SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Rasmus Dahlin and the Buffalo Sabres celebrated their shootout win in Winnipeg around 9:45 p.m. CST on Friday night. They departed Winnipeg International at 11:47 p.m., landed at 12:45 a.m. and arrived at their hotel in Saint Paul at 1:20.
Only 17 hours passed before they were celebrating yet another comeback win, this time over the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday. Dahlin was left smiling at his stall in the visiting dressing room, describing a team that doesn't know when to quit.
"It's so easy to play on this team because we always know, even if we're down two goals, we're going to get back," he said. "I love to have that feeling. I love to play on this team."
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