‘”When you have a two goal lead, you kind of turn it down a notch,” said head coach Lindy Ruff. “You don’t want your d joining and creating opportunities where if you miss you’re going to give up an opportunity and let them back in the game. So we did slow it down, but when it got 3-2, we went after it again.”‘
Gutting it out in Tampa Bay
Source: Sabres.com