The “Warhorse from Whitehorse” will have to wait until next season to get another taste of postseason hockey, as Dylan Cozens and the Ottawa Senators were eliminated by the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games after the Leafs 4-2 victory in Kanata, ON on Thursday. 

Cozens finished with two points (1 goal, 1 assist) in six games, with the highlight being his third-period short-handed goal in Game 5 that broke Toronto’s back and extended the series, but in the finale on Thursday, the former Sabre was on the ice for both Max Pacioretty’s game-winning goal and William Nylander’s empty-net insurance marker. 

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In other ex-Sabres playoff news, Zemgus Girgensons and the Tampa Bay Lightning went down in surprisingly easy fashion to the Florida Panthers in five games. The 31-year-old Latvian played mostly fourth-line minutes for the Lightning and had no points and three shots on goal in five games. 

The Minnesota Wild gave Jack Eichel and the Vegas Golden Knights a tough time in their first-round series before falling in six games. Former Sabre Marcus Foligno had an excellent series, scoring three goals in six games, Marcus Johansson had two assists in five games, while blueliner Zach Bogosian had one assist in five games. Eichel and the Golden Knights advance and will play Evander Kane and the Edmonton Oilers. 

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