BUFFALO -- Bowen Byram scored the lone goal in the shootout to help the Buffalo Sabres to a 4-3 win against the Washington Capitals at KeyBank Center on Saturday.

Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch scored, and Isak Rosen scored his first NHL goal for the Sabres (5-4-3), who ended a three-game losing streak (0-0-3). Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 31 saves and stopped all five shooters in the shootout.

Dylan Strome , Aliaksei Protas and Sonny Milano scored, and Charlie Lindgren made 21 saves for the Capitals (6-5-1), who have lost four straight (0-3-1).

Strome, back in the lineup after missing two games with a lower-body injury, gave Washington a 1-0 lead at 1:07 of the first period when he snapped a rebound from the slot past Luukkonen glove side.

Protas finished off a give-and-go

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