Still Alive

You've got to give the Sabres credit--they haven't packed it in yet. They went right down to the wire tonight in their battle with Ottawa, and finally got the game-tieing goal with 1:26 to go from Paul Gaustad. And they went down to their final shooter in the overtime shootout, before they beat the Senators 4-3. You can call this year's edition of the Sabres a lot of things---undermanned, emotionally fragile, tired, etc., but don't call them quitters. They finish the game with the Senators in the same place in the standings--10th place, five points out of the eighth and final playoff spot. The problem is, they're down to just five games left in the regular season. But give them credit for rebounding from Tuesday's horrible collapse and hanging in there another night.