The Buffalo Sabres are still looking for their first Stanley Cup in franchise history and have come close a couple of times. There may not be a closer time than the 1998-99 season when the Sabres would get all the way to the Stanley Cup Final to play the Dallas Stars.
It was a back and forth series between the two teams as the Sabres took Game 1 with a 3-2 overtime win before the Stars would win the next two. In Game 4, the Sabres were able to tie the series up with a 2-1 win before the Sabres were shutout in Game 5.