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They made it more difficult than it probably should have been. But since they don't count style points in the National Hockey League, the Winnipeg Jets will happily take the 4-3 win they scratched out over the sad-sack Buffalo Sabres Friday night even if they won't be adding the game film to their greatest hits collection.
This one had all the makings of a colossal mismatch on paper. Buffalo limped into town in the wee hours of the night, carrying a woeful 10-21-9 record which puts them next-to-last in the NHL standings.