OTTAWA - Ryan O'Reilly smiled and pointed toward Robin Lehner as he and the rest of the Buffalo Sabres gathered to embrace their goaltender, the celebration of a shootout redemption that had been a long time coming.
Lehner struggled in shootouts last season, going 0-4 without a save. He lost a shootout on opening night of this season too, and the Sabres hadn't found themselves in the skills competition since until the final seconds of overtime dwindled off the clock in their game against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.
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