‘”I think we just got back on our toes,” Skinner said of the Sabres’ performance after they were outshot 12-4 in the first period. “I think early in the game they did a great job of clogging up the neutral zone. It seemed like we were going back in our end and (when) we tried to bring the puck up, they sort of clogged everything up and didn’t allow us to get in and sustain any forecheck or gain any momentum. In the third, we spent a lot more time in their end, and it helped us out a lot.”‘