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'First-year Buffalo General Manager Jason Botterill is expected to trade pending unrestricted free agents Evander Kane and Benoit Pouliot prior to the deadline, and starting goalie/restricted free agent Robin Lehner is also a good bet to go.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Housley on alert for deadline as Sens’ trade pickups debut

'Derick Brassard scored the tying goal with 30.9 seconds left and goaltender Craig Anderson on the bench, and Mike Hoffman scored at 1:13 of overtime as the Sens overcame the Sabres, 3-2, Thursday night in Canadian Tire Centre.' … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Senators 3, Sabres 2 (OT)

'"I think it's just an opportunity to represent your country No. 1 and be in the Olympics No. 2. It's a great honor," Housley said. "I think it's just the experience of being around some veteran guys, seeing what they do, how they approach and how they prepare for the game in a short period of time. I think it will be a great experience for him."' … [Read more...] about Sabres Prospect Will Borgen soaking in Olympic experience

'The first season after the exiles of Tim Murray and Dan Bylsma has been an abject disaster.' … [Read more...] about Jerry Sullivan: Sabres’ Phil Housley an early candidate for the hot seat

'"Every game I play it's exciting for me. I don't even think I’m at 30 games yet so every night's exciting for me right now," said Baptiste, who played his 23rd NHL game on Tuesday. "I’m just fortunate enough to be playing with such great players. I'm just trying to play my best and work my hardest to stay in the lineup every night. I think I'm starting to earn a lot more of … [Read more...] about Another call-up for Baptiste means another opportunity to grow into his game

'The Sabres assistant captain has added his voice to the JustTellOne.org project, started 16 months ago by mental health and substance abuse prevention leaders across Western New York to let those struggling with mental illness know they're not alone.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Kyle Okposo lends support to mental health campaign

'The 5.2 average rating is still very strong for any National Hockey League team. Buffalo usually is near the top of the ratings, though bigger market teams have more viewers since a rating point in their markets is equal to thousands of more viewers.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ declining TV ratings further tested by Eichel injury

'The team that's gone through the motions too many times showed desire against the best squad in the NHL. Killing a long five-on-three was Exhibit A in Buffalo's 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.' … [Read more...] about Sabres have killer time in latest upset victory

'The Sabres put themselves out there plenty in this game to make plays. They're finally scoring and it's odd the goals are coming without Jack Eichel, which just shows you that maybe guys were standing around and watching the star too much and have now had to snap to it without him.' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Energy on the ice means a buzz in the stands

'"It's been hard to really get wins in the home building for me," Johnson said. "I've always had a lot of success at home no matter what year it's been, it's just this year has been a little different for me. It's nice to get the win for sure."' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Johnson, finally, gets a win at home

'The Lightning were 15-2-1 in the previous 18 meetings. They were on an 8-0-1 run in Buffalo, including six straight by a combined score of 19-5.' … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Sabres 5, Lightning 3

'The absent-minded play of the Buffalo Sabres' No. 1 defenseman left coach Phil Housley no choice but to yank Ristolainen from the ice during 5-on-5 situations for virtually the entire second period of Sunday's 5-4 loss to Colorado.' … [Read more...] about Rasmus Ristolainen’s struggles push Housley’s breaking point

'The Sabres put together their third straight four-goal game in Sunday's 5-4 loss to Colorado, a first this season. They've even climbed out of their seasonlong spot as the NHL's lowest-scoring team.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Fueled by special teams, offense keeps clicking

'Both players are freshman this season and were drafted by the Sabres in 2017 – Mittelstadt eighth overall and Weissbach in the seventh round, 192nd overall.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Prospects: Mittelstadt vs. Weissbach in Big Ten matchup

'Eichel missed seven weeks with the injury last season. Only eight weeks remain this year.' … [Read more...] about Loss of Eichel leaves holes in Sabres’ stats, confidence level