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The Buffalo Sabres turned in one of their most listless and uninspired performances of the season, sleepwalking through three periods against the Columbus Blue Jackets and getting shutout for the first time since April of 2006.

Former Sabre Michael Peca scored the first Columbus goal, a pretty one timer in the slot on the backhand which came off a rebound, and then added an assist on Rick Nash’s goal several minutes later. About the biggest moment of the evening for the hometown faithful happened a few minutes earlier, when goalie Ryan Miller stopped Nash on a penalty shot.

Buffalo spent a good chunk of the third period in the penalty box, and got only 5 shots on net, unable to muster any kind of spark.

About the best news for me was that the PR department was distributing a full set of team media guides to any reporter who wanted them. Sweet! They come with this cool looking black cardboard cabinet like holder. The thing weighed a ton but gratefully Matthew Ondesko from Metro was parked right by the arena and he gave me a ride to my car after the game.

The Sabres now hit the road for five games over the next two weeks. Yours truly will be in Florida next week and I will be covering the games from Sunrise and Tampa next weekend. Who knows maybe I’ll even do some liveblogging.

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