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The offensively-challenged Buffalo Sabres have played five games on home ice so far this season and have won just once.  On Wednesday night at Key Bank Center, the Sabres and Ottawa Senators played to a 1-1 tie thru 60 minutes before the Sabres finally found their legs in overtime.  They dominated the extra session, outshooting the Senators 8-0, but couldn't beat goaltender Mike Condon.

The Buffalo Sabres scored two third period goals on Saturday night to rally from down 1-0 to beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1.  It's Buffalo's fourth victory in seven road games.

Unlike the game Wednesday night against the Montreal Canadiens, the Buffalo Sabres were rewarded for their effort Friday night in a hard-earned 3-1 against the Ottawa Senators.  Sam Reinhart led the way with a goal and an assist while Chad Johnson stopped 30 of 31 shots to pick up the victory.

A wild finish, but finally goaltender Robin Lehner picks up his first win as a Buffalo Sabre.  It didn't become official until the referees checked the video and found that what appeared to be the tying goal by the Ottawa Senators crossed the goal line a tenth of a second too late.  Lehner finished with 34 saves.

While the Ottawa Senators' home game was postponed Wednesday because of the tragedy at Canada's Parliament, the rest of the NHL carried on with league games. In a touching tribute the Canadian national anthem was performed in Pittsburgh at the Flyers-Penguins game...

They're playing better defense, they're getting more shots, they're more determined than ever, but they still can't score. It's almost comical how inept the Buffalo Sabres are in the scoring department.

Maybe the key to winning games for the Buffalo Sabres is to battle their way to a shootout, where they're undefeated this year. The Sabres and Ottawa Senators finished overtime in a 1-1 tie, forcing a shootout where 10 skaters from each team tried their luck until Zemgus Girgensons scored the deciding goal to give the Sabres a 2-1 win.

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