The Buffalo Sabres are in a desperate must win against the Minnesota Wild

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The Buffalo Sabres are in a desperate must win against the Minnesota Wild

The Buffalo Sabres have made an impressive run to get back into contention for the NHL playoffs, but lately are slipping. They are now in must-win mode as they take on the Minnesota Wild.

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The Sabres are going to need all the points they can get if they want to make the playoffs. In the final 19 games, they need to stop giving some away.

The Sabres lost two leads to Carolina on Thursday, and they never trailed until Jamie McBain scored 26 seconds into overtime to deal Buffalo a 3-2 loss. It hurt -- the Hurricanes moved three points ahead of the Sabres into seventh place.

Buffalo is 3-0-2 in its last five games, but the Sabres are lamenting the two extra-session setbacks. They coughed up a 2-0 lead against Detroit on Saturday and lost 3-2 in a shootout. The two points would have them in eighth place in the Eastern Conference instead of ninth. They can’t afford to lose too many times or they will be out of the picture.

With the way the Western Conference standings are jam-packed, a two-game losing streak would have sent the Wild into a tailspin it might have been able to recover from. That's why what happened in the final two periods Thursday might have saved the season. And that's not being overdramatic. They also need a victory in this game that’s should be hard fought.

This game will be played like a playoff game with both teams struggling to make up ground in the playoff race. The edge will be with the home team as the Minnesota Wild gets the win over Buffalo.

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