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The Sabres came thru with an important victory Wednesday night in their drive to the playoffs.  Jason Pominville's power play goal in overtime gave the Sabres a 3-2 win over Carolina to move the Sabres to within two points of the final playoff spot with 15 games left to play.

The Buffalo Sabres scored all of their goals in the third period to win their preseason opener 3 to 1 last night at First Niagara Center.  Linemates Paul Gaustad, Nathan Gerbe and Patrick Kaleta all found the net to send the sell-out crowd home happy.

Thomas Vanek's hat trick led the Sabres to a 4-2 win over Tampa Bay while Jhonas Enroth stopped 23 shots.  Tim Connolly had the other Buffalo goal as the Sabres moved to within one point of clinching a playoff berth.  I was in the lockerroom after the game and joined other reporters with Thomas Vanek.

The Buffalo Sabres came thru with a clutch win in Carolina to move into seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings with 3 games left in the regular season.  Defenseman Marc Andre Gragnani scored with just over two minutes left in overtime to give the Sabres a 2 to 1 victory.  It was his first goal of the season and another Sabres defenseman also scored his first of the season to give Buffal

After a disappointing overtime loss in Washington the Buffalo Sabres head to Carolina for a game that could determine which team gets a playoff spot.  The Sabres rallied from a 2-nothing deficit to take a 4-3 lead late in the game against the Capitals, but the Caps got a power play goal in the final minute of regulation, then Alex Ovechkin scored the game winner in overtime on a shot that deflecte