Paul Gaustad dressed in Tuesday's loss to Tampa Bay after sitting out Monday's practice to rest a hip flexor injury. He did the same thing last week when he skipped Friday's session before taking to the ice for Saturday's game. "The schedule that we have right now, it doesn't have enough time to heal totally," said Gaustad, who will battle through the ailment for now. "It's just going to be on and off till it gets better. It heals quite a bit, from feeling it when you walk one day to the next not feeling it at all." The Buffalo center picked up an assist in 13:33 of ice time in the contest.