Sharpen Up: January 19, 2022 | Looking back at last night's win in Ottawa

The Sabres picked up a 3-1 victory in Ottawa last night thanks to goaltending heroics from Michael Houser and a "surreal" goal from Mark Jankowski that you have to see to believe.
We have all of that for you in today's Sharpen Up.
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Last night's recap

Sabres.com's Jourdon LaBarber was on the scene and has the Postgame Report:
Don Granato has coached for nearly thirty years at virtually every level of hockey in the United States. He had never seen a goal develop quite like the one Mark Jankowski scored against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.
Kyle Okposo was sent into the boards near the benches at the red line. A scrum involving eight of the 10 skaters on the ice ensured. Two others - Sabres forward Mark Jankowski and Senators defenseman Josh Brown - chased the puck behind the Ottawa net.

Artificial crowd noise pumped into the empty Canadian Tire Centre as the schmozzle continued, replicating the reaction of a postwhistle scrum. Except a whistle never blew.
Brown carried the puck back up the ice and toward the mass of bodies. Jankowski chased him from behind, stripped the puck, and turned for a breakaway. His goal against Anton Forsberg broke a 1-1 tie in the third period and put the Sabres ahead for good in a 3-1 victory.

"It was a surreal occurrence," Granato said.

It wasn't the only surreal moment on Tuesday. Michael Houser - whose remarkable NHL debut last season caught the eye of Jankowski, then a member of the Penguins - made his return to the Sabres and stopped 43 shots for the victory. Mattias Samuelsson played his second game of the season and led the Sabres in ice time.

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