Now the Sabres will embark on a grueling stretch in their schedule in which they'll play 21 games in 40 days leading up to the Christmas break, including 10 games in 17 days to close out November. The stretch begins against the Carolina Hurricanes at KeyBank Center on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; MSG-B, FS-CR, NHL.TV).
To help the team get through it, Krueger is breaking up the schedule into smaller sections consisting of four to six games rather than the bigger picture.
"We need four lines going, we need more than six 'D' going," Krueger said. "There's a possibility with the healthy 'D' that somebody will go in or out and things like that to use fresh energy. We need to use our roster and manage it by keeping the picture small, though, and continually within this pace look for improvement. So, there's a lot of things there, but we feel comfortable going into it. It's going to be a lot of fun. Let's show our good side here right off the hop."