Despite clawing back from an early 2-0 deficit and coming close to making it a 4-4 game late in regulation, the Sabres ultimately succumbed to the inevitable in falling to the first-place Avalanche. Whatever positives the Sabres can take from this game will be outweighed by the already grim outlook for their season.

The demise of the 2024-25 Buffalo Sabres can be directly attributed to their dramatic crash-dive to last November and early December, when they fell out of a playoff spot just prior to American Thanksgiving after a 1-0 shutout loss to Minnesota and went winless in 13 straight games.

The Buffalo Sabres have done this song and dance before. Since 2011, actually, they've been stuck in a Groundhog Day-like cycle of early optimism quickly fading

Injuries and the absence of captain Rasmus Dahlin limit the number of players who can be meaningfully assessed at this stage of the season.

By that point, the flood gates were wide open. The Mammoth would score twice more in the third period, earning them their first victory since their visit to Buffalo on Nov. 4. “That’s a good one,” head coach André Tourigny proclaimed after the game.

The Buffalo Sabres' mascot Sabretooth has a new friend running around KeyBank Center − and he's named after a soldier from the Finger Lakes area.

The Buffalo Sabres are continuing to struggle big time, as they fell to the Colorado Avalanche by a 6-3 final score in their last game on Nov. 13. With this, the Sabres are now sporting a five-game losing streak and have a 5-8-4 record on the season. They are also at the bottom of the Atlantic Division standings.