Sabres Links: The “Butt Goal,” short bench, jersey drama in Edmonton

Thanks to Mike Smith entering the goal with the puck in his pants the Sabres skated off with a 2-1 OT victory, all despite being down to 10 forwards [Sabres.com]
And here’s the game winner being dubbed the “Butt Goal” [SB Nation]
Drew Stafford was ejected for an elbow on Oliver Ekman-Larsson, could face further discipline [Pro Hockey Talk]
The good, the bad, and the ugly from the Sabres youth movement [Buffalo Wins]
Bill Hoppe caught up with former Sabre Tim Kennedy, who returned to Buffalo last night with the Coyotes [Buffalo Hockey Beat]
It’s always exciting when Die By The Blade gets around the internet, as Ogre39666’s “Legend of Zemgus” was tweeted out by the Sabres yesterday. The comment section is famous! [Twitter]

Tomas Hertl to miss more than a month with knee injury [TSN]
Dallas Eakins called Oiler fan who threw jersey on the ice “a quitter” [Ottawa Sun]
The Anaheim Ducks beat the Capitals last night to give them their ninth straight victory [NHL.com]
Semyon Varlamov’s accuser saddened by dropping of charges [Denver Post]

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