The Buffalo Sabres, who haven't qualified for the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs since 2011, are once again heading rapidly in the wrong direction after losing seven of their past eight games, and the franchise's incredible fanbase continues to dwindle as a result.
Buffalo currently ranks 31st out of the league's 32 teams in the percentage of its home arena that's filled per game (86.1%). The Sabres are averaging 16,421 fans at the KeyBank Center, which has a maximum capacity of 19,070 for hockey games.
Here are the NHL's bottom five organizations in that category, per Hockey Reference:
- 32.