The French Connection line of the early 1970s consisted of Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin and Rene Robert.

The Sabres have the longest active playoff drought in the NHL, at ten seasons, tying an NHL record. The Sabres, along with the Canucks, are the longest continuously running active NHL franchises to have never won the Stanley Cup. The team has twice advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the Philadelphia Flyers in 1975 and to the Dallas Stars in 1999. The Sabres are owned by Terry Pegula, who purchased the club in 2011 from Tom Golisano. The Sabres have played their home games at KeyBank Center since 1996, having previously played at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium since their inception. The team was established in 1970, along with the Vancouver Canucks, when the league expanded to 14 teams. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York.

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