assist streak to eight games with two helpers for San Jose.A Kings goal midway through the second period was overturned on a coach’s challenge. Kings forward Dustin Brown was called for interference on what would have been Oscar Fantenberg’s first goal of the season in 24 games.NOTES: Kings F Austin Wagner left the game early in the second period after getting taken down by Karlsson on a hard hit near center ice. After getting back on his feet, Wagner’s legs came out from under him. No penalty was called. Desjardins said Wagner’s condition wasn’t immediately known. … Kings D Dion Phaneuf was placed on the injured reserve with an upper-body injury. He had missed the last three games. The Kings snapped a six-game road losing streak. Their last win away from Staples Center since Nov. 27 at Vancouver. … Iafallo extended his point streak to six games. He has eight points (three goals and five assists) over that stretch. … The Kings are 10-1-2 when leading after two periods.UP NEXTKings: Play at Vegas on Sunday.Sharks: Host Arizona on Sunday. DETROIT (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres continue to find ways to win.Sam Reinhart and Tage Thompson scored in a seven-round shootout to give the Sabres their ninth consecutive victory, 3-2 over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.Buffalo (16-6-2) is one win away from its franchise record of 10.“I think during this streak you can look at it and see how many different heroes we’ve had,” said Sabres star Jack Eichel, who had an assist. “There are guys stepping up in key situations. You’ve got Tommer (Thompson) going out for the shootout and putting on an incredible move. Linus (goalie Linus Ullmark Adidas Paul Carey Jersey , who made 35 saves) stepping in and playing out of his mind, making huge saves.Jeff Skinner and Thompson scored for Buffalo in regulation.“I think first of all, I have to give credit to our guys, and that’s everybody that’s played through these six games in nine nights,” Sabres coach Phil Housley said. “It has been a grind and the guys continue to find energy and ways to win hockey games. It wasn’t pretty, it was sometimes sloppy, but we found a way to win.”Dylan Larkin Adidas Chris Tierney Jersey , Anthony Mantha scored for Detroit, and Jimmy Howard stopped 33 shots. Andreas Athanasiou scored in the shootout for the Red Wings.“We had enough chances to win the hockey game for sure,” Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said. “We got to score on our chances. When you get that many breakaways you got to find ways to score.”Ullmark denied Mantha, about eight minutes into the second period, and Larkin, a little over six-and-a-half minutes into the third, on breakaways.“I give a lot of credit to Linus. For him to make those huge breakaway saves was great Adidas Gabriel Gagne Jersey ,” Housley said.Mantha tied it at 2, with 6:28 left in the third. He poked in the rebound off the goal post. It was Mantha’s seventh goal and came four seconds after a Detroit power play ended.Thompson gave the Sabres a 2-1 lead 7:40 into the third period with a power-play goal on a one-time slap shot from the left circle. It was Thompson’s third goal.Larkin tied it at 1, 53 seconds into the second period when his harmless-looking wrist shot from the outside of the left circle along the boards from a bad angle went in off Ullmark. It was Larkin’s ninth goal.Skinner’s power-play goal 3:37 into the game gave Buffalo a 1-0 lead. He put in the rebound, of a shot by Eichel, from the slot. It was Skinner’s league-leading 18th goal and his fourth in three games.Ullmark was forced to make an unexpected spectacular reverse pad save when a dump in from the neutral zone took a weird bounce in the left circle and was headed for the empty net as Ullmark came out to play the puck.NOTE: Buffalo was without C Patrik Berglund because of an upper-body injury. … Detroit was without D Jonathan Ericsson (undisclosed) and Darren Helm (upper body).UP NEXT:Sabres: Host San Jose on Tuesday night.Red Wings: Host Columbus on Monday night.