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In sports, high hopes and painful losses

‘The Sabres lose to the Flyers in the playoffs. Buffalo had a 3-2 lead entering Game Six of its first-round playoff series with Philadelphia. The Sabres were at home. They were facing the Flyers’ third-string goalie. If you are the Sabres, you have to win that game.’

Following Vanek’s example may cure Sabres’ scoring woes

‘”We’ve got to find ways for other guys to score,” right wing Brad Boyes said Thursday in SkateQuest, 20 miles from the capital. “We’ve got the same guys scoring every game. You’re not going to win relying on two guys. You look at the lineup, a lot of guys have history, but that doesn’t do anything right now.”‘

Gragnani gains insight from press box

‘”The game from on top looks like the easiest game,” the Sabres’ defenseman said Thursday. “Everyone can play the game from up there, so you just try to watch, try to pick up a couple things that when you’re on the ice you can’t see.”‘

Sabres healing slowly, look to climb standings

‘“It gives you a little bit of confidence, seeing guys that have been around, that have been successful in this league and have been a big part of this team for a while now getting back in the lineup.” Buffalo captain Jason Pominville said. “Hopefully they can give us an extra spark and help our team out because we’ve got to get on a roll.”’

Sabres Skate Without Sekera

‘Head Coach Lindy Ruff says that Sekera will be out for awhile with an upper-body injury and that Marc-Andre Gragnani will take his place in the line-up. Buffalo will not call anyone up from Rochester at this time.’

Are the Sabres unlucky?

‘Lindy Ruff isn’t a firm believer that they’re lucky, “On a consistent front, you’ve got to earn your breaks. You’ve got to create enough that they start going your way. You can look at all the posts we hit at home and Pommer’s off the post last night, if you’re consistently creating those opportunities, they start going your way. You’ve got to be able to create them game in, game out. A game like last night which I’d call it even, you could say they won on breaks, but I don’t think so. We’ve got to tip the table our way. It’s got to be a 60/40 or 70/30 when it comes to the type of chances and the type of breaks you get in a game.”’