Sabres Take Game 1 In Epic Fashion, Winning 4-3

To say that Buffalo was filled with big energy before the first NHL playoff game in Western New York in 15 years would be an understatement. From the start of the Party in the Plaza and the Sabrehood Block Party in the early afternoon until the final horn sounding the end of the game, more than 19,000 Sabres fans screamed for joy because of one fact that everyone knows.

Buffalo is back!

Not only is Buffalo back in the playoffs, but the winning formula has returned to One Seymour H. Knox III Plaza.

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You could see that clearly on the ice at the KeyBank Center as the Buffalo Sabres showed a lot of grit and determination as they came back from a 0-2 deficit through 2 and-a-half periods to defeat the Bruins 4-3.

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The first two-and-a-half periods saw Boston jump out to a 2-goal lead, with the Bruins Morgan Geekie and Elias Lindholm putting goals on the board for Boston in the first and third periods.

As the seconds ticked away in the third period, many people thought the Bruins were going to steal a victory away in Buffalo, which was becoming more likely every single minute. That is, until 12:01 in the third period, when Buffalo's Olympic Gold Medalist Tage Thompson came from behind the net on an assist from Peyton Krebs and put the puck in the net on a sweet goal.

That wasn't all from Tage as he had his eyes on another goal, which came at 15:44 after a great assist from Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch.

Mattias Samuelsson and Alex Tuch added goals 3 and 4 as the Sabres did what we knew they could do.

Let's go, Buffalo!