Buffalo Sabres star Tage Thompson delivered a message to his team and fanbase as they work through an early resurgence.

Coach Todd McLellan said before the trip began the Detroit Red Wings needed to play their game to be successful on the road. They didn't, and they weren't. From the get-go against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday,

The Detroit Red Wings (5-1, second in the Eastern Conference) visit the Buffalo Sabres (2-4, 15th) in conference play on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET. Buffalo fell in a 4-2 loss on the road its last time out on Oct. 20 against the Montreal Canadiens. In its last game on Oct. 19, Detroit secured a 4-2 home victory over the Edmonton Oilers.

The news from Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff was about as bad as it can get for a hockey team -- Buffalo's first-line center, Josh Norris, will be on the sidelines for the foreseeable future after being injured in the Sabres' first game of the season Thursday.

The Detroit Red Wings didn't play nearly well enough against the Buffalo Sabres in the first leg of their first multi-game trip.

Toronto was handed a 5-3 defeat on the road its last time out on Oct. 24 against the Buffalo Sabres. Buffalo won at home in its most recent game on Oct. 24, 5-3 over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ahead of watching this matchup, here's everything you need to know about Saturday's action on the ice.

Any way you want to frame it, losing three straight games to start the season is a disaster for the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres' third straight defeat came Monday at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche -- a legitimate Stanley Cup frontrunner -- and once again,