BUFFALO (AP) — Jiri Kulich scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 2:04 left, and the Buffalo Sabres overcame blowing a two-goal lead for a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Friday night.

Jason Zucker and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Sabres in an outing they allowed three straight goals after building a 2-0 first-period lead. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 28 shots.

Brady Skjei had a goal and an assist for Nashville, which has dropped three straight since enjoying a five-game win streak. Luke Evangelista and Tommy Novak also scored for Nashville and Justus Annunen stopped 23 shots.

Zucker tied the game at 3 by deflecting in Alex Tuch’s centering pass with 7:34 left in the second period. Tage Thompson set up Kulich on the winner by hitting the brakes at the right point. His pass hit Kulich on the fly up the left wing, where he beat Annunen on the short side.

Rasmus Dahlin set up two goals to move ahead of Mike Ramsey for second among Sabres defensemen with 257 assists, and tie Ramsey for second for most career points (329) among Buffalo blue-liners.

TAKEAWAYS

Predators: Their 18 wins through 50 games matched the second-fewest in team history. Nashville had 17 wins through 50 games in 2002-03.

Sabres: Improved to 15-12-5 when scoring the opening goal. Buffalo’s 17 losses are an NHL-worst.

KEY STAT

Predators captain Roman Josi appeared in his 955th career game with Nashville, one short of matching the franchise record held by David Legwand.