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'Housley acknowledged Monday that he might have underestimated how daunting a task he faced in addressing leadership concerns and changing the culture of a team now in jeopardy of extending its franchise-worst playoff drought to seven seasons.' … [Read more...] about Leadership, accountability still issues with slumping Sabres

'The Sabres are last in the league in scoring with 117 goals overall and just 47 in 24 home games.' … [Read more...] about Hutton stops 27 shots in Blues’ 1-0 win over Sabres

'In its ruling, the NHL noted Larsson’s stick initially hit Trocheck high on the left shoulder before riding up to connect with the player’s cheek. The league, however, noted players are responsible for their sticks.' … [Read more...] about NHL suspends Sabres Larsson 2 games for cross checking

'Yandle took exception to Kane’s hit, accusing the forward of “kind of running around and being stupid.” Kane defended himself by saying he couldn’t have avoided Barkov, who was already falling backward. “I didn’t really see them,” Kane said.' … [Read more...] about Yandle has goal, 2 assists in Panthers’ 4-2 win over Sabres

'The fine is the maximum allowable under the current collective bargaining agreement. The money goes to the players’ emergency assistance fund.' … [Read more...] about Taylor Hall of Devils fined $5,000 for boarding incident

'“It’s tough. We want to bring that hockey that we showed that we can play out west to this arena,” McCabe said of a road trip in which the Sabres outscored their opponents by a combined 11-1. “We need to bring that for our fans and for this city. And tonight’s unacceptable.”' … [Read more...] about Devils snap 4-game skid with 3-1 win over Sabres

'Bogosian missed the past six games, including Buffalo’s 4-0 win at Vancouver on Thursday night. The 10th-year NHL player has just one assist in being limited to playing just 18 games after also missing the first 25 games of the season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres defenseman Bogosian to have season-ending hip surgery

'“We didn’t give them too much defensively,” Sabres coach Phil Housley said. “We were really tight to our net and we tried to protect Robin as best we could,” said Sabres coach Phil Housley. “And when we needed a save, Robin was big tonight."' … [Read more...] about Lehner earns 2nd straight shutout, Sabres beat Canucks 4-0

'“It’s big,” Eichel said. “We come in on a back-to-back against a team that is probably energized. They had a few days (off), we had an emotional win (over Calgary) last night, so we want to come and play a good road first and obviously to get a power-play goal early, to get yourself feeling good, it’s important.”' … [Read more...] about Eichel’s 4 points lead Sabres to 5-0 win over Oilers

'Johnson, making his first start against his former team, improve to 2-8-3 on the season. “Obviously there’s more motivation there and a little more desire,” he said. “Not stick it to them, but when they play me I’m sure they want to compete a little bit harder knowing me and I want to compete a little bit harder knowing them.”' … [Read more...] about Eichel scores in OT to give Sabres rare win in Calgary

'Housley called the effort on home ice “very disappointing and quite embarrassing.”' … [Read more...] about Janmark, Stars beat Sabres 7-1 to finish 3-0-1 trip

'“It’s really disappointing because our power-play was sharp,” Sabres coach Phil Housley said. “We were anxious and eager to do something big. It’s just unfortunate because all of our work goes for nothing.”' … [Read more...] about Buchnevich scores go-ahead goal, Rangers hold off Sabres 4-3

'“When you work, you seem to get those bounces,” Okposo said. “There’s times you’re not going to get them, so you’ve got to take them when they’re there.”' … [Read more...] about Okposo has goal, assist in Sabres’ 3-1 win over Blue Jackets

'He has one assist and is averaging a little more than 19 minutes of playing time in 18 games since missing the first two months of the season with a lower body injury.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo Sabres defenseman Zach Bogosian to miss 4-6 weeks

'Falk called the altercation “spur of the moment,” and says it might be good for players to show more passion given that Buffalo sits last in the Eastern Conference standings.' … [Read more...] about Tempers flare between Sabres’ Kane, Falk during practice