Sabers are Marching through the Playoffs

Eastern Conference, Round 1

The Sabers, the number one seed took care of the Islanders in 5 games and now move on to round two to face the Rangers.

Stories from the round one series:

• Buffalo holds off Islanders' rally for series-clinching win
• Lapses leave Buffalo Sabres with room for improvement in playoffs
• Sabres feeling more comfortable with their No. 1 status
  

Now the Sabers move on to face the Rangers who swept their first round series with the Thrashers. The Rangers come into this series confident and ready, as proven by comments made before Game 1 by Ranger Sean Avery.

• Avery at center stage of Round 2
• Ruff: It's my job to keep team focused
  

Even after all the talk the Sabers came out ready and took game one by the score of 5 - 2.