The Buffalo Sabres gave their fans an October to remember, with dreams of playoff hockey dancing through everyone’s heads, despite the fact that fans were secretly wondering if the wheels were going to fall off, like last season, and the one before that, and . . . you get the picture.
Buffalo’s greatest strength in October was undoubtedly their success on the power play. Over the course of their first 13 games, the Sabres led the league in power-play goals with 14, and had found the back of the net on 29.8% of their man advantages, the second-best success rate in the NHL.