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'"The past few seasons that's kind of been my focus," Grant said. "Play defense and kill penalties, which is something I take a lot of pride in. It starts with faceoffs and for me I want to get involved early in plays. Take the draw, get in the lanes where the pucks are. When you're a man down, you've got to move and work even harder. It's something I've really worked on."' … [Read more...] about Grant taking key role on Sabres’ penalty kill

'Buffalo improved to 7-3 here while last week's win by Wild pushed their advantage over the Sabres in Buffalo to 8-2.' … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: Sabres 2, Wild 1

'Starting with Tuesday's game against the Minnesota Wild in Xcel Energy Center, Buffalo has seven games in the first 12 days of November and 14 games overall this month. From now to Thanksgiving, there is just one time when the Sabres have more than two days in a row off.' … [Read more...] about Sabres prep for challenge of a busy November

'The Wild skated with just 14 players, four under what would dress in a normal game. Two players were returned to the minor leagues after Saturday's 4-0 win over Dallas to save some cap space, former Sabre Chris Stewart had the flu and former Buffalo/Rochester winger Zac Dalpe underwent knee surgery Monday, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.' … [Read more...] about Red-hot Wild dealing with cap, injury woes

'He also said he felt Kane was treated fairly, like any other person facing similar charges. He chalked up Kane’s public handcuffing when he was arrested on the noncriminal charges as the actions of “one police officer,” and not indicative of anything else.' … [Read more...] about Evander Kane charges from bar incident heading to dismissal

'Closing October with a 3-3-2 record puts quite a different narrative for now on a season being played without Jack Eichel and Evander Kane.' … [Read more...] about With season at early crisis point, Sabres respond

'"I felt good. I started to lose my breath a little bit in the end but that's to be expected after a week," said Lehner, who made 16 saves in the third period. "We've had two very solid performances back to back. We've got to learn from this and keep seeing where we're getting success."' … [Read more...] about Lehner is sharp in return to crease

'After opening the season 1-3-2, the Sabres got back to .500 with two wins in 24 hours. Kyle Okposo led the way in this one by scoring two goals and Robin Lehner returned to the net after 10 days out of the lineup due to the flu and made 37 saves in goal. Winnipeg a 38-28 edge, including 18-8 in the third period.' … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: Sabres 3, Jets 1

'After starting 0-2 in KeyBank Center as part of a depressing drought that saw Buffalo win just 43 of 125 home games, the players came together at center ice after the final buzzer and saluted the crowd of 18,261.' … [Read more...] about Sabres check important boxes in needed victory

'"That’s always nice but I think the most important part is the two points we got," Nilsson said. "That was huge for us and means a lot for our confidence."' … [Read more...] about Nilsson picks up his second career shutout

'The Sabres hung the loss on Luongo, the Panthers goaltender who had thrived against Buffalo. He was 9-1 with four shutouts in the previous 10 appearances.' … [Read more...] about Quick hits: Sabres 3, Panthers 0

'The Sabres have won 43 of their last 125 home games. The abysmal record since the start of the 2013-14 season is the worst in the NHL.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ start at home a major boo-boo

'“This is where I started my career, so nothing but good things to say about the organization,” Pysyk said after practice. “It was a little bit weird, but it’s good to be back.”' … [Read more...] about Pysyk is back; Eichel sheds walking boot

'“I love the game or else I wouldn’t be here,” Simonick said Thursday as he prepared for Game No. 3,503. “We’ll be doing this when I get to 4,000.”' … [Read more...] about Simonick still letting it rip

'“I was thinking about when I first started refereeing, and my mom would drop me off at Holiday Twin Rinks,” Nowak said by telephone. “I didn’t even get paid in cash. I’d referee from 8 to 4, and then I would get picked up. And then all of a sudden, boom, here we are, 1,500 games. I don’t know. It just happened.”' … [Read more...] about Linesman Nowak takes road from Buffalo to 1,500 NHL games