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About a minute later Evander Kane appeared to tie it up. Mike Hoffman drove up the left wing and fed a pass into the high slot, from where Turris snapped it in the top right side.
Kane’s disallowed goal came 83 seconds after Sabres 18-year-old rookie star center Jack Eichel scored a power-play goal to get the sold-out crowd on its feet.
Brian Gionta suffered a lower-body injury late in practice on Wednesday, leading to speculation that he could miss the opening contest against Ottawa. “We are all anticpating a fresh new look and a great season”. He was replaced in net by Chad Johnson. Video review showed it was offside.
The Senators’ Kyle Turris opened the scoring just 30 seconds into the game. Throughout his entire career, Lehner has fought for playing time in Ottawa – mostly against Craig Anderson and most recently joined by Andrew Hammond.
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The Senators visit Toronto Saturday then host the Montreal Canadiens Sunday in their homeopener.
