The Colorado Avalanche are facing the Buffalo Sabres at home tonight. The Sabres are a team that’s pretty far down the standings right now — they’d have to leap frog four teams for a wild card spot.
The Avalanche could use a game in which they show no mercy against the Sabres. They’re still in a good playoff position, of course. However, they’ve dropped down to third in the Central Division.
Colorado does have two games in hand over the Dallas Stars, whom they’re only one point behind. They have three games in hand over the St.