The Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes have changed plenty across the first few weeks of the season in terms of their lineups.

BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres travel to the Carolina Hurricanes looking to break a four-game road losing streak. Carolina has a 9-4 record overall and a 4-1-0 record in home games. The Hurricanes have gone 9-1-0 when scoring three or more goals.

Sabres forward Josh Norris has been sidelined with an injury since Oct. 9. Bill Wippert / NHLI via BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres might look back at this early stretch of games as what kept them in the playoff race.

Buffalo in a condensed schedule in October and early November have played 10 games at KeyBank Center, nearly one-quarter of their home schedule for the season and have gone 5-3-2, that coupled with going winless on the road (0-2-2) has them only four points away from the bottom of the NHL standings.

Joel Hofer made 28 saves in his third NHL shutout and the St. Louis Blues got a short-handed goal and two assists from Mathieu Joseph to beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 on Thursday night. Justin Faulk added a goal and an assist,

St. Louis Blues forward Jordan Kyrou was a healthy scratch for Thursday night's game at Buffalo as Sabres coach Jim Montgomery tries to spark improvement from his struggling team.

The Buffalo Sabres are set to face off against the St. Louis Blues on Nov. 6. The Sabres' goal will be to bounce back and pick up a victory after losing their most recent contest against the Utah Mammoth by a 2-1 final score on Nov. 4.