Recap the Buffalo Sabres’ opening week of the 2026-27 season, including a comeback win over Chicago, key storylines and what’s ahead.

Well that didn’t go exactly as planned… The Buffalo Sabres opened the year with a loss on the road in Columbus. It wasn’t all bad but there wasn’t a great deal to write home about either. Here are my five takeaways from Game 1 of 84.

Buffalo Sabres 2026-27 Schedule courtesy of x.com/buffalosabres For this week’s Friday 5, I wanted to have a look at the Sabres schedule and see which five games jump off the page. As fans start to grab their single game tickets, or start to think about which tickets they want to ask for as a birthday or Christmas gift, there are a couple of factors I feel are important to consider. The players on the ice for the other team, whether they are superstars you have to see, or may

It was a season that gave Buffalo everything it had been waiting years for, and then broke its heart in the most gut-wrenching way possible. The Sabres entered the 2026 playoffs as the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 seed, and they had earned it. Their 50-23-9 record was good enough to top the Atlantic Division, marking a massive leap from the 36-39-7 finish they posted just one year earlier.