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'The Sabres revealed news of Ray’s induction with a video message from former goaltenders Ryan Miller and Dominik Hasek, the two most recent inductees into the Sabres Hall of Fame, which played during the first period of the team’s game against Florida on Saturday.' … [Read more...] about Rob Ray to be inducted into Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame

'Jordan Greenway and Owen Power took maintenance days, though Greenway did skate prior to the start of practice. Power led the Sabres in ice time on Thursday (24:04) and had three blocked shots. Greenway skated 15:21, including 4:13 shorthanded.' … [Read more...] about Practice Report | News and notes from Friday’s skate at KeyBank Center

'“There’s so much good stuff and I’m about to sit here and be pissed off about the end of the game,” Ruff said. “We feel we’ve got guys that are going to convert. Just a little bit snake bit right now.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres generate chances but fall to Kings in home opener

'JJ Peterka and Zach Benson were back on the ice for practice with the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Wednesday, the first session for both forwards since they sustained injuries during the team’s NHL Global Series games in Prague, Czechia last week.' … [Read more...] about Practice Report | Lineup news and injury updates ahead of the home opener

'“I haven’t been through a hockey season yet. We’re going to spend this first month evaluating everything. We’re going to continue to listen to fan feedback. We’re going to get on the road and go to other buildings and bring back as many great ideas as we can.”' … [Read more...] about Revamped concessions, KeyBank Center upgrades to debut with Thursday’s Home Opener

'The Sabres went 0-for-6 with the extra man during their two losses to the New Jersey Devils in Prague, Czechia last week and lost a pair of members of their power-play units to injuries in Zach Benson (lower body) and JJ Peterka.' … [Read more...] about Practice Report | Sabres return home with focus on power-play improvement

'The moves reduce the Sabres’ roster to the requisite 23 players ahead of Thursday’s home opener against the Los Angeles Kings. The team had been permitted to carry extra players during its trip to Europe for the NHL Global Series.' … [Read more...] about Injuries and transactions | Clague, Rousek loaned to Amerks; Aube-Kubel placed on IR

'The Sabres fell 3-1 to the New Jersey Devils in their NHL Global Series finale at O2 Arena, a game that started with forwards Zach Benson and Nicolas Aube-Kubel unavailable due to lower-body injuries and saw JJ Peterka exit early with a concussion.' … [Read more...] about ‘You have to move on’ | Sabres return home following loss to Devils

'“This is how close our league is,” Ruff said. “You either take advantage of some of those early opportunities and you get a team down, or you don’t. They took advantage. You’ve got to give them a lot of credit. They took advantage of a couple of those early opportunities.”' … [Read more...] about Early chances make the difference in season-opening loss to Devils

'“I really feel that we’ve checked all the boxes,” Ruff said. “We got the number of practices in that we need. We worked on a lot of system, worked on a lot of structure. We’ve talked about the mentality of all parts of a game, whether you’re leading, whether you’re leading late, how we want to start games. So, we’ve gotten to almost every piece of the game in detail whether … [Read more...] about ‘We’ve checked all the boxes’ | Sights and sounds from the Sabres’ final practice in Prague

'Sam Lafferty has found a home centering Beck Malenstyn and Nicolas Aube-Kubel since the very first day of training camp, a union of three newcomers brought in to Buffalo this summer for their high-energy skating and fierce physicality.' … [Read more...] about Day 12 Notebook | Catching up with Sam Lafferty and more notes from Prague

'The Buffalo Sabres have announced that the following players have cleared waivers and have been assigned to the Rochester Americans (AHL)...'. … [Read more...] about Dunne, Jobst, Murray, Poolman, Rathbone and Sandstrom clear waivers

'The Buffalo Sabres have announced the following roster moves...'. … [Read more...] about Buffalo Sabres loan 10 to Rochester, release 9 from PTO, assign 1 to junior

'“Once I got traded back then to Edmonton, I still was a Sabres fan, and that was always my second home,” Kotalik said by phone Monday.' … [Read more...] about Q&A | Ales Kotalik talks love for Buffalo, ’05-’06 and more

'“I want you to enjoy coming here every day,” Ruff told them. “You might say after tomorrow, ‘Woah, that was hard.’ And the next day you might say, ‘Woah, boy, was even harder.’ But I’ll tell you what, when we get to Day 9, Day 10, it’ll seem easy."' … [Read more...] about Day 11 Notebook | Sabres arrive in Prague, shift focus to regular season