Christmas (or Hannukah – you decide!) is still close to two weeks away, but the Buffalo Sabres might be getting an early present tonight in the form of the visiting Los Angeles Kings.
The Sabres – you remember? That team that had dreams of the playoffs dancing in their heads when the preseason started? – find themselves tied with the Vancouver Canucks at 26 points, the second-lowest point total in the NHL right now. It gets better: Buffalo’s offense is the worst in the entire league, having scored only 56 goals in 27 games played, which breaks down to an anemic 2.