The Buffalo Sabres will go into their bye week smarting from this heavy 5-1 defeat at the hands of the Chicago Blackhawks. The visitors showed exactly why they have a ten-game unbeaten streak against the Sabres, and have now extended that to eleven, two less than Montreal’s choke hold over Toronto.
Buffalo hung on tight in the first period, getting outshot 17-12 by Chicago, with rookie Ryan Hartman opening the scoring before Evander Kane scored yet another 5-on-5 goal to tie it, with seconds left in the period. In between, the Sabres wasted a two-man advantage as well as the first period ended 1-1.