Evander Kane sleeps in, gets punished by Buffalo Sabres

Ryan O’Reilly has set up a pair of goals in back-to-back contests, driving his assist total to nine in his last seven games and a club-best 32 on the season.ABOUT THE SENATORS (25-26-6): Captain Erik Karlsson has four assists during the team’s losing skid and 11 in seven contests since the All-Star break.

Bobby Ryan talks about the Senators starting their homestand on the right foot with the win over the Sabres and what it was like to go up against his former teammate Robin Lehner in the shootout. “We need something to jump-start us and tonight was a good start to that”, said Anderson, who made 38 saves. But he didn’t get back for Monday’s practice.

Moulson scored his first goal in 44 games when he took a sharp backhand pass from Eichel that found Moulson in front of the net.

One day after Evander Kane missed practice following a weekend in Toronto for the NBA All-Star Game, the Buffalo Sabres forward issued an apology. “That’s huge. They battled and stayed with it”. A couple of friends’ moms passed away and I told them I’d get one for them.

“It was awesome”, Dzingel said of his first goal.

Tied 1-1 against what’s supposed to be one of the NHL’s doormats, the Senators picked up where they left off Saturday in a loss to Columbus by being outshot 13-8 with another less-than-stellar first period.

Buffalo Sabres’ center Sam Reinhart (23) is sandwiched between Ottawa Senators’ goalie Craig Anderson and defenseman Chris Wideman (45) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 in Ottawa, Ontario.

Nick Paul made his National Hockey League debut, he was the sixth player to do so this year for Ottawa.

Almost 20 inches of snow fell in Ottawa on Tuesday. Anderson made a pad save against Sabres forward Jamie McGinn, then stood his ground to deny Mark Pysyk. However, Johan Larsson (undisclosed) will return to the lineup Tuesday to take Kane’s place.