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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Boston goalie Tuuka Rask has been hard to beat this season and was at his best against Buffalo again.You start thinking, `how are we going to get one by this guy, Sabres coach Dan Bylsma wondered aloud Saturday.Rask nearly shut out the Sabres for the second time in a month, keeping them off the scoresheet for 2 1/2 periods and making 17 of his career-high 35 saves in the third to help the Bruins hold on for a 2-1 win.Every team likes to have these kind of goaltenders and a lot of teams do, Bruins coach Claude Julien said. Were just fortunate enough that hes been one of those guys that, whenever you slip a little bit, or lose a little bit of momentum, or youre having a slow start, or a tough night, those guys step up and help you win some hockey games.Over his last 11 starts, beginning with his 4-0 shutout over Buffalo on Nov. 7, Rask is 7-3-1 with a 1.36 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage.I feel good, Rask said. Im seeing the puck well. Guys are doing a great job keeping them on the outside and clearing the rebounds for the most part, so that helps out.David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron scored to give Boston a 2-0 lead and the Bruins improved to 3-0-1 in their last four.Were getting better as a team, were getting points and climbing up the standings, said Krejci, who has 10 points in his last 12 games. Hopefully we can keep it up.Evander Kane scored his first goal of the season for Buffalo. Robin Lehner returned after missing one game with a hip injury and made 32 saves.The Sabres combined for nine goals in their previous two wins but the NHLs lowest-scoring team reverted to form from the first 21 games, when star center Jack Eichel was out of the lineup with a high-ankle sprain.First two periods, we had a tough time generating some offensive chances, Sabres defenseman Cody Franson said. They kind of just stayed on top.Krejci got the Bruins on the scoreboard with 5:50 left in the first when he deflected Brandon Carlos slap shot from the point off the right post and into the net.The Sabres appeared to tie the game late in the second period but replays determined Brian Gionta kicked the puck into the net.Bergeron made it 2-0 at 7:44 of the third when he knocked in the rebound of David Pastrnaks missed shot. Bergeron initially hit the puck with his forearm on the left edge of the crease and skated around the net to chase down the puck and flip a backhand past Lehner.The Sabres answered two minutes later, scoring on Rask for the first time in 109:12 this season. Sam Reinharts feed off the rear wall set up Kane for a wrist shot from the slot that bounced in off Krejci. Reinhart has five points in his last four games.Game notes Bruins F Matt Beleskey was escorted to the dressing room in the final minute of the first period with a lower-body injury and did not return. Julien said Beleskey will be evaluated when the team returns to Boston. ... Sabres D Josh Gorges did not play after injuring his foot blocking a shot in Thursdays win over the New York Rangers. With Dmitry Kulikov (lower back) and Zach Bogosian (MCL sprain) also out, the Sabres were down three of their top four defenseman and recalled 19-year-old Brendan Guhle from the minors to make his NHL debut. Guhle hustled back to thwart a breakaway by Krejci late in the third period. ... F Anton Blidh became the seventh Bruin to make his NHL debut this season after being recalled from the minors on Friday. ... The Bruins scratched F Jimmy Hayes. D Zdeno Chara, the Bruins captain, missed his sixth straight game with a lower-body injury. ... 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Even without those valuable points, Knox had all the credentials to be at Hazeltine.He has two PGA Tour victories this season. He was runner-up to Rory McIlroy at the Irish Open, to Branden Grace at Hilton Head and he lost in a playoff to Graeme McDowell in Mexico last fall. Knox was No. 4 when the FedEx Cup playoffs began, one spot ahead of Jordan Spieth. He is No. 20 in the world, the sixth-highest ranked European.That wasnt enough for European captain Darren Clarke to take him to the Ryder Cup.Clarke used his three picks Tuesday on the Ryder Cup experience of Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer, and the raw talent and recent form of Thomas Pieters. He said the phone call to Knox on Monday was probably one of the toughest of his career.But not the longest.We spoke for 20 seconds, Knox said. It was obvious by the way he said, `Hello that it was bad news. I didnt ask any questions. I wasnt going to ask who he picked or why not me. After the bad news, it was get off the phone as quick as possible.The disappointment in Knoxs voice was evident, even though part of him had a hunch this was coming. He felt as though he deserved to be on the team because of his performance. He also knows that a captain can choose whomever he wants, and I gave him that choice by not making the team outright.Think back to his victory at the Travelers Championship at the start of the month, when Knox holed a 12-foot par putt on the 18th hole and threw his cap across the green in celebration. Much of that emotion was that Knox felt certain he had done enough to lock up his spot in the Ryder Cup.Sadly, it wasnt, he said.He said Clarke and assistant captain Ian Poulter encouraged him to play the Wyndham Championship, his final chance to earn points. Knox declined. He would have needed a fourth-place finish, and to play the Wyndham would have meant playing seven times in nine weeks going to the Ryder Cup and I probably would have been burned out by the time I got to Hazeltine.ddddddddddddDid that hurt his chances? Probably.Pieters made his case by shooting 62 in Denmark while playing with Clarke -- it was no accident they were paired together -- and going on to win the tournament. Knox was impressed with what Pieters did in Denmark, and who Pieters is as a player. He had no complaints with the Belgian being picked.Even so, Knox was left to wonder how much he was seriously considered.Knox was born and raised in Scotland. He claims Florida as home from having lived there since college.He has never felt European.Clarke hinted at Knox being an outsider when he said Tuesday the Ryder Cup is about more than just playing. Its about the team room and the dynamics and everything thats involved in it, he said.Knox was hard-pressed to think of another European Ryder Cup player whose golfing roots are in America. He said he barely knows Clarke or the assistants. That includes Poulter, even though theyve had the same agent for years.Ultimately, I had that going against me, Knox said. I dont even know Paul Lawrie. Sam Torrance seems like a legend -- I dont know him. I played with Thomas Bjorn once, and we didnt speak one word. I dont have relationships with anyone. Im not really close to anyone on the team.If I would have been picked, it could have been 100 percent different.While saying he was disappointed, Knox also acknowledged it was time to move on. He changed the screen saver on his phone Tuesday to show the FedEx Cup, which he said he will look at for motivation. He would love to win one of these next three playoff events to show Clarke what he is missing.He respects the choices the captain has to make.Someone always gets left behind. Making an argument for one player is to devalue the merits of another.I might be a story today, Knox said. But in a couple of weeks time, nobody is going to remember -- except for a couple of Scottish people -- that I didnt get picked. ' ' '