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'James, the first U.S.-born Black player to reach the NHL when he joined the Sabres in 1982, appeared in parts of five seasons in Rochester. He helped the Amerks to four trips to the Calder Cup playoffs, including the American Hockey League title in 1983.' … [Read more...] about Jason Pominville, Val James chosen for Rochester Americans’ hall of fame

'In a season that has badly boomeranged the wrong way, the Sabres are 7-11 and have dropped eight consecutive games – seven by multiple goals. They would have the longest losing streak in the NHL this season if they don't beat Montreal on Tuesday night in Bell Centre.' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Are the Sabres only going to give us 10 fun games? Losing streak has to be stopped. Now.

'"When we got off to a slow start, there's a lot of people walking on eggshells and whatnot," Jost said of the Wild. "And I can't use it as an excuse, but definitely your confidence kind of lacks a little bit you're not going to be the player that you can be. So I want to get back to the game that I was playing in preseason: I felt really good and I was in a rhythm, wasn't … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Waiver claim Tyson Jost looking to find the rhythm he missed in Minnesota

'The Sabres had dominated the Leafs in three straight victories over Toronto late last season, including their 5-2 win at the NHL Heritage Classic outdoors at Tim Horton's Field in Hamilton. But this game was dramatically different, as the Leafs were better in every area. William Nylander scored two goals to lead the Toronto offense and Mitch Marner set up two others to extend … [Read more...] about Observations: It’s crazy eights for Sabres as Leafs hand Buffalo its latest loss

'So with that 7-3 start quickly a fading memory, you're already seeing the social media chatter and getting questions from fans wondering if we're back to Tank Time.' … [Read more...] about Inside the NHL: Lots of teams have losing streaks. It doesn’t mean the Sabres should try tanking again

'This is the opportunity Luukkonen has been working toward since a lower-body injury abruptly ended his stint with the Sabres last January. He toiled away this summer in Finland to physically prepare for the grind of a season. His body-fat percentage was slashed, improving his agility and movements in goal.' … [Read more...] about Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen wants to ‘again’ prove he can help the Sabres in goal

'Now 11 years into a league-record playoff drought, the Sabres are 7-10. Their top players are performing; their inexperienced ones, particularly at forward, aren’t. Those issues, combined with injuries on defense, have led to a negative-16 goal differential during the skid.' … [Read more...] about Sliding Sabres suffering from inexperience, injuries, 5-on-5 struggles

'It is expected that the Sabres will call up Rochester goalie prospect Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (6-3, 3.07/.898) to replace Comrie, who gave way Wednesday to veteran Craig Anderson. Comrie stopped 22 of 24 shots, and Anderson stopped 14 of 15. Anderson was honored with a first-period video presentation and a standing ovation from the generously announced Canadian Tire Centre crowd … [Read more...] about Observations: Sabres’ skid hits seven as goalie Eric Comrie is injured in loss to Senators

'The schedule got easier Tuesday night. The Buffalo Sabres got worse.' … [Read more...] about Observations: Sabres stumble again as Canucks hand Buffalo its sixth straight defeat

'Samuelsson suffered a right knee injury during Buffalo's Oct. 22 win at Vancouver and Tuesday's game is his 11th out of the lineup. The injury came during a collision in the corner at Rogers Arena and initially looked as if it could have caused major damage and perhaps even been season-ending.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Mattias Samuelsson joins morning skate, although return remains uncertain

'“I think I think just being more hungry,” he said. “Hungry to score more, hungry to win, hungry to be better in the D zone. Just trying to out-compete other guys that I'm lining up against. I'm going against other (teams') best D pairs and I just want to be better than them."' … [Read more...] about Tage Thompson still ‘hungry’ to score more, defend better to help Sabres win

'Defenseman Henri Jokiharju was cleared to return to the lineup and expects to play when Vancouver is in Buffalo or when the Sabres face the Ottawa Senators on the road Wednesday night. Mattias Samuelsson has also progressed in rehab skates as he works his way back from a lower-body injury and might rejoin the Sabres for practice sometime this week.' … [Read more...] about Sabres notebook: Henri Jokiharju, Mattias Samuelsson closer to returning

'It's easy to enter that revisionist history now, given how well Ullmark has played in helping the Bruins to the top of the Atlantic Division. Refresher: The Sabres were breaking up the band of their 31st-place team in 2021 and weren't willing to go four years and $20 million for Ullmark, who was good here but had injury troubles and never played more than 37 games in a … [Read more...] about Inside the NHL: Linus Ullmark piling up the numbers in Bruins’ goal

'The Sabres were left wondering what could have been. They held a one-goal lead over the Atlantic Division’s first-place Boston Bruins for over 32 minutes in front of a sold-out crowd, and there was an opportunity to earn at least a point with a strong third period.' … [Read more...] about Observations: Sabres drop fifth straight, show they’re ‘still learning’ in loss to Bruins

'Playoffs? The Sabres don't know what those are, of course, and you can't remotely think about them in November. But you were allowed to dream just a smidgen when the Sabres got through 10 games in second in the Atlantic Division and fifth in the NHL's overall standing.' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: It’s been a goofy week in Buffalo sports, and not just on the scoreboards