DENVER -Ralph Krueger felt proud of the resolve he saw from his hockey club.
The Buffalo Sabres twice erased one-goal deficits during their 3-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. They came mere inches from tying the score a third time during the game's final minute.
It was the sort of loss, Krueger said, that a team might feel OK about early in the season. But at a time when every game feels like a playoff game for the Sabres, the prevailing feeling afterward was pain.
Sabres fall short in back-and-forth affair with Avalanche
Girgensons, Lazar score goals in 3-2 loss

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