The Sabres did a good job at limiting the Devils, a team everyone predicts will be an offensive buzzsaw this season, to just a handful of high-danger scoring chances at 5-on-5. Buffalo did let up three goals and had a couple of breakdowns, but overall it was more good than bad in their own zone.

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The NHL knew how to get the crowd in Prague fired up ahead of the Global Series game between the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils on Friday. After warmups concluded, Jaromir Jagr, one of the greatest Czech-born NHLers of all time,