The Buffalo Sabres are coming off of a couple of tough losses to the Florida teams, but they haven’t looked bad in those games. Versus the Tampa Bay Lightning, the offense was solid, and the defense was a little shaky, it was ultimately Carter Hutton‘s out of character average play that lead to a one goal loss there.
The loss versus the Panthers was tough to swallow as well. Sam Reinhart played his heart out and scored two points, but the effort of the Sabres top line was not enough to get them through it.