The Buffalo Sabres completed the race to the bottom Wednesday night with a 4-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators.
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The Sabres secured last place in the NHL with the loss.
“I don’t think anyone really coming in envisioned this,” Buffalo right wing Jason Pominville said. “Certainly not myself, being on the outside coming in and hoping we’d be headed in the right direction. And sometimes we are, but for the most part we’re not. We take steps forward and then we take a couple back. Yeah, we had injuries and stuff like that, but with the group we have, I still don’t believe we should be where we’re at. But we are there, and things [have] to change.”
The Senators will finish the season next to last
Craig Anderson made 32 saves in picking up the win for the Sens.
“We’re out there, we’re playing to win, we want to win as many games as we can and prove that we belong in the roles that we play,” Anderson said. “We want to make sure we play for each other, we play for our fans, we play for the crest on the front. We know that all we can do is go out there and work hard and let the chips fall as they may.”
Ryan O’Reilly and Kyle Okposo scored for the Sabres.
Max McCormick, Matt Duchene, Ryan Dzingel, and Alexandre Burrows scored for the Senators.
“I expected definitely a lot more, but you can expect all you want. It comes down to doing it and getting better, and obviously we got worse. Yeah, it’s tough, but it’s not completely over. We have a couple of games left. We’re focused on that and we’ll have to reflect at the end,” O’Reilly said on finishing last in the league.
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Chad Johnson made 28 saves in the loss.
“I believe in our system, I believe in our structure, I believe we do play a brand of game that’s the right way; we’re on top of people, we’re not cheating the game, and we’re doing things for the better part of the team, you can see we’re a good hockey team,” Buffalo head coach Phil Housley said. “This is just where we are as a group. Let’s be honest, we have a long way to go.”
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