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Another one of those rare occasions when the Buffalo Sabres are on a winning streak.  They battled back from down a goal in the third period to beat the Ottawa Senators Friday night at First Niagara Center 4-2.  After Ottawa scored an early third period goal to take a 2-1 lead, Steve Ott scored for Buffalo to tie it.  Then Brian Flynn and Jochen Hecht scored back to back goals 12 seconds apart to put the Sabres up by two leading Buffalo to its second straight win.  

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Today (April 3) was the trade deadline in the NHL, and the Buffalo Sabres have been known to string things out until the very end on this day. Such was the case today, as the Sabres just made a move to trade their former Captain Jason Pominville to the Minnesota Wild.

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How do you figure these Buffalo Sabres?  They lose against some of the worst teams in the NHL and beat some of the best.  The Sabres ended a four-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins Tuesday night, ending the Penguins' 15-game winning streak, the second-longest winning streak in NHL history.  The Penguins also own the NHL's longest winning streak, 17-games.

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After a 3-game winning streak, the Buffalo Sabres played what can only be described as a lousy game to start their two-game Florida swing.  They generated only nine shots thru two periods while falling behind 2-0 and eventually lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1.

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The fans certainly got their money's worth Thursday night at First Niagara Center.  The Buffalo Sabres twice trailed by two goals 2-0 and 3-1, but they battled back against the Toronto Maple Leafs and emerged with a 5-4 win in a shoot-out.

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The Buffalo Sabres made it tough on themselves by giving up a 2-0 lead and allowing the Montreal Canadiens to storm back with a pair of third period goals, but in overtime on the power play Steve Ott scored his second goal of the game to give the Sabres a 3-2 win.

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The Buffalo Sabres always seem to be one step and one pass behind.  Losses have become pretty routine this season and they continue to find ways to lose.  A couple of things remain pretty consistent.  They've been playing some pretty bad hockey during the second period all season long and Sunday night in Washington was embarrassing.

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Well, the NHL's new alignment is not perfect, that is for sure. The approval of the realignment was to better equip teams with more efficient travel and business efforts. In addition, there's a whole new playoff format as well. What does this mean for the Sabres?

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For once the Sabres stayed out of the penalty box and it paid off.  One of the league-leaders in penalty minutes, the Sabres drew just one minor penalty while skating to a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers.  Marcus Foligno led the way with a pair of goals while after nearly a year and a half Jonas Enroth finally won a game. 

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It was a night where nothing went the way of the Buffalo Sabres.  The Philadelphia Flyers came out determined to end a 3-game losing streak and like so many other teams have this season they did it at the expense of the Sabres 3-2.

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They've had so many poor games this season and losses they deserved, but Thursday night in New Jersey was a tough one to swallow for the Sabres.  For 53 minutes they put in a solid game, especially on defense while building a 2-0 lead.  Then it all fell apart when Christian Ehrhoff took a penalty.  The Devils scored on the power play, then scored again with a minute left forcing overtime, then a shootout and that's where the Devils won it for a 3-2 victory.

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For the third straight game the Sabres went to overtime, then a shootout, but for the first time this season they fell.  The Rangers scored twice in shootout to beat the Sabres 3-2 in New York.The Sabres got into penalty trouble in the third period and it cost them. 

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