Sabres vs. Bruins live score, updates, highlights from NHL playoffs return to Buffalo after 15 years
This has the potential to be quite the scene.
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BUFFALO, N. Y. — KeyBank Center is the site of the best story in the NHL: the Buffalo Sabres .
The Sabres had missed the playoffs for 14 consecutive seasons, but they're back, and it starts Sunday night. The Eastern Conference first-round series matches Buffalo up with the Boston Bruins in a series that matches one of hockey's surprise teams against one of its perennial contenders. The Sabres were in last place in the Eastern Conference on December 8.
By the end of the regular season, they had the second-most points in the East, not just getting into the playoffs but ensuring that their return would be played at home. It's hard to know for sure how the Sabres will respond to this season, but given the way they played the whole second half of the campaign, it's safe to expect them to be formidable. The Bruins, of course, won't be a pushover.