Zach Benson was a surprising injury scratch for the Buffalo Sabres in their opening night game against the New York Rangers. Benson is one of the players tasked with leading the Sabres out of their playoff drought, but a puck to the face at the team's practice on Wednesday ended up with him watching Thursday night's game from a hospital bed. Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff gave reporters some insight post-game, but remained pretty vague with the actual injury.

“That little cut on his face turned into something bigger,” Ruff said. “Crazy. I mean, just a crazy incident. I won't go into any more detail, but that's where he watched the game from tonight, and we didn't really expect that.”

The Sabres could've used Benson's scoring touch, as Igor Shesterkin and the Rangers shut them out in

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