UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Maxim Afinogenov scored with 2:17 left in the third period, just as Buffalo's sixth power play ended, and Ryan Miller made 42 saves to lift the Sabres to a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night.

After five failed Buffalo advantages, Afinogenov took a cross-zone pass from Brian Campbell in the right circle. With a knee down on the dot, Afinogenov got just enough of the puck to send it past the right arm of Rick DiPietro.