After a rough two week stretch in which the Buffalo Sabres only generated four points in six games, they bounced back with a solid stretch of nine points in seven games— allowing them to maintain their pace of 104 points for the season.
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The success during this mini stretch was driven by solid special teams— a 20.8% success rate on the power play and a 95.5% success rate on the PK, compared to 7.1% and 73.7% during the previous bi-weekly stretch.
Another driver of the success was the shooting.