Sabres Fall to Penguins in Overtime

Another unfortunate night in Pittsburgh for the Buffalo Sabres. We watched the same game we’ve seen unfold between the Penguins and Sabres over the last few years.

As per usual, the Sabres started out of the gate hot. They go five 2 on 1 odd man rushes in the first period. They capitalized on one of them as Jack Eichel fed Evander Kane for his tenth of the season. Later in the period, Sam Reinhart would increase the lead with a power-play goal he put past Matt Murray off the back wall.

Buffalo looked to be headed to the room with a two-goal lead after one, but a bad mistake with under 20 seconds left in the period would cost them. Robin Lehner would go behind the net to get a dump in. He…