Mitchy moo
10-24-2006, 02:40 PM
Buffalo Sabres (8-0-0)
Is there any slowing this train? With a 6-2 breezer on Saturday, the Sabres matched their 1975-76 club record with their eighth straight win to start a season. If you go back to last season, Buffalo has won a team-record 13 straight regular-season games. There are many reasons for their success (9th on penalty kill, 5th on power play), but the biggest might be the play of Maxim Afinogenov. The 27-year-old has five goals and 14 points and is a good bet to shatter his career high of 73 points set last season.
Last Week: 3-0-0
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/scott_wraight/10/23/powr.rankings4/index.html (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/scott_wraight/10/23/powr.rankings4/index.html)
Is there any slowing this train? With a 6-2 breezer on Saturday, the Sabres matched their 1975-76 club record with their eighth straight win to start a season. If you go back to last season, Buffalo has won a team-record 13 straight regular-season games. There are many reasons for their success (9th on penalty kill, 5th on power play), but the biggest might be the play of Maxim Afinogenov. The 27-year-old has five goals and 14 points and is a good bet to shatter his career high of 73 points set last season.
Last Week: 3-0-0
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/scott_wraight/10/23/powr.rankings4/index.html (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/scott_wraight/10/23/powr.rankings4/index.html)