Sure, the ice was slippery at the TD Garden as the Sabres beat the Bruins 3-1 on an uncharacteristically warm Saturday in February. But the Atlantic Division’s No. 2 Bruins and dead last Sabres obviously shared that same ice.
So when Jack Eichel, who (according to TSN) had factored in on 42.7 percent of the Sabres’ offensive output on the season, left the game in the first period due to an injured right leg…Boston just should’ve had this one.
“I don’t know if we would’ve had the mindset anyway if the ice was great tonight,” the perpetually blunt Bruce Cassidy said postgame.