'Buffalo (7-7-1) has won consecutive games only once this season and entered Saturday with a 4-1-1 record over their last six. They won in ugly fashion Friday night at KeyBank Center by blocking shots, receiving key saves from Devon Levi and capitalizing on their scoring chances. Their depleted lineup had opportunities to score in Pittsburgh, but they made the job easier for … [Read more...] about Sabres shut out by Penguins as offense struggles without Alex Tuch
Archives for November 12, 2023
Inside the NHL: Tom Barrasso's rookie season with Sabres set the stage for Hall of Fame career
'“Physically, I felt like I was as close as I was ever going to be,” Barrasso told The Buffalo News on Friday as the latest class of inductees was unveiled under the dome of the Great Hall. “Goal is a simple position. You’re either stopping pucks or they’re going in the net. And I just had some success in the practices and in the scrimmages and felt like it was not something I … [Read more...] about Inside the NHL: Tom Barrasso’s rookie season with Sabres set the stage for Hall of Fame career
Buffalo Next: Sabres snag helmet sponsor in health care staffing firm
'It is the first time the Sabres have had a home helmet sponsor – a year after the team first began looking for its inaugural jersey patch partner.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo Next: Sabres snag helmet sponsor in health care staffing firm
Sabres display skill, not enough work, in loss; Peyton Krebs scratched
'“We used our skill to create stuff but we didn’t get the rebounds, we didn’t get to the net front, we didn’t get the gritty stuff,” Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin said. “So our skill was there, not our work.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres display skill, not enough work, in loss; Peyton Krebs scratched
Sabres send prospect Matt Savoie back to junior team
'As a teenager whose rights are owned by a Canadian Hockey League team, Savoie can’t play regularly in the AHL until his junior season ends. The Sabres tried to get him an exemption from the Western Hockey League because he played parts of four seasons with the Winnipeg Ice. His first year, however, he was loaned to the Ice.' … [Read more...] about Sabres send prospect Matt Savoie back to junior team
Sunday's Pittsburgh Covergae
Tristan Jarry returns and the Penguins keep rolling, beating the Sabres for their 4th straight win (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Tristan Jarry returns from injury as the Penguins shut out the Sabres (Pittsburgh Tribune Review) Jarry slams the door on Sabres, Pens win 4th straight game (KDKA-FM) Four Goals (and None Against) Lead to Fourth Straight Victory … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Pittsburgh Covergae
Karlsson and Malkin score as Jarry records shutout with Penguins 4-0 win over Sabres
'“I thought they did a good job of clearing second opportunities,” Sabres captain Kyle Okposo said. “We obviously didn’t do enough to score tonight.”' … [Read more...] about Karlsson and Malkin score as Jarry records shutout with Penguins 4-0 win over Sabres
Sabres shut out in Pittsburgh
'The opening period was almost a scoreless one, until Penguins star forward Evgeni Malkin scored from a seemingly impossible angle below the goal line. Malkin banked the game's first goal in off the back of Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen with just a minute to play in the frame to give Pittsburgh the 1-0 edge.' … [Read more...] about Sabres shut out in Pittsburgh
Sabres get shots, but can't score on Pittsburgh
'One thing I didn’t think worked at all and I think hurt this team is Granato only kept one line together which was the Tage Thompson line. They dressed 11 forwards and many shifts, a different combination of three came over the boards. In my mind it’s impossible to get a flow going when things change every shift.' … [Read more...] about Sabres get shots, but can’t score on Pittsburgh
Sabres send Matt Savoie back to juniors
'Benson could join Savoie out west in time. He is currently on injured reserve with an upper-body injury, and could receive a conditioning assignment in the AHL after that. But with six NHL games played, he can be in the lineup three times more before burning the first year of his entry-level contract. A WHL assignment would likely come after World Juniors.' … [Read more...] about Sabres send Matt Savoie back to juniors
Jarry makes 35 saves, Penguins shut out Sabres for 4th straight win
'"Simplifying is easy to say, a little more challenging for us to execute,” Buffalo coach Don Granato said. “We could've executed things a little more simple, more direct. When the puck's going to the net, get there, get more traffic there. Anticipate or read that as a group. There were moments that we did, but not consistently enough. You don't score, you don't win."' … [Read more...] about Jarry makes 35 saves, Penguins shut out Sabres for 4th straight win
Sabres close out back-to-back set with loss to Penguins
'“I feel like we had a lot of chances to score tonight, [but] didn’t. It’s just kind of one of those things when you’ve got to find a way to get one by him—by Jarry. You know, he played really well, and I think that they did a pretty good job clearing second opportunities,” Okposo said. “But yeah, we obviously didn’t do enough to score tonight.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres close out back-to-back set with loss to Penguins
Sabres assign Savoie to Wenatchee of WHL
'Because of the conditioning agreement between the NHL and the Canadian Hockey League, Savoie is ineligible to play in the AHL outside of his conditioning assignment.' … [Read more...] about Sabres assign Savoie to Wenatchee of WHL
Sunday's Rochester Coverage
Amerks come up empty-handed in rematch with Comets (Amerks.com) Comets dominate on Veterans Day (UticaComets.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage