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Mike Harrington Sports Columnist Author facebook Author linkedin Author twitter Author email Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Don't have an account? Sign Up Today The Buffalo Sabres went to bed Friday night in a playoff spot. Yes, you can’t get carried away with that nugget when it’s a week before Halloween. And we all remember how they were third in the Atlantic last year a week before Thanksgiving and the wheels completely came off the bus the next 13 games. kAm%92E D62D@? H2D E@2DE] %9:D @?6 DFC6 766=D 5:776C6?E]k^Am kAmu@C @?6 E9:?8[ E9:D E62> 92D 8@2=E6?5:?8] p=6I {J@? 92D 366? 2 C@46 @? E96 =:?6 uC:52J ?:89E[ 96 DE@?65 %@C@?E@’D |244:2D |2446==: @? 2 A@H6C A=2J =2E6 :? 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Here's why Inside the Bills: Is Keon Coleman's latest transgression the start of a troubling trend? Mike Harrington: A sparkling debut from Colten Ellis adds to Sabres' good goaltending problem NHL fines Florida's Brad Marchand $5,000 for shenanigans with helmet of Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin Woman, infant die in Elmwood Village fire; man hospitalized Rookie CB Maxwell Hairston: Knee 'feels good' after Bills open 21-day window Sabres right wing Alex Tuch celebrates his short-handed goal against Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz in the third period Friday at KeyBank Center. 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