How a wild Oilers game changed the Sabres' entire season
Buffalo has blown everyone away.
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On December 9, they had 11 regulation wins and 14 regulation losses. And then they reached 40 wins before 20 losses. It all started on that date against the Edmonton Oilers in what turned out to be a 4-3 overtime win.
"It’s obvious: everyone believes the 4-3 overtime victory in Edmonton on Dec. 9 is Buffalo’s pivotal moment," Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman wrote in his newest 32 Thoughts column this week. Buffalo went from the bottom of the standings to the top thanks to a surge that started that night.
"One of the most fascinating things about the Sabres’ season is that it went from zero-to-100 at F1 speeds," Friedman writes. "There was no build, no climb — just an immediate charge from the bottom of the Eastern Conference to the top. " MORE: Is a Connor McDavid-Auston Matthews trade feasible?