Scoring diversity
In February, it was mainly the Skinner-Tuch-Thompson show. In March, it was a different story. And while the trio had a good night in Vancouver, it served as an outlier in recent games.
Skinner had gone six games without a point, while Thompson embarked on a pointless streak in four out of five contests between the Kings and Oilers meetings.
Tuch logged just one point between tilts with the Minnesota Wild and the Calgary Flames. His only point in that stretch? An empty-netter against Vegas.
So the trio cooled down while others stepped up recently. Casey Mittelstadt and Peyton Krebs have had some memorable hockey nights. As have Victor Olofsson and Rasmus Dahlin.
The recent diverse scoring shows the Sabres don’t always need to rely on Tuch, Skinner, and Thompson to create opportunities. And in the long-run, a diverse scoring effort will organically lead to more wins.