‘That starts a run of 10 games in 17 days for the Sabres. They entered Tuesday in fifth in the Atlantic Division, 10th in the Eastern Conference and 19th overall in the NHL standings. It’s a precipitous slide for a team that opened the season 8-1-1 and was first overall as recently as Oct. 29.’
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Why the Sabres’ penalty kill has struggled
‘Of these eight players, none is getting results that we would consider to be average or better. Some of that is probably indicative of Buffalo’s passive penalty-kill strategy that impacts all regular skaters, but some is probably a talent issue, too.’
The Sabres are losing for some familiar reasons
‘In less than three weeks, 18 teams have passed the Sabres and they are no longer in the playoffs. Part of that is they’ve only played two games in almost two weeks, but picking up just three points in the seven games they’ve played has killed them.’
Wednesday’s Rochester Coverage
Amerks riding 3-game point streak into the week (Amerks.com)