The Buffalo Sabres will look to snap their three-game winless streak (0-1-2) after they host the Seattle Kraken at KeyBank Center on Saturday.
The Sabres are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings at residence on Friday, their first regulation loss in additional than two weeks. They managed play to begin the sport earlier than early penalties allowed the Red Wings to seize momentum and take a 2-0 lead.
The sluggish begin was symptomatic of two uncharacteristic points which have affected the Sabres on their present winless skid: early deficits and penalty bother, each of which had been subjects of dialog postgame.
The Sabres have fallen behind early of their final two losses and have allowed a mixed 12 energy performs in opposition to of their final three video games.
“Tomorrow is going to show what type of team we are,” captain Rasmus Dahlin mentioned. “We have to show ourselves that we’ve got to dig ourselves out of this. This is unacceptable.”
The Sabres are nonetheless in nice place regardless of the mini-slump, with 96 factors and a magic variety of 11 to formally clinch a playoff berth. Find a full playoff outlook together with Saturday’s schedule here.
The puck drops tonight at 5:30 p.m. Here’s what you want to know within the meantime.
