Don Granato laid out simple terms for what he hopes to see from the Buffalo Sabres moving forward following a 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins in his first game as interim head coach on Thursday.
"More pace," Granato said. "More pace, simple. I felt today we established at least within our own game a decent pace and we didn't sustain it.
"… Now you look into that and say, 'OK, how can we sustain it?' It might be better puck management. Did we mismanage pucks tonight that cost us more energy in getting them back? When you mismanage the puck, you put yourself in a bad position and you expend more energy to recover. They all tie in."
Kyle Okposo scored the lone Sabres goal shorthanded, erasing a 1-0 deficit early in the second period, but the Bruins responded with unanswered goals from Jake DeBrusk, Craig Smith, and David Pastrnak. Shots were in the Bruins' favor, 37-24.
The loss extended Buffalo's winless streak to 13 games (0-11-2).
Here are five takeaways from the game.
5 takeaways | Sabres' winless streak extends with loss to Bruins
Buffalo falls in first game under interim coach Granato
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