What a way to end 15 years of waiting. Game one of the Sabres-Bruins series was a dramatic reintroduction of playoff hockey to the Sabres fanbase. It’s hard to say last night was the ideal way for game one to go, since a victory in any form would have been an exalting experience, but an eight-minute, four-goal third period barrage was a hell of a way for it to go. 

After all, what’s an extra 50 minutes after 15 years off?

Buffalo’s surge probably should’ve come sooner given how the game went. The first period was the most balanced of the three and possession still favored Buffalo. The Sabres exerted an impressive level of control throughout the game and it felt like a game where it was a matter of when, not if, the breakthrough would come. 

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