The Sabres dropped a 5-0 decision to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday in the first game of their two-game Florida road trip and will look to get back on the winning side of things against Florida.

Buffalo was coming off a three-game winning streak and they spent much of Friday’s practice trying to get back to the basics and focusing on what worked well for them during that stretch.

“It’s very to say, oh well, you won six of seven or six of eight or whatever it is. It’s just a little blip but I liked what was brought today,” Sabres captain Brian Gionta said. “It shows that’s not acceptable and that we’re not going to sit back and be content with where we are.”

Nolan skated the team hard, ending the practice by having the players skate the width of the ice multiple times, back and forth and back again and then doing pushups after each rep.

“I just believe that if you want your team to work hard, you’ve got to work your team hard. Ever since we started doing that, we’ve started getting better results,” he said. “We skated them at the end a little bit but we’ve got all day and tonight. We’re not going to pregame skate tomorrow. So we have more than 24 hours to get well rested and get ready to play again.”