Buffalo Sabres lose 10th game in a row (Wizbang Sports)

A year ago they reached the conference finals. From AP-

NEW YORK-- The setting was the regular season instead of the postseason, but the stakes seemed nearly as high for the New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres.
Not since the second round of last year's playoffs had the Rangers faced their Eastern Conference foes. Buffalo moved on to the conference finals then, and now both clubs face a second-half struggle just to get back into the postseason.

Petr Prucha and Brandon Dubinsky each had a goal and an assist to lift the Rangers to a 2-1 victory Wednesday night that stretched the Sabres' losing streak to 10 games.

Buffalo snapped its run of three straight shootout losses but couldn't find a way to win. The Sabres haven't come out on top since a 6-5 shootout victory at Philadelphia on Dec. 22 (0-5-5).

New York jumped from 10th place to eighth in the East with the win, five points in front of No. 11 Buffalo -- the team with the NHL's best record last season.

I really don't know what's going on in Buffalo. A year ago I picked them to win the 06-07 Stanley Cup. This year they may be lucky not to avoid the conference cellar.

It isn't like Buffalo has massive injury problems. That is going on with my Florida Panthers right now, who are slumping only something slightly better than Buffalo. Losing their last 6 home games in a row. At present Florida has four defensemen out with injuries, three of them gone for over a month.

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Comments (1)

Buffalo is still a very dan... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Alan Orfi | January 19, 2008 12:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Alan Orfi:

Buffalo is still a very dangerous team in the Eastern Conference. They have lost a TON of one-goal games and badly miss Briere and Drury who were so clutch in close games last year. I look for the Sabres to finish strong and make the playoffs.

Posted on January 19, 2008 00:54