Now sitting at .500 through six games, the Buffalo Sabres are an improved, yet still deeply flawed hockey team. On a game-by-game basis, they’ve done their best Jekyll and Hyde impression, looking cohesive one night and disastrous the next.
Following Tuesday night’s ugly road loss to a Vegas team whom the Sabres beat handily on home ice just eight days prior, fans have placed the blame in several different areas. While it’s always easy to call out an individual player on a given night (something fans on social media have made a habit of doing), when analyzing the game data, it’s relatively clear where the team’s maddening inconsistency stems from.