By Lance Lysowski
News Sports Reporter
Craig Anderson was stopping shots from goalie coach Mike Bales at the far end of the ice inside Madison Square Garden when his wife, Nicholle, left her seat in Section 109 to walk down to the Buffalo Sabres’ bench Monday morning.
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