TAMPA - Phil Housley spoke Friday morning about the kind of impression a trip to Amalie Arena might make on Casey Mittelstadt and Alex Nylander. As it turned out, the two young forwards managed to make quite an impression themselves.
Mittelstadt and Nylander both scored their first NHL goals within the first seven minutes of the Buffalo Sabres' 7-5 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday, a game in which the Sabres erased deficits of 1-0, 2-1 and 4-2 before ultimately falling on a pair of third-period goals.
Mittelstadt, Nylander net 1st NHL goals in loss to Lightning
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