Housley: Sabres 'outbattled, outworked, outcompeted' in loss to Wings

Phil Housley is exasperated with his last-place Buffalo Sabres.

The first-year head coach was not mincing words following a loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Friday, especially after having played only one other game this week.

"We just got outbattled, outworked and outcompeted tonight" he said, per Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News. "At times we even looked slow and I don't know why that is. We played one game in six nights. It's disappointing."

The loss kept the Sabres two points behind Florida in the Eastern Conference basement, and dropped their goal differential to minus-23, ranking them 30th in the NHL.

The Sabres won't have much time to regroup as Buffalo hosts Carolina on Saturday.