Archives for January 2014

Capitals-Sabres Preview (AP) Washington Capitals (23-21-8) at Buffalo Sabres (14-30-7) (The Sports Network) Capitals hope to continue offensive output vs. Sabres (NHL.com) Caps look to start winning wave (WashingtonCaps.com) … [Read more...] about Tuesday’s Washington Coverage

'Miller was again sharp, even if his presence in goal was a bit of a pregame surprise. He was coming off the sparkling, 36-save showing in Columbus that led the Sabres to a 5-2 win and ended the Blue Jackets’ eight-game winning streak, but poor career numbers against the Penguins had observers wondering if one-win backup Jhonas Enroth might play.' … [Read more...] about Penguins dominate Sabres to pick up easy win

'“Our attention to detail is a big thing,” Orpik said. “This league is so good. Buffalo has the worst record in the league and they go into Columbus, who’s won eight in a row. There’s just no easy games. You can wind up losing two, three pretty quickly and that snowballs."' … [Read more...] about Penguins’ Orpik sets his sights on gold and a Cup

'“The second period we decided to start working,” said Nolan, whose club has dropped six of its last seven. “The first one we were in awe of just watching them do their thing.”' … [Read more...] about Goalie Ryan Miller plays well against Penguins, Sabres still lose

'“It’s more they’re concerned over their family members going because they’re not in the village,” Orpik said Monday prior to the Penguins’ 3-0 win against the Buffalo Sabres inside the Consol Energy Center. “We’ve been pretty assured they’re going to be safe where they are. It’s one of those unfortunate things. That’s just the way it is, not just because it’s Russia. I think … [Read more...] about Penguins’ Brooks Orpik on Olympics: players more concerned with family safety

Penguins shut out Sabres, 3-0 (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Some numbers in NHL are dubious at best (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Penguins bounce back, shutout lowly Sabres (Pittsburgh Tribune Review) Gibbons returns to lineup vs. Sabres (Pittsburgh Tribune Review) Fleury didn't rest when Penguins defense did (Beaver County Times) Endgame: Penguins 3, Sabres 0 … [Read more...] about Tuesday’s Pittsburgh Coverage

'''We're a team that we can't have glaring mistakes,'' Sabres coach Ted Nolan said. ''It's very demoralizing. We woke up in the third period and made a push, but not good enough.''' … [Read more...] about Fleury, Penguins beat Sabres 3-0

'Miller made 15 stops to keep the opening period scoreless and added four more at the outset of the middle frame, but Kunitz potted a rebound at the right side to put the hosts on the board at 5:44 of the second.' … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh 3, Buffalo 0

'The Penguins improved to 18-0 at home when scoring first and are 11-4 in their past 15 meetings with Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Penguins continue trends against Sabres

'Pittsburgh went up by two goals 6:21 later thanks to another Sabres giveaway. Henrik Tallinder coughed up the puck along the boards and Engelland was able to keep it in the Buffalo zone. Moments later, Engelland regained possession and beat Miller for his fourth. Tanner Glass added a late empty-netter for the Pens, making it 3-0.' … [Read more...] about Penguins Shut Down Sabres 3-0

'"I think we might have sat back a little bit," Tyler Ennis added. "They have a lot of firepower and maybe we were giving them too much respect. You gotta play these guys really hard and I think we played harder in the second and third. Fleury just made some good saves."' … [Read more...] about Sabres showed too much early respect

'If there are bidders and Miller's interests appear elsewhere, the Sabres can not afford to lose him to free agency for nothing and should deal him.' … [Read more...] about What stats say the Sabres should do about…everyone? Part 4: Goalies

'"We're a team that we can't have glaring mistakes. It's very demoralizing," Nolan said. "I think it demoralized us for a little bit. We woke up in the third period, we made a push, but not good enough."' … [Read more...] about Fleury, Penguins blank Sabres

'“The first period, we just stood and watched,” Sabres interim coach Ted Nolan said. “We didn’t compete. The one thing we want to try to do is at least compete.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres unable to score in Pittsburgh

'The Sabres are 12th in the NHL for the season at 82.9 percent and have gone 11 for 12 the last five games.' … [Read more...] about Penalty killers looking sharp for Sabres