‘Even with pistons Daniel Briere and Chris Drury absent from the motor, the Sabres are built for a smooth track, not mud. And on a day when flurries and slush slowed passing and skating, Buffalo had trouble manufacturing momentum. “Obviously, it’s quite different. There was a lot of snow on the ice,” defenseman Nathan Paetsch said. “It played a little slower and we had to play a lot simpler.”’