Buffalo Sabres Drop First Game to Washington Capitals

Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty ImagesScore: Capitals 6 | Sabres 4

Shots: BUF-26 | WSH-28

Sabres Goals: Taylor Hall (1), Tobias Rieder (1), Jake McCabe (1), Victor Olofsson (1)

Capitals Goals: Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie, John Carlson, Brenden Dillon, Jakub Vrana, Garnet Hathaway (EN)

Minus 1 - Feels Like the First Time

Thursday’s game was the first real action for the Sabres in a whopping 311 days, and it looked like it. From the get-go and throughout the night, little mistakes cost them. Passing was lackluster, giveaways were painful, the defense left Carter Hutton out to dry at some points and everything just felt so slow. The Sabres did have a little bit of extra training camp time…