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3 takeaways as Bruins fall to Sabres in scoring struggle

It was one of those nights for the Boston Bruins.

A low-energy practice on Wednesday manifested itself into one of Boston’s more disappointing wire-to-wire performances of the season.

“I was worried after the way we practiced yesterday,” head coach Jim Montgomery said following the Bruins’ 3-1 loss to the Sabres on Thursday. “I think we went from awful to poor. We never really got to average for our game.”

After a 19-shot first period, the Sabres finally got on the board early in the second period. Within seconds of a faceoff win in Buffalo’s’ attacking end, J.