Bruins vs Sabres live stream: Watch online free 8:00 ET for the first of five meetings with this one taking place at the First Niagara Centre in Buffalo.

Off to a rough start at 1-8-1, the Sabres vs Bruins can serve as a tough one for Buffalo because it will be welcoming in the defending Eastern Conference champions. Watch the free live stream online to see if Buffalo can get out of the cellar of the Atlantic division.

Ron Rolston had his interim tag removed as the head coach of the Sabres in May after taking over for the fired Lindy Ruff in February. Watch the free live stream online vs the Bruins to see if Buffalo can potentially save his job.

Buffalo is 16-19-6 under Rolston dating to Feb. 21, with seven of those victories coming in shootouts.

"I'm always up. You have to be positive," Rolston, who previously served as the head coach of USA Hockey's National Team development program, told STATS LLC. "That's our job, to be positive around here and work hard every day. That's what we can control. The results will take care of themselves if you do those two things."

Buffalo has yet to win a game in regulation at home as it is 0-5-1. Boston is 3-0 on the road for this young 2013 season.

The Sabres only average 1.2 goals-per-game while giving up nearly three. The team does have an 84.4% penalty kill rate, though the power-play goal rate is 8.6%.

"I don't think we've consistently done enough things to create the identity that we want," Rolston said. "Second and thirds, for example, when we have slow starts we seem to pick it up at the end and we start to do some of the things we're supposed to do consistently."

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