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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo Sabres forward Evander Kane is out indefinitely after cracking three ribs in Thursdays season opener.Coach Dan Bylsma said Kane will miss weeks, the latest misfortune for a team already without top-line center Jack Eichel, who will miss several weeks after sustaining a high ankle sprain Wednesday.Kane was hurt when he crashed into the end boards during the second period of Buffalos 4-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. He was taken to the hospital after the game and released Thursday night, Kane said.While racing Canadiens defenseman Alexei Emelin for a loose puck up the left wing in the Montreal zone. Kane reached for the puck when the two bumped. Kane lost his balance, fell and slid with his left elbow slamming into the boards. Kane doubled over in pain as he was escorted off the ice.Bylsma likened the impact of Kane hitting the boards to a car crash.Its 25 mph going to a dead stop, Bylsma said after Fridays practice at KeyBank Center. All the crash tests are done at, what, 30 mph? Its 25 mph, and hes going in hard. If you dont get any injuries, its still a huge collision into a completely stationary object.Bylsma does not blame Emeline for Kanes injury.Theyre both going fast, Bylsma said. Evanders a little bit ahead. Emelin jockeys with his shoulder to try to get in front. At the same time, Evanders skate kind of goes.Kane posted on his Twitter page Friday, Thanks to everyone for their well wishes.Kane had 20 goals and had 15 assists last season for the Sabres after being acquired in a trade with Winnipeg. He missed 17 games with a knee injury.Kane had a tumultuous offseason in Buffalo. The 25-year-old player faces four counts of noncriminal harassment, one count of disorderly conduct and a count of misdemeanor trespass from a fight at a downtown bar in June. He is accused of grabbing three women by the hair and neck in separate encounters inside the bar and returning to the bar after being forcibly removed by a bouncer. He pleaded not guilty to all charges in August and is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 31.The Sabres struggled before and after Kanes injury in the opener. They were not only without Eichel but also forward Kyle Okposo (bruised knee) and defenseman Dmitry Kulikov (back), two important offseason acquisitions.Okposo and Kulikov practiced Friday and likely will return during Buffalos four-game road trip, which starts Sunday at Edmonton.Eichel said he does not want to rush his return. The second-year player spoke following practice, using a scooter to move around the locker room with his left foot in a stabilizing boot. He will wear the boot for about 10 days and then have his ankle evaluated.High ankle sprains are tricky injuries, Eichel said. You just want to let everything heal and just go about the whole process the right way and take it day by day and listen to the trainers, listen to the doctors. Really, its a lot about patience and sticking to your game plan.The injury occurred with less than 10 minutes remaining in Wednesdays practice when he became entangled with a defenseman and his leg buckled.Hockeys a physical game and injuries are part of it, he said. So more than anything, its how you handle it and how you return.Eichel was the No. 2 pick in the 2015 draft. He is coming off a solid rookie season in which he had 24 goals and 32 assists in 81 games. Eichel played one year at Boston University and became the second freshman to win college hockeys top honor, the Hobey Baker Award. How to Buy Cheap Jerseys . -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. 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If Australia do go on to complete an end-of-year clean sweep then they may come to look back on their win over Scotland with a degree of fondness.Not for the quality of rugby that they managed at Murrayfield, but for the resilience and spirit that was displayed to turn a losing situation around.Indeed, for long periods it looked as though any talk of a northern hemisphere grand slam that had followed the team to Edinburgh from Cardiff had been wildly premature.The crisp, wintry conditions that greeted the Wallabies had been similar to those experienced in the Welsh capital, but there was no parallel in terms of the standard of their performance.Against Scotland it was Michael Cheikas side who were caught cold, seemingly knocked off balance by the intensity of their hosts play.Scotland lost their starting No. 8, Ryan Wilson, after just five minutes but they were able to pressurise the Wallabies in a way Wales never could. All three of the tries the Wallabies conceded came as a result of their own mistakes.Around the breakdown Scotland are very strong and I think that was probably an area that they gave us a bit of grief today, Australia captain Stephen Moore admitted afterwards.They had guys who were very good on the ball and very good around that. I thought their flankers were also outstanding, so I thought that was an area that was maybe different.However, it is in such circumstances that champions dig in and grit their teeth. In the wake of the Wales result, Bernard Foley had been keen to praise the togetherness that the squad has developed over the last five months, and that again was on display here.The blow of losing Will Skelton to the sin bin while six points behind and with a little over 10 minutes left would have taken the wind out of the sails of many teams. Not least as it also meant an attacking penalty was reversed.But instead of licking their wounds -- Skelton could have no complaints with being shown a yellow card -- the Wallabies backed their ability to create space although they were a man light.Even when on the back foot at Murrayfield Australia were still capable of punching large holes in the Scotland defence, and that is exactly what they did one last time. The hosts rushed up in defence, Foley managed to keep the move flowing, and Tevita Kuridrani showed both skilll and strength to evade two tackles before running over Stuart Hogg.ddddddddddddThe hulking centre still had to display the presence of mind to reach for the line rather than recycle the ball. If he had not done that, then Scotland would might have held out once more.But he did, and in the process made amends for the missed tackle that gifted Scotland one of their two first-half tries. Test matches are won with cool heads in key situations and on this occasion they were atop gold shirts, rather than dark blue, when it mattered. Australias grand slam bandwagon rolls on to Paris.Scotland have improved a lot. They have fine players. Their domestic teams are competing at a higher level, Cheika said. I would have liked to see us play better and I believe we could but there are no gimmes in this game.And make no mistake, Australia could have played a lot better. Their lineout, so impressive in Cardiff, broke down under pressure in Edinburgh, while the Wallabies conceded 16 turnovers.However, despite their travails it is encouraging that they enjoyed the lions share of territory and possession while the experience of playing at Murrayfield should only help a young squad develop further.More than 65,000 fans crammed into the famous old ground and at times it seemed as though the collective will of the support alone could keep Australia away from Scotlands try line.The more youve encountered it, the more you get used to it, Moore added on a record crowd for this fixture. But we definitely have to address those things over here because there are a number of our players who havent played at this ground before, and it was same last week [in Cardiff], and it will be the same next week in Paris.So, for me I look at it as a positive because these are some of the greatest rugby grounds in the world and were very lucky to be able to play here. And I just want the boys to enjoy that.You look back at these games and they should be a very special part of your career. How special these end-of-year Tests prove in the careers of this Wallabies squad will depend largely on results over the next three weeks. They now know how deep they will have to dig in Paris, Dublin and London. ' ' '