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'I witnessed one of the most flagrant cheap shots in the history of the National Hockey League Friday night. The problem is that I'm not sure whether it was Vaclav Varada's knee to the head of Canadiens goaltender Jose Theodore or Doug Gilmour's attempt to perform major surgery on Varada's knees without benefit of anaesthesia.' … [Read more...] about Varada and Gilmour get off easy

Playing without 3 of their regular defensemen, the Buffalo Sabres still put up an wall in front starting backup goalie Bob Essensa Saturday night in New Jersey. The only problem was that the New Jersey Devils still found a couple of cracks in the wall during powerplays and were able to defeat the Sabres 3-1 despite getting off only 11 shots on goal. … [Read more...] about Devils powerplay does in Sabres

'The two-time defending Eastern Conference champs beat Buffalo, 3-1, on the strength of a pair of power-play goals and a brick-wall outing by goalie Martin Brodeur. The loss was spectacularly frustrating for the Sabres, who played their best defensive game of the season despite the absence of injured defensemen Rhett Warrener, Richard Smehlik and Dmitri Kalinin, and … [Read more...] about Shhh! Sabres lose quietly to Devils

'"Their two physical players were out of the game. Maybe if we were all in, maybe the other guys could have played hockey and we could have taken care of it," said Boulton, who also faulted the officials for losing control of the game early. "It was just a rough game. That's what hockey's about. Sometimes it gets a little out of hand, but it's … [Read more...] about Varada, Gilmour sit out one-game suspensions

'Team stats showed that the Devils had 18 missed shots, but they played well enough defensively to keep it close until the "A" line came through yet another time.' … [Read more...] about Make the best of a bad situation

'Buffalo (5-5-1-1) used Essensa in goal for only the second time this season. His first appearance of the season was an overtime loss to the Rangers in the Sabres' third game of the season.' … [Read more...] about Brodeur and the Top Line Boost the Devils Once Again

'The Devils beat Buffalo at the Meadowlands last night, 3-1, but they weren't exactly doing a victory dance in the locker room afterward. Their offensive slump continued. They got just 11 shots on goal, the team's lowest total since it moved to New Jersey in 1982.' … [Read more...] about Devils make most of shots

'Buffalo tied the score on the first shot of the second, when J.P. Dumont stole a point pass from Ken Daneyko in the Sabre zone and raced off on a breakaway. Pausing to check behind him and finding no one near, Dumont proceeded to fire his second of the season over Martin Brodeur's glove at 1:42.' … [Read more...] about Who needs shots, anyway?

'The Devils, who averaged 31 shots on goal through the first seven games, had just five through the first two periods. Things weren't much better in the third period as they took just two shots through 16 minutes. The Sabres' offense wasn't much to brag about, either.' … [Read more...] about Devils' win is no work of art

'"The proof is in the picture. Usually you see guys try and jump over. I think everybody knows the character of everybody else in the league. You know when it's an accident out there and you respect their personality. Everybody knows his personality."' … [Read more...] about Gilmour faces suspension; makes no apologies

'The New Jersey Devils did almost nothing against the Buffalo Sabres on offense, and got away with it.' … [Read more...] about Devils 3, Sabres 1

'"I'd rather shoot 12 and win than 36 and lose," New Jersey defenseman Brian Rafalski said.' … [Read more...] about New Jersey 3, Buffalo 1

'The suspension will cost Gilmour $9,757.73 in salary and Varada loses $3,951.89 with the money going to the Players Emergency Assistance Fund. Both will sit out games Saturday night and be eligible to return to their teams for games Tuesday.' … [Read more...] about Gilmour and Varada suspended by NHL

'It could have been more, especially for Gilmour, who skated full speed and kneed Varada in the left corner of Montreal's zone in retaliation to a hit on goaltender Jose Theodore.' … [Read more...] about Canadiens C Gilmour, Sabres RW Varada suspended one game each

Go back in time 25 years. The National Hockey League back in 1974-77 was dominated by the Broad Street Bullies and other teams that tried to imitate the aggressive style of the Philadelphia Flyers back then. That style of hockey suddenly reemerged Friday night in Buffalo's HSBC Arena as the Buffalo Sabres and the Montreal Canadiens played an old fashioned slugfest of a … [Read more...] about Sabres blistered in Savage game