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04/02 20:48 CDT Senators delay the Sabres' bid to clinch drought-breaking
playoff spot
Senators delay the Sabres' bid to clinch drought-breaking playoff spot
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) --- Lars Eller broke a third-period tie and the Ottawa
Senators prevented Buffalo from wrapping up a drought-breaking playoff spot
Thursday night, beating the Sabres 4-1.
Buffalo will have to wait to end its NHL-record 14-season postseason skid, the
second-longest active futility run in North America's four major sports behind
the New York Jets and their 15-season slide.
Eller deflected defenseman Artem Zub's shot from the point past goalie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen at 5:55 of the third.
Buffalo defenseman Mattias Samuelsson opened the scoring at 8:49 of the second
with a long wrist shot. Dylan Cozens tied it with 4:42 left in the second on a
tip-in. He has 26 goals this season.
Ridly Greig and Shane Pinto added empty-net goals.
Linus Ullmark made 21 saves for Ottawa. The Senators --- in the second
wild-card spot in the East --- opened a five-game homestand.
Luukkonen stopped 20 shots for Buffalo.
Senators defenseman Tyler Kleven left in the first period with an upper-body
injury and did not return. The team has become increasingly thin on defense,
missing Thomas Chabot, Jake Sanderson, Nick Jensen and others.
Ottawa's Brady Tkachuk fought Logan Stanley late in the first period.
Up next Sabres: At Washington on Saturday night. Senators: Host Minnesota on Saturday. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl |
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