Buffalo Sabres Struggle

       Buffalo opened a back-to-back set with a win in Seattle. Jeff Skinner recorded a hat trick while Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves to lead the Buffalo Sabres in a 6-2 win over the Seattle Kraken inside Climate Pledge Arena on Monday to open a back-to-back set.      This is a great start for the Sabres road trip in the West. If they come out and win at least 2 of their next 3 games, they'll be looking real good for a playoff shot. Personally, I am excited to see what the Sabres can do moving forward.      Picture credit Buffalo News

       Thursday's game marks the final meeting of the season between the two teams. The Islanders defeated the Sabres in their season opener on Oct. 14, but Buffalo bested them one week later in the Queen City. Due to a 6-3-1 stretch and winners of their last two games, the Sabres find themselves five points back of the Islanders for the final wild-card spot. "It's a good team. They're playing really good hockey," Islanders Mathew Barzal said.       These last 15 games for the Sabres are all must win games. If the Sabres want to even have chance at the playoffs, they need work their butts off in these up coming games. They have some easy and difficult games coming. Don Granato needs get the boys going so they can show the city of Buffalo what they're all about.

                    The Buffalo Sabres recently made a trade with the Colorado Avalanche. Trading away Center Casey Mittelstadt for Defenseman Bowen Byram. Casey has been in Buffalo for several years and was just beginning his prime. Many Sabres have had trouble seeing Casey go, mostly because he was leading the team in points with 47 total points in 62 games. While last year, he had a total of 59 points.        Although, it's tough to see Mittelstadt go, Bowen Byram is looking like a pretty good trade so far. His first game was against the Predators in Nashville last night where he recorded 2 points in his debut. The first goal for the Sabres was no one other then Bo himself. It was his first shot and his first goal. Later on in the game, Byram fed a pass to Owen Power right in front of the Predators goal, leading to Power sniping the puck past their goaltender, Saros. This was the Sabres last goal of the g...