‘“We got ourselves in a hole and we got (into eighth),” said Sabres goalie Ryan Miller, whose team also fell Saturday in Montreal. “It’s a step forward. We’ve got a long way to go, but we can take a little bit of a break here, a little bit of a breather, readjust and feel good that we got ourselves out of a rut. We’ve been playing good hockey. It hasn’t translated everything into wins, but I think you guys can agree it’s been pretty damn good hockey.”’