US EditionSabres Look to Close Out Series Against Bruins Tuesday Night
The Sabres can reach the second round for the first time since 2007, and the Ducks have scored 20 goals in four games.
- The Buffalo Sabres and Anaheim Ducks can clinch first-round series victories on Tuesday, both holding 3-1 leads entering Game 5 matchups against the Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers respectively.
- Sabres coach Lindy Ruff expects a difficult game, noting the Bruins are "in the nothing-to-lose-and-everything-to-gain category" after their 6-1 Game 4 drubbing on Sunday.
- Center Ryan Poehling said, "We just believe in ourselves," reflecting on the Ducks' Game 4 overtime win after facing a two-goal deficit on Sunday.
- The Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars remain tied 2-2 after Minnesota evened the series on Saturday, with right wing Mats Zuccarello returning to practice Monday following an upper-body injury.
- Discipline remains central to playoff intensity after the league fined Defenceman Nikita Zadorov $5,000 on Monday for cross-checking Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin during Game 4.
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Sabres are on the verge of a long-awaited series win
Beat the Boston Bruins at home in Game 5 on Tuesday, and the Sabres will skate in the second round for the first time since 2007. “You can expect this to be the hardest game that we’re going to have to play short-term here, because they're in the nothing-to-lose-and-everything-to-gain category,” said Sabres coach Lindy Ruff.
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Sabres are on the verge of a long-awaited series win, and the Ducks are too
The Buffalo Sabres have shed the burden of a 14-year absence from the Stanley Cup playoffs that set a dubious NHL record and surged toward their next big thing.
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