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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Rasmus Ristolainen has just two goals this season. Both have been game-winners for the Buffalo Sabres.The defenseman scored 42 seconds into overtime to give the Sabres a 3-2 comeback victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.I love to play overtime, said Ristolainen, who also scored in the extra period in Buffalos 4-3 victory over Edmonton on Dec. 6.Johan Larsson and Matt Moulson scored in regulation, and Ristolainen had his team-leading 19th assist to help the Sabres win their second straight game. Robin Lehner made 33 saves.We battled at the end and we found a way to win, Ristolainen said. We never give up and were having fun and we trust each other.Ryan Strome and Alan Quine scored for New York, and Jean-Francois Berube made 34 saves in his first start of the season.The Islanders have lost four in a row. They have had a lead or been tied entering the third period of each game.We play a good 40 minutes and the third period we kind of seem flat, Strome said. Its kind of been the downfall of our team this year, our third periods and finding ways to win.Ristolainen scored the winner on an odd-man rush, receiving a pass from Kyle Okposo in the slot and sending a wrist shot over Berubes glove.Ristolainen is the fourth Sabres defenseman to score two overtime winners in his career.Its good to get points from guys back there, and hes got a lot of poise, Okposo said. He makes plays and he creates offense, and you need that. Hes our No. 1 D-man for a reason.Okposo, the Buffalo points leader, was playing against his former team for the first time.It was strange, to be honest with you, Okposo said. So many times you play with those guys. I know exactly what theyre going to do. It was an odd game, an odd feeling.Moulson tied it at 2 for Buffalo on a power play 3:19 into the third period. Berube could not control the rebound from Evander Kanes long shot, and Moulsons backhand bounced in off the skate of Islanders defenseman Thomas Hickey.Thats kind of how things have been going for us lately, Price said. Its frustrating. Were playing well, cant seem to get the bounces in the third and overtime.Islanders coach Jack Capuano was pleased with his teams effort on the second night of a back-to-back, but said taking two penalties in the third period killed New Yorks momentum.Its frustrating to me that the guys worked this hard and they cant get the win, Capuano said. I was just hoping we could stay disciplined in the third period, and we didnt.The Islanders showed little fatigue from playing in Chicago on Thursday night, generating several early scoring chances against a Sabres team that was off for two days.New York had a 16-7 advantage in shots on goal in the first period and took a 1-0 on Stromes straightaway wrist shot with 6:52 remaining.The Sabres showed more urgency in the second and tied it 2:32 into the period when Larsson re-directed Rasmus Ristolainens shot from the point past Berube.Quine scored on a power play to put the Islanders back in front 2-1 at 6:39 of the second period. Shane Prince slid a pass across the crease to Quine for the one-timer.Both teams stars were shaken up during the game.Concussion spotters pulled Jack Eichel from the game after he was shoved head-first into the boars by New Yorks Johnny Boychuck late in the third period. Eichel took part in the ensuing power play before going to the dressing room. He returned before the end of the third period.Islanders captain John Tavares also left briefly in the second period after getting hit in the leg but was able to return.Game notes Sabres D Zach Bogosian (knee) sat out his 20th straight game. Bogosian and D Tyler Fedun (upper body) both skated Friday morning and one of them will enter the lineup on Buffalos upcoming two-game road trip, coach Dan Bylsma said. Fedun has missed five games. . Islanders F Casey Cizikas (upper body) did not play after getting injured Thursday night. ... Ristolainen has a point in five straight games, the longest streak of his career.UP NEXT:Islanders: Host Ottawa on Sunday night.Sabres: At Carolina on Saturday night. Sale Custom Basketball Jerseys .C. -- Chris Thorburn thinks one of the reasons the Winnipeg Jets have been successful under new coach Paul Maurice is that theyre playing together as a team. 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Perhaps Carroll was so prepared for a break because he believes there is very little the Seattle Seahawks need heading into the off-season. "I dont see anything that we need to add. We just have to get better," Carroll said. Two weeks into the NCAA volleyball season, heres whats happening in the world of digs, kills and blocks.Strong start for BruinsFive years ago UCLA reached the pinnacle of the sport but hasnt been close since, missing the postseason in 2013 and losing in the the regional semifinals the last two years.Perhaps 2016 is the year the Bruins, picked to finish second to Stanford in the Pac-12, return to elite status. UCLA is ranked seventh in this weeks American Volleyball Coaches Association poll.Behind seniors Jordan Anderson, Claire Felix and Taylor Formico, UCLA is 6-0, off to its best start since winning