BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Jochen Hecht broke a tie late in the second period, and Daniel Briere had two assists in the Buffalo Sabres’ 3-2 comeback victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.

Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek also scored to help Buffalo win its third straight. The Sabres swept the home-and-home series to improve to 5-0 against Boston his season.

Patrice Bergeron and Milan Jurcina scored for the Bruins. Boston has lost seven its last nine games, including an overtime and shootout loss.

Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller made 25 saves for his second straight victory.

Miller helped preserve the win with two stops while the Bruins played with an extra attacker over the final minute.

Bergeron gave Boston a 1-0 lead at 8:59 of the first period when Brad Boyes’ shot from the left circle went off his skate in front of Miller. It was Bergeron’s 20th goal of the season.

Pominville tied it 21/2 minutes later with his 15th, wristing a shot past Boston goalie Tim Thomas with Buffalo on the power-play.

Jurcina made it 2-1 with a power-play goal early in the second, but the game turned when Boston went without a shot in the final 121/2 minutes of the period. During the drought, Buffalo took the lead for the first time by scoring twice. With the Sabres enjoying a 4-on-3 advantage, Vanek tied it at 2 with his 20th goal 11:37 into the second. He deflected Ales Kotalik’s shot from the point.

Hecht made it 3-2 with his 17th of the season with 3:51 left, banging home a rebound after Thomas stopped Briere’s original shot from close in.

Thomas finished with 32 saves in his first start in three games.

Notes: The Sabres have won 39 games this season, the most after 60 games in team history. … The two teams will meet for the third time in nine days on Sunday in Buffalo. … Boston forward P.J. Axelsson missed his third straight game because of a knee injury sustained March 1 against Carolina. … Bruins forward Sergei Samsonov played despite injuring his knee in practice on Monday after colliding with winger Josh Langfeld. … Langfeld played in his 100th NHL game. … Vanek became the 11th Buffalo rookie to score 20 goals in a season.

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