Know Your Enemy: Sabres Must Prove Tuch Was Wrong To Leave Buffalo For Washington

The Buffalo Sabres are set to start the 2026-27 season, but it will be difficult to improve on their 2025-26 campaign – one in which they finished first in the Atlantic Division in the regular-season before beating the Boston Bruins in the first round of their Stanley Cup playoff series.

Here at TheHockeyNews.com, in an off-season series, we’re analyzing the Sabres’ Eastern Conference opponents in a series titled “Know Your Enemy”. In this series, we’re breaking down how Buffalo fared against each East team last year, and how they’re likely to fare against those teams this year. And in this final file in the series, we’re focusing on the Washington...