Buffalo Sabres forward Evander Kane said he had learned his lesson about sleeping in and missing practice now that he is set to return to the lineup after a one-game benching.
“It was 100 percent my responsibility to make sure I’m at the rink and I’m on time,” Kane said after practice Thursday. “I take full responsibility for my actions, and I’m accountable for those. I paid the consequences. For me, it’s a lesson, and it’s something I’m not going let happen again.”
Kane spoke shortly before Coach Dan Bylsma announced that Kane would return to the lineup for Buffalo’s game at Columbus on Friday after being a healthy scratch in a 2-1 shootout loss at Ottawa on Tuesday.