With their losing streak hitting 12 games, the Buffalo Sabres fired coach Ralph Krueger Wednesday.
The Sabres have the fewest points in the league with 16. They sit in eighth place in the East Division, a full six points behind the Devils, who have two games in hand.
The 61-year-old Krueger is in his second season with Buffalo. Last season, the team showed some slight improvement with a 30-31-8 mark, but the team still finished sixth.
This season has been a disaster. Star Jack Eichel has missed significant time with an injury, Jeff Skinner has been a major disappointment, and even free-agent acquisition Taylor Hall hasn’t lived up to the hype.
Buffalo is well on its way to matching the NHL record for missing the playoffs at 10-straight seasons.
