MONTREAL - It ended in the most fitting way possible, with one last mad dash up and down the ice.
The Sabres had surrendered four one-goal leads and erased a one-goal deficit of their own by the time Rasmus Ristolainen carried the puck down low in overtime at Bell Centre on Thursday night. The defenseman lost the puck, leading to an odd-man rush going back the other way in favor of the Montreal Canadiens.
The ensuing shot from Artturi Lehkonen went wide and rimmed along the boards. Ristolainen picked the puck up at the defensive blue line and skated down the right-wing side, winding up for a shot as he neared the edge of the faceoff circle.
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