Tonight marks the beginning of the off-season for teams who didn’t make the playoffs, or are have been eliminated already, including the Buffalo Sabres.
The NHL entry draft lottery begins tonight at 8pm ET, and the Buffalo Sabres will need lady luck to pull the top spot.
The Sabres currently sit at the number 6 spot, and have a 7.6% chance at the number one overall spot. Looking at the past three draft lotteries, they have not been kind to the Buffalo Sabres.
Beginning with the 2014 draft, the Sabres held the best odds at the first overall pick.