BUFFALO, N.
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Marcus Foligno looked up at the video board and was moved as the Buffalo Sabres
said farewell to two of their most popular players. Jhonas Enroth made 36 saves
as the Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Friday night, a few hours after
they traded goalie Ryan Miller and captain Steve Ott. "Im not going to lie. It
was pretty emotional watching the tribute," Foligno said. "That was pretty nice
what they did during the game, and those are two players that were hugely
respected here in the city and respected Buffalo as well." Miller was set to
start his 541st career game for the Sabres, but was pulled from the lineup just
over an hour before the puck was dropped. The deal made Ted Nolan push Enroth
into the starting lineup. "I was sitting in the back, joking around with the
trainers about all these trade rumours and I told them hopefully it doesnt
happen on game day, especially against the Sharks," Enroth quipped. "Three
minutes after, Coach Nolan came up to me and told me I was starting, so I kind
of jinxed myself there. "After that, I was a bit more nervous than usual but I
told myself I had nothing to lose." Enroth played well and the Sabres got goals
from Cody Hodgson, Brian Flynn, Matt Moulson and Tyler Myers. It was Enroths
second consecutive win after he snapped a 0-10-4 slump with a 5-4 overtime win
against Boston on Wednesday, which was his first home win since April. With the
trade of Miller, Buffalo was forced to reach into their new hockey academy staff
for a backup goaltender. HarborCenter director of technology Ryan Vinz was
Buffalos No. 2 goaltender after being a video co-ordinator at Clarkson
University. James Sheppard and Patrick Marleau scored for San Jose. With the
trade, Buffalo general manager Tim Murray struck his first major deal since
being hired in January, acquiring goalie Jaroslav Halak, forward Chris Stewart,
prospect William Carrier, a 2015 first-round pick and a conditional 2016
third-round pick. Murray later explained that the pick in 2016 could turn into a
first-round pick in this years draft if the Blues reach the Western Conference
finals or Miller re-signs with St. Louis before the draft. The win gave Buffalo
three straight wins for the first time since last April, and Myers said the
milestone carries significance. "It feels good," he said. "We knew what position
we were in going into this game, and we really wanted it. Hearing the news
before the game we wanted it that much more." The Sabres opened the scoring on a
power-play goal 10:59 into the first period, as Antti Niemi couldnt hold on to
Hodgsons wrist shot. It was Hodgsons 15th goal and his first since Jan. 28.
Enroth made a glove save of Matt Irwins slap shot through traffic with under
seven minutes to play to keep Buffalo ahead. He made another strong glove save
7:22 into the second period when Marleau was left uncovered in the slot. "It was
kind of late notice," Enroth said of getting the word he was starting, "but I
just told myself to relax, go out there and compete." Moments after Enroth
stopped Marleau, Myers beat Niemi off a rush up the right side, but his shot
clanked off the cross bar. After another pair of saves, Enroth was beaten when
Sheppard forced a puck between the goaltenders legs after a shot rebounded off
the end boards. The Sharks finished the second period with a 31-13 advantage in
shots on goal. "We knew theyd be ready," Sharks centre Joe Pavelski said. "We
had our chances to score early and we didnt, fell behind, climbed back and just
didnt turn the corner like we needed to." Buffalo restored its lead 4:33 into
the third when Zemgus Girgensons won a faceoff back to Flynn, whose wrist shot
beat Niemi. The Sabres doubled their advantage four minutes later when Myers
jumped into the play from the right point to feed Moulson in the slot, who
scored over Niemis shoulder. Marleau brought the Sharks within one with a
one-timer with 1:15 left in regulation. Joe Thornton picked up his 50th assist
of the season on the goal. "They played hard," Thornton said of the Sabres.
"Obviously, Im sure a lot of feelings over there with two teammates. its a tough
business, but they played well tonight." Myers added an empty-net goal with 21
seconds left to give him a goal and two assists on the night. "Tyler Myers is
really starting to come into his own," Nolan said. "I thought he was sensational
tonight." NOTES: Tyler Ennis missed his second straight game for Buffalo with
"undisclosed soreness" ... San Jose LW Raffi Torres was scratched after scoring
two goals in his season debut Thursday
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Sunday.LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings have promoted John Stevens to
associate head coach and re-signed assistant coach Davis Payne and goaltending
coach Bill Ranford. The Stanley Cup champions announced the moves to keep coach
Darryl Sutters staff intact Wednesday. Stevens is a former head coach in
Philadelphia. He briefly served as the Kings interim head coach before Sutter
was hired during their 2011-12 championship seeason.
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mentioned as a candidate for off-season job openings in Vancouver, Pittsburgh
and Carolina. Payne is the former St. Louis coach who joined the Kings staff in
2012 after their first title. Ranford played parts of 15 seasons in the NHL. He
has spent the last eight seasons coaching the Kings, who won the Jennings Trophy
for the leagues best goals-against average last season.
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