The Sabres are looking to be big-time sellers at the NHL trade deadline, but Buffalo will retain two of their best players.

He has 19 points, including 11 goals, and 51 shots in his last 16 games. Thompson's 53 points in 54 games leads the Sabres in scoring.

Already buried at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, the Sabres slid further into the abyss in losing to their last-place counterparts from the West.

The details of this embarrassing loss were different, but the story was the same. The Sabres lost 6-2. Rookie Macklin Celebrini helped the Sharks dominate the first period with eight shot attempts, seven scoring chances,