Buffalo led 3-0 with less than five minutes to play in the game. Olen Zellweger put the Ducks on the board with 4:44 left on the clock, after which Quinn scored his second of the night to restore the Sabres’ two-goal lead.

Quinn scored twice, Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-3 for their 13th win in 14 games.

Two teams that have reversed directions in the past month will go head-to-head when the Buffalo Sabres host the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night. The Sabres have won 12 of their past 13 games following an 11-14-4 start to the season, while the Ducks have lost eight in a row and 12 of 14 after a 19-10-1 start.

Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist, Peyton Krebs and Zach Benson each had two assists, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 31 saves for the Sabres (24-15-4), who won their third straight game and have won 13 of 14 for the first time in their history.

The Anaheim Ducks began the season as one of the darlings of the NHL. Led by a group of young guns and fresh faces, the Ducks were poised to rise and become the

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The Buffalo Sabres host the Anaheim Ducks at KeyBank Center on Saturday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. ET. The matchup will air on ESPN+. Buffalo secured a 5-2 road victory over the New York Rangers in its last game on Jan. 8.

Anaheim’s young roster is headlined by talented, high-scoring forwards such as Leo Carlsson (42 points), Cutter Gauthier (40 points), and Beckett Sennecke (33 points) – all of whom were first-round draft picks in the past four years.