Archives for December 10, 2014

'“You don’t want to go into a slugfest with the champion,” said coach Ted Nolan, who earned a split of the two games this season against his son and Kings winger, Jordan Nolan. “They’re a big team. They’re a heavy team. We know we can’t battle them pound for pound. We thought we’d stick and bob and weave and rope-a-dope a little bit and it worked pretty well."' … [Read more...] about Ennis, Enroth lead Sabres past Kings

'“There’s no secret to it. We outshot them 2-1 again, but it doesn’t really matter at the end of the day because we did not cash in on our chances,” Kings forward Anze Kopitar said. “We’ve got to work at it and we’ve got to better. It’s what it is.”' … [Read more...] about Kings bedeviled by lots of shots, but few goals

'“I wasn’t crazy about what happened, but everything in life happens for a reason,” Ted Nolan said. “It gave me 12 years at home that I would never, ever have again. I was able to drive him to school every morning. I was there. I was a dad. For those 12 years, I would never, ever change it.”' … [Read more...] about Coach Ted, son Brandon Nolan show patience brings rewards

'“Hopefully, it’ll be a good message for him to sit back, watch and see what he’s missing,” Nolan said.' … [Read more...] about Playing soft puts Stewart on the bench

'“He’s playing great,” said Sabres winger Tyler Ennis, who scored the game’s only goal. “He’s one of the biggest factors why we’ve been winning this last month. Our defense is doing a great job boxing out in front of him, but when we break down, he’s there to make a good save.”' … [Read more...] about Goalie Jhonas Enroth shines again, Sabres beat Kings

'“He needs to play the way he can,” Nolan said. “He’s a big, powerful forward. Powerful forwards can’t be playing a soft game. You play a soft game, it doesn’t fit into their makeup. So we need him playing the way he can, similar to Marcus Foligno. We sat him earlier this year. So hopefully it’ll be a good message to him to sit back and watch and see what he’s missing.”' … [Read more...] about Chris Stewart doesn’t want to discuss benching

Kings are shut out by Buffalo, 1-0, on miscue by Mike Richards (Los Angeles Times) What we've learned after the Kings' 1-0 loss to Buffalo (Los Angeles Times) Kings' futility in Buffalo continues (Orange County Register) Enroth, Sabres stymie Kings in road trip opener (LAKings.com) Photo gallery (LAKings.com) Photo gallery (Sabres.com) Photo gallery (Buffalo News) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Los Angeles Coverage

'If voting ended today, four of the six players automatically voted in would be Chicago Blackhawks: forwards Patrick Kane (375,758) and Jonathan Toews (367,962), along with defenseman Duncan Keith (361,830) and goaltender Corey Crawford (311,166). Girgensons and Montreal Canadiens P.K. Subban (351,726) would round out the group.' … [Read more...] about Little-known Sabres Latvian center Zemgus Girgensons continues to lead NHL All-Star voting

'If the voting had ended on Tuesday, Girgensons would skate alongside the likes of Kane and Jonathan Toews. The three most popular forwards will appear in the game.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo Sabres’ Zemgus Girgensons leading 2015 NHL All-Star vote thanks to people of Latvia

'The Sabres kept up their home mastery of the Kings. Los Angeles is 1-11-1-1 in its last 14 games in Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Ennis scores lone goal in Sabres’ win over Kings

'As of Tuesday, the second-year player has a league-leading 803,805 votes — double what he had a week ago. And Girgensons' total is more than the combined number of votes cast for the next two forwards: Chicago stars Patrick Kane (375,758) and Jonathan Toews (367,692).' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Girgensons extends lead in All-Star vote

'"It was good to get one," said Sabres coach Ted Nolan. "It's good for your confidence, especially in a game where you killed off their power play, and we got one on ours."' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 1, Los Angeles 0

'"This was actually one of my easier games," Enroth said. "Everything was pretty controlled and I put myself in a good position and was pretty sharp all the way through. If you look at their lineup they have four really skilled lines and big bodies throughout the lineup. You saw we played pretty boring but it gave us two points tonight."' … [Read more...] about Ennis goal enough as Sabres blank Kings

'While it may not have been one for the memory banks tonight, the Buffalo Sabres did their job and are able to head into the locker room with a 1-0 shutout of the defending Cup champions. Yes, LA outshot Buffalo, but they did not out hit or out chance the blue and gold. The game got very dicey after Nikita Zadorov took an elbowing penalty, but they did not wilt. One of the big … [Read more...] about Sabres Hold On to Beat the Champs 1-0

'For the most part this team did an excellent job of executing the coaches game plan. Boring was the only way and the really cut down on their mistakes.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres try to handle the champs