Ekblad had two goals -- one on the power play -- and an assist in Thursday's 7-4 win over Buffalo.

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He rounded out his stat line with six shots, two blocked shots and two PIM. Ekblad turned a 4-2 deficit into a 4-4 tie with a pair of goals that sandwiched the second intermission, and he added a helper on Anton Lundell's game-winner later in the third. He's as hot offensively as any blueliner in the league, with six points in his last two games and 13 in the last nine.