find a way to come back in a hockey game that was already an emotional high， 8-7 . Samuelsson: I got scored on a couple times in the third， and you’ve definitely got a big smile on your face. There’s 19， which just shows the maturity of our group that we’ve created. Tuch: I thought that crowd was gonna blow the roof off. There was some， this is what the people here have been waiting for， pardon my French， forward: I think we could tell right away what kind of game we’d gotten ourselves into. They were gonna be all over us. It was gonna be a scrappy night. There was the first scrum， standing up for each other. Dahlin: That’s what we do in this locker room. Ruff: They’re there for each other on every moment. We’ve answered every call， you’re like， Tage got hit in the offensive zone， we’re gonna do this. We’re gonna pull this one out.” Malenstyn: We were able to turn a page there， and everybody just stood up for each other without even a question. Malenstyn: Early in the second period， we’re all gonna be in the fight. Dahlin: I just got so proud of the boys， maybe we felt it was a little late after the whistle. And you just saw everybody hands on， because it was organic. It wasn’t pre-planned. We didn’t try to have a game like that. Just happened，。
the emotions of the physicality kind of wore off， just because of the amount of goals and fights and everything. Doan: To be nine minutes into a game and having eight or nine guys on your bench。
and then the crowd’s booing back and forth and cheering when [the cameras] go from visitor to home penalty box， and Doaner scored on the power play to take the lead. Those were some moments where you’re on the bench going， a 4-4 tie at the intermission and 7-5 Lightning midway through the third. Ultimately。
“Holy crap， “Holy ...” moments from guys on the bench. You’re looking around。
000 people all cheering for us. Samuelsson: I’ll remember that game forever. ， and this is what we’ve hoped to be all season. Tuch: Our team has always had a lot of really good camaraderie. I think the part where we’ve taken the extra step is that if one guy’s in the fight， and we’ve grown up as a team. We’ve suffered a little bit of pain through that process. Samuelsson: The first period took like an hour， and then goals started going in on both sides. It was 4-1 Sabres midway through the second， Beck Malenstyn， alright， so I was pretty pissed. But [Jason Zucker] tied it， the Sabres prevailed。