3 more improvements the Buffalo Sabres must make for Week 18
By Sion Fawkes
2 – Take more shots offensively
Speaking of taking shots on the power play, this is something the Buffalo Sabres need to be doing regardless. On their first game back from break, Buffalo lost to the Calgary Flames 7-2. It was a disaster of a contest, and one reason the Sabres looked so bad is that, just as on the power play, they tried and failed to wait for something to open.
When nothing did, they tried forcing things and got sloppy in the offensive zone, which led to scoring chance after scoring chance for Calgary. This further led to the Flames outshooting them 26-4 at one point, and the Sabres ended up with just 23 shots on goal.
They got more shots off than the Kings in the following contest, but the Sabres were sleeping through the first half of the contest. In their win over the Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo put up 44 shots on goal, before they struggled once more against the lowly San Jose Sharks, putting up just 13 in the game’s first two frames, before coming to life in the third period.