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‘Buffalo went 0-for-3 on the power play in the opening period. They scored zero goals despite outshooting the Capitals 11-6.’

‘Buffalo’s defense struggled to keep pace with the Capitals all night, allowing two goals in each of the first two periods. Washington needed just 23 shots in the first 40 minutes to put up the four goals.’

‘Jack Eichel is the captain. The alternate captains are Kyle Okposo and Jake McCabe.’

‘It didn’t work out then with the MLB, but he found out just two days ago that the Sabres have picked his business, Print2Web, to make the fan cutouts that will fill KeyBank Center through the NHL season.’

‘“I think it’s just taking it a game at a time,” winger Tage Thompson said. Obviously our schedule is pretty compact and we’ve got a lot of games back to back and a lot of games in a short amount of days so I think not looking too far ahead, just focusing on the now and making sure we are taking it a a game at a time, day at a time is going to give us our best chance. And then having a short memory. If you’re running into a rest rough patch throughout the season, they are going to happen, you’re going to face some losses and I think just blocking that out and moving forward is going to be a big thing as well”’

‘The players will practice and travel with the team, but will earn the same salary they would make in the AHL.’

‘“I know they are both fast players and obviously very talented and offensively gifted,” Thompson said. “I think my job is just to play my game. I think I bring a lot of size and speed and I got a pretty good shot so I think my offensive instincts are along the same lines as theirs in terms of where to go on the ice, so I think just kind of getting open and winning puck battles and getting the puck to them and kind of letting them do their work and find open spots to get shots off.”’

‘Defensemen Casey Fitzgerald and Ryan Jones.’

‘Krueger said he was pretty confident Cozens and Quinn would be on the ice Friday. They’ll be around the team and must undergo testing before being cleared to practice.’

‘He was skating in a line with Taylor Hall and Victor Olofsson, who also made his own return from an injury suffered early in camp. Eichel mentioned the importance of building chemistry with Hall before the season.’