Grit and leadership. It lacks..
Go back a couple weeks. Sabres 3 points behind their opponent that night, Detroit. Lead after the first and can close the gap to 1. Then they get run over the next 2 periods.
Since then, obvious struggles. A win here and there surrounded by a lot of bad games. Long stretches of floating and quitting.
Find some players (several) that show up with an edge. Then find some coaching that works on some fundamentals. Puck handling, faceoffs, positioning. Quit playing to the outside and send players to the middle to battle. D-men need to clear out traffic in front of the goalie.
Opponents must see this team as soft. Running "it" back is not an option.