The Buffalo Sabres headed into their current four-game road trip in desperate need of two things: a win, and a hockey game in which they looked like professional hockey players.
Having been booed off their home ice at the Key Bank Center following a lifeless 6-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils, the Sabres were in danger of losing a chunk of its fanbase less frustrating hobbies such as, oh,
Buffalo’s play was noticeably better during the first two games of this trip, but the results were the same: two more losses, this time a 3-2 defeat at hands of the San Jose Sharks and a 4-2 decision to the Los Angeles Kings.