the national championship. The Bruins won three matches last week to take the Wahine Volleyball Classic in Honolulu.The Bruins defeated Pacific and Missouri State before punctuating the weekend with a sweep of the host, No. 14 Hawaii. Andersons 39 kills were a tournament high with junior Reily Buechler right behind her with 36.A note on the Rainbow Wahine: senior Nikki Taylor, a second-team All-American a year ago, returned to the lineup after missing Hawaiis first two matches after dislocating her elbow in preseason. Starting middle blocker Annie Mitchem remains sidelined after breaking her left pinkie on Aug. 9.Despite Hawaiis loss, Taylor was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. UCLAs Jennie Frager, with 27 kills and 16 assisted blocks in the three games, and Anderson also earned all-tournament honors.Tar Heels keep rollingOn the heels of a banner opening weekend, ACC preseason favorite North Carolina downed Duke and TCU to stay perfect.North Carolina (5-0) opened the season with a rare upset of Penn State in the Nittany Lions home gym in a five-set thriller. It was only the 15th time ever that a nonconference opponent left Rec Hall a winner.Freshmen continue to play in integral role in North Carolinas success.Playing across town in Durham, the Tar Heels posted their first 20-block outing in a decade behind freshman Sydnye Fields with 15 block assists, a school single-match record.As a team, the Tar Heels recorded 21 stuffs and 38 block assists, also a school record.Outside hitter Julia Scoles, MVP of the Penn State Classic and ACC freshman of the week after opening weekend, amassed 31 kills against Duke and TCU, which continues to receives votes in the national poll.[This freshman class is] learning a lot so early in their careers, coach Joe Sagula said. To get this experience and know how to fight through it is going to pay off later in the season. For Sydnye, as a freshman, to do what she did, its fantastic. It just means a lot for their future. The future for Carolina volleyball over the next few years looks good, because theyll all be back.For good measure, the sweep of TCU was the 1,000th win in Tar Heels history.No. 11 North Carolina will test its mettle this weekend, facing No. 2 Wisconsin and No. 5 Minnesota in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.Meanwhile, Penn State is still strugglingThe skid continues for Penn State (22-3), which has seemingly gone from bad to worse after falling to North Carolina on opening weekend in State College.ddddddddddddThe Nittany Lions dropped a pair over the weekend, falling to Colorado and No. 9 Stanford in the Big 10/Pac-12 Challenge in Boulder, Colorado. Penn State dropped four spots to No. 17 in the latest poll, and the victory lifted the Buffaloes (4-1) into the poll at No. 18.Through five games, Penn State is still struggling to replace the offense generated by graduated stars Megan Courtney and Aiyana Whitney.Penn State extended the Buffaloes to five but was outdone 15-3 in the final set, the lowest output for the Nittany Lions in a set since rally scoring began in 2001. It was Colorados first victory over Penn State since 1989, and the Buffaloes capped the weekend with a win over Illinois.No. 9 Stanford swept Penn State the next night in a matchup featuring two of the most storied teams in the sport with 13 national titles between them. It was the first sweep for the Cardinals over the Nittany Lions since 2010, and it came behind eight aces, including four from sophomore Hayley Hodson. Penn State was without an ace and committed nine service errors.Penn State has not had more than one loss through the first five games of the season since 1993, when the Nittany Lions were 3-2 following back-to-back losses to Nebraska and UCLA. Penn State finished 1993 at 31-5 and reached the final four that year. Penn State has not been 2-3 since 1980, when the Nittany Lions finished 34-11.USC revival; Santa Clara arrivalNot only was it a good weekend for UCLA and Stanford, No. 24 USC is back on track, rebounding from an 0-3 start to even its record. The Women of Troy swept then-No. 23 Kentucky, beat Northern Iowa in four and survived Creighton in five to win the USC Radisson Classic.But flying under the radar in the west is Santa Clara, off to its best start at 6-0 since 2005, the most successful year in school history when the team reached the final four. The Broncos, already with a victory over USC, upset Louisville on its home court and finished off Auburn and Stony Brook in the Active Ankle Challenge over the weekend.Santa Clara limited the defending ACC champs to .153 hitting. Meanwhile, Jensen Cunningham hit .440 for the match and .486 for the weekend to be named tournament MVP.The Broncos debuted in the poll this week at No. 19.Joining good companyTampa coach Chris Catanach notched his 1,000th career win when the Division II Spartans swept Franklin Pierce on Friday.Catanach is the third Division II coach to reach that milestone and eighth among coaches in all divisions. Navys Larry Bock is the sports winningest coach with 1,308 victories and Peggy Martin (Central Missouri/Spring Hill) is second with 1,255.Penn States Russ Rose is third overall (1,191), and Hawaiis Dave Shoji is fourth (1,182). ' ' '