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NEWARK, N.J. -- Jhonas Enroth lost sight of the puck for just one second. And that was all the opening Steve Bernier of the Devils needed to beat the Buffalo goalie and give the Devils a 1-0 victory in overtime on Saturday. "I lost sight of it for a second there," said Enroth, who finished with 23 saves. "I looked on the outside of our defender and I should have looked on the inside. It was a good shot, but I could have played it different, too. You want to win the game and get a shutout. This is a tough one, but they won fair and square." Cory Schneider made 15 saves for the shutout and has won back-to-back games after winning at Carolina on Friday night. Schneider made 16 saves in the 5-2 victory over the Hurricanes. "It was a big relief," Bernier said of his goal. "He made some very, very nice saves the whole game. He made it very tough for us." Andy Greene had stolen the puck and passed it to Bernier for the winning tally at 4:19 of overtime. "We had a clean breakout and I got the puck in the middle and cut across the blue line and used their defenceman for a shot," Bernier said. Schneider wasnt quite as busy as Enroth, but he made the saves when needed. "It doesnt matter if its 0-0 or 2-2, if its a tie game you have to be the one who makes the extra save," Schneider said. "When youre giving under 20 shots a night, sometimes one goal is enough. It can be tough standing there and watching (Enroth) do all that, but its part of my job to stop the next one. "I was ready to go. I didnt have much work (Friday) night with only 18 shots, so Im pretty fresh. I felt good in the third period last night and I was able to carry it over. Its good to get in there right away and get a win." Devils forward Ryan Carter left the game just 12 seconds into his first shift on the ice at the 2:05 mark of the first period when he lost a fight to Marcus Foligno. The two squared off away from the play and the 6-foot-3, 223-pound Foligno threw a right hand that caught Carter square on the side of his helmet. That ended the fight and sent Carter to the locker room for treatment. He did not return. "I think hes going to be all right, but I dont have an update yet," Devils coach Pete DeBoer said. The Devils held a 9-3 advantage in shots in the first period and nearly scored in the final minute when Patrik Elias point-blank attempt banged off the left post. Schneider drew cheers when he made a kick save to deny a point-blank shot by Tyler Ennis of the Sabres near the end of the second period. The Devils held a 15-10 shot edge through two periods. The Sabres had a chance early in the third period when Ville Leino skated in alone, but his shot was knocked wide by Schneider. Enroth foiled a shot on his doorstep by Travis Zajac late of the third with a brilliant glove save. "I had good poise there and stayed on my feet and he shot it right into my glove," Enroth said. NOTES: The Devils killed all three Sabres power plays to make them 16 for 16 over their past four games. ... Patrick Kaleta is out for the rest of the season for Buffalo after a torn ACL in a game for Rochester of the AHL on Friday. Kaleta was sent down by the Sabres on Nov. 2. ... The Sabres snapped a five-game losing streak with 3-2 overtime victory over Toronto on Friday. ... Jaromir Jagr scored the 692nd goal of his career on Friday against Carolina, tying him with Steve Yzerman for eighth place on the NHL list. Walter Thurmond Super Bowl Jersey . Williams kept on making his case Sunday, winning a third straight start for the first time since April 2004 as the Angels beat Houston 2-1 to send the Astros to their 98th loss of the season. Percy Harvin Super Bowl Jersey . -- Andrew Wiggins is from Canada, Wayne Selden from Massachusetts and Joel Embiid from the African nation of Cameroon. www.theseahawksjerseysstore.com/Earl-Thomas-Youth-Jersey-Super-Bowl/ . -- David Veilleux of Cap-Rouge, Que. Malcolm Smith Super Bowl Jersey . Bedard, who missed all of last season due to shoulder surgery, opened the year by losing his first four starts. However, the once-promising left-hander has been terrific since then, going 3-0 and allowing more than two runs just one time in his last seven starts to cut his earned run average in half to 3. Luke Willson Super Bowl Jersey .C. -- The buzz is back in Charlotte.LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland -- Mikaela Shiffrin delivered an astonishing second run to overtake Tina Maze and clinch the World Cup slalom title with an improbable come-from behind victory Saturday. The American teenager trailed Maze by a massive 1.17 seconds after the first leg, and needed to finish ahead of the Slovenian to win the slalom crystal globe in her first full season on the circuit. Shiffrin, who was fourth in the morning, had a tentative start to the second run but blazed down the bottom part of course for the fastest time of the afternoon. When first-run leader Maze crossed the line in third, Shiffrin put her hands to her face and sank to her knees in the finish area. "I didnt know I could make up all that time in one run," said Shiffrin, who also won the slalom world championship title last month. "Im excited to reach my goals. Its amazing. I am still trying to find my best skiing but this was my best run of the season." It was so good that only one skier, Bernadette Schild of Austria, was within one second of her time in the afternoon. Shiffrin finished in a combined time of one minute 55.60 seconds, with Schild 0.20 behind in second. Maze trailed by 0.35. Maze had already clinched the overall World Cup title along with the giant slalom and super-G disciplines but was still visibly distraught at letting slip such a big lead to Shiffrin. While the American paraded her crystal globe in front of photographers, Maze stood with her head buried in her arm, sobbing. "I didnt lose the slalom season just in this race," Maze told reporters from her native Slovenia. "I made a lot of mistakes and I had a chance to win it before Lenzerheide." The 29-year-old Maze praised Shiffrin as a "really big talent, one of the biggest. She did a great job." Shiffrin was quick to pay tribute to her rival, who set a new World Cup points record in one of the most dominating seasons the sport has seen. "I actually want to thank Tina Maze," Shiffrin said. "Shes probably going to punch me after this, but shes been very inspiring and helped me get to wherre I am.dddddddddddd Shes really my greatest idol this season." Maze led Shiffrin by seven points in the slalom standings going into the race, and seemed to have wrapped up the title after taking such a big lead in the first run. So how did Shiffrin steady her nerves to put down such an impressive run in the second? "I didnt," she said. "I was freaking out. Oh my God, I was freaking out." Shiffrins mother Eileen was also nervous as she watched on, clapping enthusiastically as she leaned over a railing in a quiet VIP zone at the edge of the finish area. "Un-be-lievable," Eileen Shiffrin told The Associated Press seconds after her daughter was declared champion. "She dug so deep in that second run. Oh my God, she finally skied the way she can ski." Erin Mielzynski of Guelph, Ont., finished 10th, while Marie-Michelle Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Que., did no finish. Shiffrin, who turned 18 Wednesday, is the first American World Cup slalom champion since Tamara McKinney in 1984. With her victory, she went a long way to fulfilling predictions that she can follow teammate Lindsey Vonn as a superstar in Alpine racing and be one of the big profiles at next years Sochi Olympics. Vonn was 20 when she won her first World Cup race, 23 when she secured her first season-long World Cup title in any discipline, and 24 before winning her first major gold medal, at the 2009 world championships. Shiffrin already has that trio of accolades three days after her 18th birthday. The Vail, Colorado, native is the youngest World Cup slalom title winner since Christa Zechmeister of West Germany 39 years ago. After a breakthrough season, which finishes with a giant slalom on Sunday, Shiffrin will return to face the media spotlight back home in the U.S. on Monday after four months racing in Europe. First up is an appearance on "Late Show with David Letterman" on Tuesday in New York City. "Yeah, Letterman, I am so excited about that," said Shiffrin, who will graduate high school in the summer. "I hope I dont trip when Im going up on stage." ' ' '