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'“I feel like right now it’s like it’s two different teams out there,” Buffalo center Dylan Cozens said. “We play a completely different way when we’re down and that’s how we need to play right off the bat. We need to play like we’re desperate right off the bat before we get down two goals because it’s tough to come back from that. We’ve been doing that a lot lately, getting … [Read more...] about Saros makes 34 saves, Predators shut down Sabres

'“I think we definitely play way too soft,” Buffalo forward Dylan Cozens said. “We’re too easy to play against. … I feel like we don’t kill plays, we kind of get bullied and stuff. We need to be way harder to play against. We’re way too easy to play against right now.”' … [Read more...] about Aho scores 2, Hurricanes ease past Sabres to push point streak to 4

'Rasmus Dahlin, Peyton Krebs and Zach Benson each had a goal and an assist for the Sabres (10-11-2), who were 3-1-1 their previous five games. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen allowed six goals on 20 shots after allowing a total of five in his previous three starts.' … [Read more...] about Blues recover, score 6 to defeat Sabres

'"Just kind of getting ourselves into a spot where this felt like the right time," general manager Kevyn Adams said Wednesday. "We also look ahead at the schedule and it's in a situation for Devon where maybe he's going to get in a game a week or something like that and then we really aren't going to have much practice time in December. So, this is all part of the process."' … [Read more...] about Sabres hopeful Levi can fine-tune game in AHL

'Mittelstadt had a goal and two assists, JJ Peterka and Kyle Okposo scored and Owen Power and Victor Olofsson had two assists for Buffalo (10-10-2), which is 3-1-1 in its past five games.' … [Read more...] about Tuch scores twice, Sabres cruise past streaking Rangers

'The Devils outshot the Sabres 38-12, including 18-3 in the first period.' … [Read more...] about Hischier has 2 points in return, Devils cruise past Sabres to end skid

'“We just wanted to play our game,” Buffalo captain Kyle Okposo said. “I talked about it before, we just haven’t played our game. It’s just pressure, pressure, pressure, go, go, go. A lot of times when we do that, we stop thinking and a lot of goals end up on the highlight film. That’s what we had for a long time, but we haven’t really had that this year. I thought that we just … [Read more...] about Sabres use 3 straight goals in 3rd to rally past Penguins

'“You’d like to have had a bigger lead,” Buffalo coach Don Granato said. “You know teams are coming at you hard. It’s just the way it is. We had our chances to create some greater separation, but I don’t feel like it slipped. We had chances. Even in overtime, we had some good chances.”' … [Read more...] about Strome scores with 8 seconds left in OT to lift Capitals past Sabres

'“We found a way to win,” Dahlin said. “It wasn’t pretty, but we found a way to win. That’s what I take away from this game. We had a lot of chances, actually. It was a lot to learn today, but we found a way to win.”' … [Read more...] about Dahlin has 3 points, Sabres edge Blackhawks to end 3-game skid

'"The third period, I will say for me, was the culmination of everything to this point of the year, and our guys finally decided to wake up and compete harder instead of waiting,” Buffalo coach Don Granato said. “I like the way they responded.”' … [Read more...] about Perfetti scores in 5th straight game, Jets top Sabres

'"It's more week to week," Sabres coach Don Granato said Wednesday. "I don't have the target date for him yet, but I think I mentioned this morning we don't expect it to be two months. ... It should be less than that."' … [Read more...] about Thompson out week to week for Sabres with upper-body injury

'Buffalo center Tage Thompson left the game at 11:05 of the second period with an upper-body injury and did not return. He missed the final 16 minutes of the first period with a lower-body injury but returned for the second.' … [Read more...] about Pastrnak has 3 points in Bruins win against Sabres

'The Sabres celebrated Kyle Okposo’s 1,000th NHL game on Tuesday against the Boston Bruins, bringing out everything from T-shirts to jersey patches to honor the forward.' … [Read more...] about Sabres celebrate Okposo’s 1,000th NHL game

'Thompson, a center, blocked a shot from Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy in the second period while the Sabres were on the penalty kill. He remained hunched over in the defensive zone but tried to play through it before leaving the game at 11:05 once the puck cleared the zone.' … [Read more...] about Thompson to miss ‘significant time’ for Sabres with upper-body injury

'"Simplifying is easy to say, a little more challenging for us to execute,” Buffalo coach Don Granato said. “We could've executed things a little more simple, more direct. When the puck's going to the net, get there, get more traffic there. Anticipate or read that as a group. There were moments that we did, but not consistently enough. You don't score, you don't win."' … [Read more...] about Jarry makes 35 saves, Penguins shut out Sabres for 4th straight win