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'Buffalo, 19-9-4 with 42 points, has won two in a row and is 5-3-2 over its last 10 games. It also improved to 11-3-2 at home, on pace for its best home record since 1979-80. Mittelstadt and Skinner scored 6:06 apart in the first period before Arizona answered with Christian Fischer's goal at 7:19.' … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Sabres 3, Coyotes 1

'“His development has been pretty quick,” Eichel said. “You see some of the stuff he does on the ice and it’s just, we in the room laugh about it when he does stuff, and to think he’s only 18 years old, he doesn’t even know how good he is, to be honest with you. We realize it and we know how good he’s going to be, but he’s just getting better every day. He’s such a good kid and … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Jack Eichel: Rasmus Dahlin ‘doesn’t even know how good he is’

'The bad habits that led to that defeat haunted them in the second period Tuesday night; however, the Sabres finally looked like the team that won 10 in a row, albeit for only 22 minutes.' … [Read more...] about Sabres mount another comeback, snap skid with overtime win over Kings

'The Kings are a terrible team, a shell of the group that won Cups in 2012 and 2014. They're 30th in the NHL's overall standing and going nowhere. And while playing on a back-to-back against a rested team, they came to town and had a 3-1 lead through 40 minutes.' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Sabres make another great comeback but still have to deal with reality

'His potential return is good news for the Sabres, who are in need of blue-line help. Injured defensemen Jake McCabe and Casey Nelson remain week to week, while Marco Scandella wore a white non-contact jersey during an optional morning skate Tuesday.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Hunwick nearing return, joining Rochester for conditioning assignment

'Miller, 38, is in his second year with Anaheim, posting a 4-2-1 record with a 2.71 goals-against average and .922 save percentage. He was traded by the Sabres at the deadline in 2014 and played the next three seasons in Vancouver. Miller is the Sabres' all-time leader among goalies in games played (540) and wins (284).' … [Read more...] about Ryan Miller out six weeks, won’t come to town with Ducks

'It was the sixth time this season they won despite trailing after two periods, surpassing their total from last season. Eichel and Larsson scored less than four minutes apart to tie the score, and Skinner scored on the power play after the Kings took back-to-back penalties near the end of regulation. Linus Ullmark, making his third consecutive start, stopped 26 of 29 shots.' … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Sabres 4, Kings 3, OT

'Housley had Tage Thompson on the third line with Vladimir Sobotka and Jason Pominville, returned Kyle Okposo to the second line with Conor Sheary and Casey Mittelstadt and gave Rasmus Dahlin a chance at the point on the top power play with Rasmus Ristolainen.' … [Read more...] about Sabres need their silent scorers to start making some noise

'"It's good to see him back on the ice. He looked really good," said Housley. "We'll talk to the trainers after today and see where he is tomorrow. It was good to see him back battling. He looked like his old self back there. I'm sure he was glad to be back out on the ice after this little stint."' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: As Carter Hutton’s return looms, Cal Petersen might start for Kings

'"We’ve been pretty good at home this year and I think that that game might’ve been coming for a little bit," Okposo, an alternate captain, said. "That’s unacceptable. We’ve addressed it and we feel like we have a pretty good plan in place for how to deal with it and how we’re going to come out on Tuesday. We’ve just got to get back to being us and we’ve got to learn from that … [Read more...] about Sabres hopeful for turnaround following ‘tough conversations’ in team meeting

'The Sabres were 12-0-3 this season when scoring first and 10-0-2 when leading after one period. Meanwhile, Philadelphia had the eighth-fewest goals in the league, a minus-9 first-period goal differential and were without their second-leading scorer, center Sean Couturier.' … [Read more...] about Sabres coast through final two periods, allow six unanswered goals in 6-2 loss

'The Sabres now have five straight losses — and a growing laundry list of problems that were on full display during Saturday's 6-2 meltdown against Philadelphia in KeyBank Center.' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: An absolute stinker has Sabres suddenly facing stark problems

'"It’s tough," Sabres coach Phil Housley said when asked how difficult it was to not win for Ullmark. "He makes that huge save in the second period on the power play when we’re on the penalty kill. I just thought we didn’t check right to the end, and we sort of left them out there, especially the fourth, fifth and sixth goals. That was tough."' … [Read more...] about Ullmark given little help, makes 35 saves in Sabres’ defeat

'The Sabres were outshot, 40-30, and have not won since a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks at KeyBank Center on Nov. 27.' … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Flyers 6, Sabres 2

'The solution is very simple. Ten teams from each conference qualify, with teams 7-8-9-10 staging a play-in series for the right to get to the first round. I'm with Bettman that a one-game play-in like baseball would not be fair, but there's no reason you can't stage a best-of-three affair between teams 7-10 and teams 8-9.' … [Read more...] about Inside the NHL: With Seattle’s day coming, it’s time to fix the playoff format