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'Including Gilmour, Buffalo has nine defensemen on the roster. Zach Bogosian, who had offseason hip surgery, is close to making his season debut.' … [Read more...] about Sabres place Gilmour on waivers

'"That's the type of game we have to play if we want to win games," Rodrigues said. "We did it early on and we've gotten away from it. We played with urgency, we played on our toes, we pressured the puck. We've been letting teams kind of come at us of late and we have to take it to teams."' … [Read more...] about Disappointed with result, Sabres see areas to build on in loss to Bruins

'However, Tukka Rask was strong in net for Boston, stopping 36 shots. Brad Marchand scored twice for Boston, including a power-play goal of his own. David Pastrnak, the NHL's leader in goals, tallied early in the third period while on the power play for his 20th of the season. That goal proved to be the difference.' … [Read more...] about At the Horn: Sabres 2 – Bruins 3

'Larsson has missed the past three games with an upper-body injury, but is expected to make the trip that includes games against the Bruins, Panthers and Lightning. He's one of five forwards on the injury report, including Marcus Johansson, who could be back with the team this week.' … [Read more...] about Sabres may try some different looks at forward on road trip

'"What Jack did there was a sign of leadership, was a sign of passion and a willingness to change this," Sabres coach Ralph Krueger said afterward. "We have to get that right through our lineup, and everybody just build on that."' … [Read more...] about Sabres unable to overcome early deficit in loss to Wild

'The Sabres fell into an early hole when the Wild scores twice in the first period. First Zach Parise converted off a neutral zone turnover at the 7:14 mark and then tipped in a goal on the power play with 2.8 seconds left in the period to make it 2-0.' … [Read more...] about At the Horn: Wild 4 – Sabres 1

'"We understand that we're going to face some injuries on defense here and we want to make sure we have that capability," Botterill said. "Those are things that we continue to look at, to see if there's a mix with another team that we can maybe add to our group at forward, but we also really like the way we've tried to build up our defense in the last couple years here."' … [Read more...] about Botterill says team is weighing forward options, updates injuries

'The injury bug has bitten often since the beginning of November, and it continued Tuesday. The team announced that Kyle Okposo sustained a concussion in Saturday's game against Ottawa and is out indefinitely, while Tage Thompson - who was recalled to replace Okposo - is expected to miss three to five weeks after sustaining an upper-body injury on his final shift last night.' … [Read more...] about Injury bug bites again as Thompson expected to miss 3-5 weeks

'"I thought the second goal really took the wind out of our sails. On a back-to-back, I think you really have to make sure you keep the momentum and the energy going in a good way … they jumped on that opportunity and we seemed to break down with too many penalties and lost control of the game."' … [Read more...] about Offensive chances come up short in loss to Blackhawks

'For the Blackhawks, Kirby Dach scored twice while Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews also lit the lamp to give Chicago a sizable lead. The Blackhawks have now won 10 games in a row against the Sabres at United Center with Buffalo's last win coming on Jan. 10, 2007.' … [Read more...] about At the Horn: Sabres 1 – Blackhawks 4

'Forward Kyle Okposo left the team's win over Ottawa on Saturday with 10:35 remaining in the second period. The Sabres entered that game without a trio of forwards in Vladimir Sobotka (out four to six weeks), Marcus Johansson (out through the weekend), and Johan Larsson (day-to-day).' … [Read more...] about Sabres recall Thompson from Amerks

'The last time a Sabres player scored four goals was back on April 10, 2010 against the Senators. Eichel became the seventh player in Sabres history to score at least four goals in a game. Rick Martin (four times), Dave Andreychuk (three times), Alexander Mogilny (twice), Lindy Ruff, Miroslav Satan, and Vanek are the other Sabres to accomplish the feat.' … [Read more...] about Eichel’s 4-goal game lifts Sabres over Senators

'Sam Reinhart tallied a pair of assists and Linus Ullmark made 21 saves for the Sabres, who snapped a six-game winless streak.' … [Read more...] about At the Horn: Senators 2 – Sabres 4

'"He texted me pretty early this morning that he was coming up," Olofsson said after practice on Friday. "It's fun. I'm really happy for him. I think he really deserves it. He's been working very hard for a long time and I'm really happy he's here."' … [Read more...] about Asplund joins Sabres with Larsson day-to-day

'Asplund, drafted by Buffalo in the second round (33rd overall) of the 2016 NHL Draft, is in the midst of his second full season with the Amerks, where he's posted 49 points (11+38) in 88 career AHL games.' … [Read more...] about Sabres recall Asplund from Amerks