2025–26 Buffalo Sabres season

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The 2025–26 Buffalo Sabres season was the 56th season of play for the Sabres in the National Hockey League (NHL). It was their second season since head coach Lindy Ruff returned to the team. On December 15, 2025, after a 14–14–4 start to the season, the Sabres fired general manager Kevyn Adams after more than five seasons and replaced him with Jarmo Kekäläinen. The team then embarked on a string of sustained success, with separate win streaks of 10 and 8 games within a 32–6–2 run, the best 40-game run by any team since 1996 and tied for the fourth best in NHL history. The Sabres improved on their 36–39–7 record from the previous season after a 5–1 win on March 5, 2026, against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The streak helped Buffalo clinch just its second winning season since the beginning of the team's playoff drought, which began with the 2011–12 season, and helped the Sabres go from last place in the division in December to first place in the conference by March. Following a win over the New...

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