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'The Sabres had been averaging 27 shots per game, but they blew by that with four minutes left in the second period. They had a 31-22 edge after two. They topped their season high of 38 when Ryan O'Reilly put a blast into Andersen's glove with 9:01 to play.' … [Read more...] about Quick hits: Maple Leafs 2, Sabres 1

'While Auston Matthews was handling two media scrums in Toronto on Tuesday, his linemate, William Nylander, created his own headline. The 20-year-old (and older brother of Sabres top draft choice Alexander Nylander, currently in Rochester) was named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for October, leading all rookies with seven assists and 11 points in nine games.' … [Read more...] about The new faces of the NHL take center ice when Matthews and the Leafs visit Buffalo

'While the Sabres have struggled at times to play well in front of their home crowd, the team has a seven-game winning streak against the Leafs in KeyBank Center. The Sabres are 17-1-1 against the Leafs in the last 19 games in Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Six things to know about the recent history between the Sabres and Leafs

'Larsson snapped a tie with 6:26 left Tuesday night to give the Sabres a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild in Xcel Energy Center. It was the 24-year-old's second game-winning goal in three games -- and his seventh in the last two seasons.' … [Read more...] about Larsson clutch again as Sabres grit out win over Wild

'"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