The Buffalo Sabres will face the Stanley Cup Champions, the Chicago Blackhawks, twice in the coming season, in what is sure to be a big test for a team that has done a lot of rebuilding over the recent years.
Last season, things didn’t work out great for the Sabres against the Hawks.
The first of two meetings between the teams, an October 11th game began with the Sabres down 2-0 early.
Zemgus Girgensons cut the lead in half less than halfway through the first period. Later in the opening frame, with just 1:20 left on the clock, Tyler Ennis potted a shorthanded effort to tie the game.