The Sabres, who rank 20th or worse in every major statistical category this season and are bottom five in goals and shots against, will enter tonight’s contest losers of six straight by a combined score of 25-12.
Full fan attendance will hopefully help eliminate the risk of a trap-game possibility coming back home from a couple of wins on the road, and if Auston Matthews’ history against tonight’s opposition goaltender Craig Anderson is any indication, he is about to put a zero-point, zero-shot showing against Washington behind him with a vengeance.
A few fun stats: Monday’s game was actually Matthews’ first without a shot on goal since a loss to the Islanders on November 13th of 2019, which is 151 games or 840 days ago.