On the tail of a 14-year playoff drought, the team is in the middle of a 13-game losing streak. They’ve been outscored 54-to-28 and outshot 378-to-355 along the way — reigniting the all-too-common conversation of which Sabres forward may be to blame.

The Buffalo Sabres are one of the worst teams in the NHL. Buffalo entered play having lost 13 straight games and they looked largely uninspired on the ice. The Sabres even had a meeting with the team owners to try and figure things out.

The Buffalo Sabres finally got back into the win column on Monday night, defeating the New York Islanders on the road to snap their 13-game losing streak. Prior to Monday, the Sabres hadn't won a game since Nov.