The Buffalo Sabres better start praying to the hockey gods that they don’t get matched up with the Ottawa Senators in the first round of the playoffs.
After a 4-2 loss to the Sens on Friday night, Buffalo dropped to 0-4-1 this season against their Northeast Division rivals.
They have been outscored 18-9 by Ottawa in those five games.
“They’re playing a certain kind of system against us and it goes against our group of forwards,” Sabres goalie Ryan Miller told the Associated Press after the loss. “We’ve got to suck it up and play a better game.”
But the struggles against the Senators are nothing new for the Sabres. Buffalo has not beaten Ottawa in nine straight games dating back to last season and has lost 25 of 35 games since the lockout.
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Buffalo Sabres Can’t Seem to Solve the Ottawa Senators
Posted: 27th March 2010 by Matthew Hogan in NHLComments Off on Buffalo Sabres Can’t Seem to Solve the Ottawa Senators