‘The Sabres finished 0 for 5 on the power play, including a 5-on-3 opportunity that they couldn’t convert in the first six minutes of the second period against a Blue Jackets team that opened the season with an injury-decimated defense, playing without Ivan Provorov (left ankle), Dante Fabbro (hand fracture sustained during the preseason) and Damon Severson (recovering from offseason shoulder surgery).’