Hall laments slow start with Sabres: 'It's been a struggle for me'

Things haven't gone as planned for Taylor Hall and the Buffalo Sabres just over a month into the season.

Hall, who inked a one-year, $8-million deal with the Sabres in October, scored in his debut with the club but hasn't hit the goal column in 11 games since as the team's losses pile up.

"It’s been a struggle for me, personally," Hall said Tuesday following Buffalo's 3-0 loss to the New York Islanders, according to the Times Herald's Bill Hoppe.

"... I feel like I’ve had some bad luck a bit. But at the same time, when you’re not scoring, you got to change something, you got to find whatever is in your game that’s not allowing you to put the puck in the net."

The Sabres have scored just four times amid their current three-game losing streak and rank 26th in goals per game (2.42) this season. Hall has eight assists through 12 contests, but the 2018 Hart Trophy winner knows he needs to find his scoring ability to help Buffalo turn its season around.

"Right now, it’s been tough," he said. "I can’t lie to you. If I have four or five goals right now, you don’t really know what our season looks like, especially with how close the games we had and how much we’ve been in games right until the very end."

The Sabres resumed their season Monday after a 14-day layoff due to COVID-19 concerns. The club sits seventh in points percentage in the East Division entering Wednesday's action and begins a four-game road trip Thursday against the Washington Capitals.