Coming off their 'best performance of the season,' the Islanders returned home before the break to host a Buffalo Sabres team that was winless in 13 and was going to put its all into ending that streak and entering the Christmas break on a high note.
Just five shots on goal in the first period, trailing 2-0, and another power play goal allowed by their awful penalty kill in the second led to an abysmal performance.
Sloppy play by Mathew Barzal and confused play by Isaiah George and Ryan Pulock at 4-on-4 contributed to a disgraceful 7-1 defeat against the Sabres.
On the one hand, it's nice they didn't even give us reason to pretend, because that always only leads to heartbreak.
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