Tyler Ennis was frustrated, and it was time for his stick to pay the price. After another power-play turnover, he skated to the bench and took a tomahawk chop that broke his lumber on the boards.
He showed what the Sabres were feeling.
Buffalo’s power play failed to find the net for the sixth straight game Monday and looked particularly bad in the process. The frustration carried over into the rest of the game and was the key factor in a 2-0 loss to Washington.
“It set in with the power-play opportunities that we had and squandered,” coach Dan Bylsma said in First Niagara Center.