It was a matter of extremes. The game against the Buffalo Sabres, the team who I consider the best rivals for the Sens, was a mixture of great play and awful play for the Senators.

On the plus side was the line of Milan Michalek, Jason Spezza, and Bobby Butler. That line has come together beautifulluy and is a well-oiled scoring machine. It was the basically only line that was htreatening every time it was on the ice.

At the other end was the line anchored by Nick Foligno. Granted Foligno was surrounded by newbies, but the line spent most of its time in the defensive zone battling to keep the puck out of the Sens net. It was only at the very end of the game that the line got some chances.

Craig "Neo" Anderson was once again great in nets, but couldn't fight the bounces of HSBC arena, bounces with which the Sabres are all too familiar and of which they took advantage. Even though he let in three goals, Neo still managed a .923 save percentage, way better than most goalies the Sens have had.

GO SENS GO!!