In a world often searching for complex solutions — the Buffalo Sabres' analytics department created a 50-page report over the summer about how to solve the team's longstanding power play problems — sometimes the best answer is a basic one.
That may be the case for Sabres center Peyton Krebs, who's still searching for his first goal this season after posting a career-high 12 last year.
Krebs will never become a high-end NHL goal scorer for a variety of reasons, including the lack of a lethal shot and his preferred pass-first approach, but it's hard to light the lamp consistently when 63.