The good news for the Buffalo Sabres is they are (finally) scoring goals. Last season the Sabres scored only 199 goals and were the only team in the NHL to score fewer than 200 goals. 16 games into the season, the Sabres are in the top half of the league in goals scored and are on pace to score 26% more goals than last season.
The lone negative aspect of the increased scoring, is that the vast majority of scoring is coming from the Sabres’ top forward line. Jeff Skinner, Jack Eichel, and Jason Pominville are driving virtually all of the offensive production at this point.