Don’t look now, but the San Jose Sharks (3-4-0, 7th Pacific) are about to host the top team in the NHL (as of Friday afternoon) in the Buffalo Sabres (6-1-1, 1st Atlantic) tonight.
If that sounds familiar, it’s because it’s not the Sabres’ first trip to the top of the hockey heap just as they get ready to play our Sharks. On November 27 of 2018, the Sharks played the Sabres in Buffalo, at which time the Sabres sat atop the NHL with 36 points in 25 games and were riding a nine-game winning streak.