Bad news: The Buffalo Sabres empirically projected point total decreased from the last bi-weekly review. Good news: it decreased by a single point. With only one game remaining in October, the Sabres on pace for 97 points.
It’s still early enough to call it early, but it’s been a long time since the Sabres have been considered a contender at the end of October.
Breaking down the team performance into goals for and against (note that these stats do include empty net goals, so may be skewed slightly), the Sabres balanced an increase in goals against per game (went from 2.