The Buffalo Sabres open what promises to be an exciting, action-packed . . . ha ha ha ha! Just kidding. The Sabres are playing a home-and-home set against the New Jersey Devils, and we could have the first example of back-to-back scoreless games between the same two teams in NHL history. (You might be able to tell: I did no research to prove that claim whatsoever.)
Oh wait: that’s impossible, thanks to the shootout, which the Sabres are currently useless in. Man, I never thought I would say this, but I long for the days when the NHL ended in ties.