The San Jose Sharks (3-5-0, 7th Pacific) face the top team in the Eastern Conference tonight in what may be the least hospitable environment in the northern hemisphere for prehistoric, carnivorous, hockey-playing fish, as they head East to visit the Buffalo Sabres (7-1-1, 1st Atlantic). Like we discussed on Saturday, the Sabres’ success through their first nine games is less dominant than their ten-game winning streak last season, but might be a little more indicative of a Good Hockey Team, if not quite as good as tops in the East would suggest.
Unlike Saturday, Buffalo’s 5-on-5 adjusted PDO of 1.