In the end, four bounces were all that separated the Sabres from an overtime win over the Ottawa Senators at KeyBank Center on Wednesday night. A tight game had opened up in the extra period, and all eight of the shots that were taken came from the Sabres. The last of those shots came from Zemgus Girgensons from within the blue paint.
Girgensons' shot bounced off of Ottawa goaltender Mike Condon, off the bottom of the cross bar, back off the skate of Condon and ultimately off the post to stay out of the net. Overtime rolled into a shootout, where Sam Reinhart scored on the first attempt for Buffalo but Robin Lehner was beat on shots by Kyle Turris and Bobby Ryan to secure a 2-1 win for the Senators.
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