‘“To be perfectly honest, it couldn’t have happened any better,” Ellis recalled Saturday afternoon at First Niagara Center. “I scored the shootout goal, I was in the celebration at center ice and Chadd found me through the group of guys and said, ‘The only thing that’ll make tonight better is me getting to tell you you’re going up to Buffalo tomorrow.’ It was a special moment and it kind of surprised me, but I’m extremely happy to be here.”’