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The Buffalo Sabres have officially clinched the Atlantic Division title for the first time since the 2009-2010 season, completing one of the most remarkable turnaround seasons in recent NHL history. Buffalo will now enter the Stanley Cup Playoffs with home-ice advantage in the first round,
Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff joked that he didn't need to prepare Noah Ostlund for his playoff debut Thursday. "I did not, no," Ruff said at the Sabres' team hotel Friday. Ostlund was more than up to the task,
Östlund, 22, was playing in his first Stanley Cup playoff game. He missed the first two games of this season and the final few weeks of the regular season with an injury. With the series tied 1-1 coming to Boston, Sabres coach Lindy Ruff put him into the lineup in place of the injured Josh Norris on a line with Zach Benson and Doan.
And Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is here for it. “The City of Buffalo is a better place when the Sabres are playing well,” Allen said in his media availability on Monday, while rocking a Sabres hoodie and hat. Josh Allen is loyal to the crest. Said he wasn’t able to watch game last night because he was on a plane.
Sabres winger Alex Tuch said he couldn’t help but smile when he hit the ice for Sunday’s pregame warm-up and soaked in the scene around him. Forty-two minutes before the opening faceoff, KeyBank Center was packed and buzzing in anticipation of the Sabres’ first game in the Stanley Cup Playoffs since 2011.