PIERRE MCGUIRE'S In the Crease

The Sabres have drafted well the last few years, and one of their best picks has been 2008 first-rounder Tyler Ennis. The 21-year-old rookie winger scored 20 goals this season, and has blossomed in the playoffs. At 5'9" and 163 pounds he's one of the NHL's smallest, and quickest, forwards, but he was a warrior in Buffalo's 4--3 OT win over the Flyers last Friday, scoring the first and last goals of the night.... Entering this season Capitals winger Jason Chimera had scored one NHL playoff goal. But he netted two game-winners, in Game 2 and Game 4, in this year's first round, as Washington dispatched the Rangers in five. It was sweet revenge for Chimera, who never responded when he was taunted from the New York bench in Game 1 after missing on two great scoring chances.

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LOU CAPOZZOLA (ENNIS)