The roller coaster ride that is the Buffalo Sabres continues to rise and fall in a terrifying arrhythmia of discord, and there is seemingly no stopping this train of frustration. From a lack of scoring by everyone not named Jack Eichel to a carousel of defenders who give up more high-danger shots than a dive bar bartender – you name it, and on this team, it’s dysfunctional right now.
Except…goaltending. Have the Sabres goaltenders been incredible? At times. Have they been bad? Again, at times they have been. But for a team that lacks consistency with any sort of quality, Carter Hutton and Linus Ullmark have been consistently above average…or…above statistical expectation, which is more important for the sake of this piece.