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While the Buffalo Bills were embarrassing themselves on national TV the Buffalo Sabres were out west in Arizona against the Coyotes where they held on for a 5-4 win, but just barely.  Arizona scored first, but the Sabres scored five straight goals to build a 5-1 lead.

You can't criticize the Buffalo Sabres' effort on Saturday afternoon.  They played about as hard as they could against a veteran San Jose Sharks team, but the bounces just didn't go their way in a 3-2 loss to drop their season record to 3-7-2.  A controversial video review took away a goal and that was the difference.

So much for the Buffalo Sabres two-game winning streak.  It came to an end with a huge thud with a 5-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets Wednesday night.  Columbus took control of the game with three goals in less than three minutes late in the second period.

If you like lots of offense, this was not the game for you.  But if you enjoy watching the Buffalo Sabres win a game you were in the right place.  Benoit Pouliot scored the only goal of the game and Robin Lehner and the Buffalo defense made it hold up in the Sabres 1-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings Tuesday night at KeyBank Center.

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It was a game where hard work paid off for the Buffalo Sabres.  One night after a dismal effort against the Vancouver Canucks the Sabres gave up three goals in the first period and trailed 4-1 in the second, but rallied to beat the Boston Bruins in overtime 5-4.

It's becoming pretty much a routine for the Buffalo Sabres and it's something they're becoming very good at - losing hockey games.  They lost another one Friday night, this time in front of the home fans falling to the Vancouver Canucks 4-2.

Despite a valiant comeback the Buffalo Sabres one-game winning streak came to an end with a 5-4 overtime loss against the expansion Las Vegas Golden Knights in the final game of the Sabres' four-game western road trip.  The Sabres scored the first goal of the game when a shot by Ryan O'Reilly bounced over the goaltender into the net, but Vegas scored four in a row to take a 4-1 lead.

Benoit Pouliot scored in the final 30 seconds of the second period and the Sabres held on until Johan Larsson scored into an empty net to clinch it.

What more can you say.  This year's edition of the Buffalo Sabres is simply a bad hockey team.  Is it goaltending?  Is it coaching?  Is it defense?  Lack of scoring certainly is a huge problem.  There's a new general manager in place.  A new coach in place, but it's the same old Sabres - they're just a bad hockey team.  Sure, it's early in the season, but they've played five games already and lost

Jack Eichel says he's sick of losing.  He should.  The Buffalo Sabres remained winless on Thursday night with a 3-2 loss against the San Jose Sharks in the first of a four-game western road trip.

It sure is hard being a Buffalo sports fan especially when your favorite teams seem to do all they can to chase you away.  The Buffalo Sabres have started the season with three straight losses and the last two have been horrendous.