The 2016-17 Buffalo Sabres season is now ten games old, and while we’ve seen both good and bad stretches thus far, a few consistencies are starting to show themselves in both the Sabres wins and in their losses. Let’s take a look at some of the good and bad early season trends.
Solid, if unspectacular special teams
The Sabres are ranked 10th and 11th in the NHL on the power play and penalty kill, respectively, and those numbers were both top-ten earlier this week. Buffalo has one very dangerous power play unit, which has scored all the goals, and one “meh” unit thrown together thanks to various injury/talent woes, but their PP% is almost exactly the same on the road as it is at home, something that not every team can claim.