PITTSBURGH — Dustin Tokarski stopped a career-high 45 shots as the Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday night.

His previous high was 44 saves on April 1. He turned aside 19 shots in the third period alone, when outshot the Sabres 20-3. Tokarski has stopped 78 of the last 81 shots he’s faced.

Buffalo saw second-period goals from Kyle Okposo and Colin Miller for its second win in three games.

Jake Guentzel for Pittsburgh, which lost its third straight game and eight of its last 10. Tristan Jarry made 17 saves for the Penguins, who were coming off back-to-back losses against Ottawa and Washington in which they were outscored by a 12-4 margin.

Guentzel ended Pittsburgh’s lengthy power-play drought at 5:59 of the third period. Bryan Rust’s pass hit Guentzel’s skate and went behind Tokarski. Sidney Crosby had a secondary assist for his first point of the season.

Miller scored the first goal of the game 28 seconds into the second period on a shot through traffic from the right point.

Okposo gave Buffalo a 2-0 lead at 8:54 of the second period by redirecting a Zemgus Girgensons pass.

Crosby and defenseman Brian Dumoulin will play Thursday when Pittsburgh visits Montreal.