Sabres start season-long six-game road trip in Chicago

The Buffalo Sabres open their longest road trip of the season Thursday against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center. Puck drop is at 8 p.m. ET, and MSG carries the game in the Buffalo market.

Buffalo won four of its first eight road games, with three losses in overtime or a shootout. Its last three away games were wins in San Jose, Anaheim and Los Angeles. Back home, the Sabres won just once in four games and ended that stretch with an 8–3 loss to Tampa Bay on Wednesday.

The Sabres won the first meeting with the Blackhawks 4–3 in Buffalo on Oct. 3. Chicago has lost four in a row and returns home after a three-game trip that ended with a 9–2 loss at Carolina on Saturday.

Buffalo heads to Dallas next. The trip then takes the Sabres to Philadelphia, Washington and Sunrise before they close it in Tampa on Nov. 22.