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Key Sabres forward leaves Game 5 vs. Bruins with lower-body injury
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The Buffalo Sabres are looking to close out the Boston Bruins in Game 5 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After two convincing wins in Boston, Buffalo is on the doorstep of its first playoff series win since 2007. But the Sabres will have to do it without forward Noah Ostlund , who left the game with a lower-body injury.
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"Noah Ostlund will not return to tonight's game due to a lower-body injury," the team announced.
Ostlund was key to the Sabres' first goal of the game, although he did not receive a point for it. He was recently moved to the top powerplay unit and helped Lindy Ruff look like a genius for that decision. It was Buffalo's first powerplay goal of the series, but they lost Ostlund shortly after.
Ostlund just completed his first full season in the NHL. He scored 11 goals and added 16 assists in 60 games this season, making serious strides on a great Sabres team. A 2022 first-round pick, Ostlund was held out of the first two games of the series, but drew in for the road games. He scored a goal and picked up an assist in Boston, earning more ice time in the potential clincher. Just four shifts into Game 5, he was knocked out of the game.
The Sabres will likely keep Ostlund's specific injury under wraps, as is customary during the playoffs. But the Sabres now have even more pressure to win Game 5 to keep their hot prospect in the lineup for as many games as possible.
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