The Sabres picked up a bench minor for abuse of officials during last night's game with the Penguins, resulting in the second extended 5-on-3 penalty kill of the game for the Sabres, but it wasn't immediately clear why.

From today's Buffalo News....

The Buffalo goaltender revealed he was telling his coach that one of the officials swore at him during a stoppage in play a couple of minutes before the Sabres received a bench minor for arguing an interference call on Thomas Vanek.

"It was just about the referee last night, a brief conversation I had with the ref that was a little surprising to me," Miller said. "He told me to "go [bleep] myself' because I was just asking a question. I was just kind of joking around [to Ruff], saying, "Maybe that kind of started what got the bench minor going.'

"To be honest, I was respectful. I asked him a question and he told me maybe I should "go [bleep] myself."

If this is true, it's only going to enhance the conspiracy theorists out there that believe the NHL has it in for any team that is not the Pittsburgh Penguins.