Hurricanes, Sabres scratch for key points to start final week
The Carolina Hurricanes and Buffalo Sabres are in different types of races as they move into the final week of the NHL regular season.
Yet they'll be on similar missions Saturday afternoon when they meet in Buffalo.
The Hurricanes already have clinched a playoff spot and they control their destiny in a tight divisional race, while the Sabres need to rack up as many points as possible in their effort to climb into the Ea