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Sabres vs. Lightning Preview: The Chad Johnson era begins

The Sabres try to get their first win by using their second goaltender against a tough Lightning team.

Game #2

Puck Drop: 1:00 pm EST | First Niagara Center| Buffalo, NY

The atmosphere surrounding the season opener for the Buffalo Sabres was electric, right up until they let the Ottawa Senators score thirty seconds into the game. After that, the Sabres played a tentative, sloppy game for the next forty minutes, until finally finding their legs in the third period. Jack Eichel showed the world why he was so highly touted with his ridiculous snipe of a goal, and a replay review that wiped out Evander Kane's potential tying goal gave us all something to complain about.