Know Your Enemy: High-Octane Lightning Will Be One Of Buffalo's Toughest Tests – And The Bolts And Sabres Could Face Each Other In 2027 Play

Here at TheHockeyNews.com , as part of an annual series of articles, we're analyzing the Sabres' Eastern Conference opponents in a series titled "Know Your Enemy". In these files, we're looking at how Buffalo played against every East team last season, and how they're likely to fare against every of those Eastern teams this season.

And in this file, we're turning the spotlight on the Tampa Bay Lightning ..

The Lightning finished second in the Atlantic last year, just three standings points behind Buffalo. Tampa Bay had the same amount of wins as the Bolts did last season, so the Lightning are going to be one of the Sabres' toughest opponents this season. Here's this columnist's perspective on how the Sabres should fare against the Lightning this season: