Sabres take Game 1 as power play finally emerges
Key takeaways
- BUFFALO -- It took the Buffalo Sabres 14 years to get back to the NHL playoffs -- and they've finally brought their power play along with them.
- Since March, the Sabres went 0-20 on the man advantage to finish the regular season and were an astonishingly poor 1-for-24 on the power play in their first-round series against Boston.
- "I mean, that's part of it, right?" Josh Doan said of changing the narrative.
Why this matters: a sports story that could shift standings, legacies, or fan conversations.
BUFFALO -- It took the Buffalo Sabres 14 years to get back to the NHL playoffs -- and they've finally brought their power play along with them.
Buffalo defeated Montreal 4-2 in Game 1 of their second-round Eastern Conference playoff series Wednesday with a multigoal showing with the extra man the likes of which the Sabres haven't been able to produce since the last time they tallied two power-play markers on March 31.
Since March, the Sabres went 0-20 on the man advantage to finish the regular season and were an astonishingly poor 1-for-24 on the power play in their first-round series against Boston. Quite frankly, Buffalo was sick of hearing about its dismal special teams performance.