‘”If anyone told us earlier this year we’d be in a best-of-three for the Eastern Conference title, we’d have gladly taken it. We still have a full roster, we’re not down to three lines and four D,” he said. But some of the Sabres’ top snipers — Drury, J.P. Dumont and Maxim Afinogenov — had critical first-period chances on Gerber and were stymied.’