This one just hurts, doesn't it?
### You really need to see what happened to the Sabres last night
Another one slipped away from the Buffalo Sabres last night, a real gut punch in overtime against the Anaheim Ducks, 6-5. You wake up this morning, and it just feels heavy, like that thick Lake Erie fog rolling in off the water. The Sabres gave up a 4-2 lead in the second period, then clawed their way back in the third with goals from JJ Peterka, Owen Power, and Zach Benson, only to let Mason Granlund tie it up on the power play late. Then, just 1:29 into overtime, Troy Terry found the back of the net, and that was it. It’s hard to watch a team fight that hard, especially on the road, and still come up short.
What gets me is the way they let those early leads disappear. Alex Tuch started things off nice, and Jiri Kulich got another one in the first, but then Anaheim’s power play, especially Leo Carlsson, just picked us apart. You can’t be giving up those chances to a team like the Ducks, no matter who’s in net. Giving up two power-play goals in the first period, then another late in the third, that’s just not Buffalo Sabres hockey. Owen Power had a great night with a goal and an assist, showing why he’s a cornerstone, and Zach Benson’s goal to push us ahead in the third was electrifying. But good individual performances can't always cover up defensive lapses.
Now, this loss breaks that nice eight-game winning streak they had going, putting them at 8-1-1 in their last ten. They're still sitting pretty at first in the Atlantic with 95 points, but these are the kind of games that stick in your craw when you’re fighting for playoff seeding. They’ve got to shake this one off quickly because the schedule doesn't get any easier. You can feel the tension building, like waiting for the first big snow of the season. We’ve been patient in this city, waiting for a winner, and they’ve been giving us a show this year. But these late-game collapses, man, they’re tough to swallow.
Let's Go Buff-a-lo — from the City of Good Neighbors, this is Peg.
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