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‘”We’ve talked a lot about playing meaningful games in the month of March,” Botterill said. “I think with some of the moves we made today, we’re hopefully setting our team up to better accept that challenge.”‘

‘Kahun signed a two-year, entry-level deal with the Chicago Blackhawks in summer 2018 and tallied 37 points (13+24) as a rookie last season. He was acquired by Pittsburgh as part of a package that sent defenseman Olli Maatta to Chicago this past summer.’

‘Simmonds, 31, has tallied 24 points (8+16) while averaging 15:11 in 61 games with the Devils this season. He has five points (3+2) in his last eight games.’

‘”It was a weekend where we needed to decide how we were going to go out west: still reaching, or not,” Krueger said. “And we are reaching.”‘

‘Zemgus Girgensons recorded two assists to give him three points (1+2) in two games this weekend. The Sabres were coming off a 5-2 road victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.’

‘”Jeez, I thought we came out hard. I thought we had a good start, the penalty kill good, Hutts was stellar,” Eichel said. “I thought we played really desperate and we got rewarded. It’s a really good team. It’s a good way to play there. We smothered them, we back pressured. We played a good team game on the road.”‘

‘Sam Reinhart added to the lead in the first period, Jack Eichel scored a pair of goals on the power play, and Jeff Skinner put an end to his 22-game scoring drought with a goal in the third. Carter Hutton made 41 saves.’

‘Frolik was back with the Sabres for practice at KeyBank Center on Friday along with fellow forwards Jack Eichel and Kyle Okposo, both of whom took maintenance days Thursday. Coach Ralph Krueger said he expects all three players to be available for the team’s game in Pittsburgh on Saturday.’

‘The move leaves the Sabres with 13 healthy forwards following Michael Frolik’s return to practice from an illness on Friday. Sabres coach Ralph Krueger said he expects Frolik to play Saturday in Pittsburgh.

‘The Buffalo Sabres have placed defenseman Zach Bogosian on unconditional waivers with the intention of terminating his contract.’