About this season … oh, never mind

Hit the 2017-’18 Season-in-a-Nutshell highlight reel: That last ludicrous goal on Carey Price.
But rather than dwell on possibly the season’s only slapstick sequence that did not feature Karl Alzner,  let’s ride the HIO Time Machine back to Oct. 5, 2017: Opening night in Buffalo.
Jonathan Drouin’s shootout goal secures a 3-2 win.
A disquieting note: The hometown team, which would go on to finish dead last in the NHL, outshoots the Canadiens 45-40.
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