‘”The sacrifice that they make is beyond anything that you could ever imagine,” Brian Gionta said Monday morning before the Buffalo Sabres earned a 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers in KeyBank Center. “The long nights, missing holidays. You miss a lot of stuff and to have the support from my wife and the kids, it allows you to come the rink and be ready to play and be fresh and not have that on your mind that you’re missing things at home or she’s upset with you for traveling for 10 days while three kids are sick at the house. It’s those little things. It’s huge the support from her.’