Buffalo − The Red Wings almost did it again.
They fell behind by a large margin, staged a furious rally, but this time fell a bit short Thursday, as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Wings 6-3.
Buffalo led 5-0 after two periods before the Wings roared back to cut the deficit to 5-3 on two Dominik Kubalik goals and a Jordan Oesterle tally.
But Buffalo's Kyle Okposo completed the hat trick with an empty-net goal at 16 minutes, 22 seconds, giving Buffalo the three-goal lead.
Maybe this was best for the city of Buffalo, and this region of New York, which has endured a gargantuan blizzard in the last week and are just now digging out of it.