It was one they let slip through their fingers.
The Buffalo Sabres were ahead, 2-1, on the road against the Washington Capitals, the beneficiaries of goals by unlikely heroes Zemgus Girgensons and Evander ” ‘Bout Damn Time” Kane and a Capitals power play unit that had gone 1-for-16 on the power play in its previous three games.
Buffalo had already killed off two penalties in the game, and might have been able to emerge from our nation’s capital with a W if they could have stayed out of the penalty box . . . but a tripping penalty by Kane gave Washington a third attempt to resurrect its power play, and sure enough, they did just that.