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'Cozens ended the game as the Sabre with the least amount of minutes played, but he's certainly making himself effective in his time on the ice. If his play now is any indication, Cozens could be in for a bright future in Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Three Observations: Cozens continues to impress, power play surges in win over Rangers

'Getting back to Hall, he had a night he’d rather forget. He was on the ice for both of the Rangers goals and on the second one, he backed off the point man K’Andre Miller, totally screened Ullmark and then went down on one knee and didn’t block the shot.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres lean on Linus Ullmark to beat the Rangers

'"We're permanently monitoring the group for physical and psychological fatigue. It's been a re-entry into a season that we've never ever experienced, so we need to be very close to it and monitor it on a daily basis. ... I feel the guys are doing a really good job at monitoring and managing their bodies. The minds are also being tested. We had a lot of games, as an example, … [Read more...] about Krueger: Mindset and spirit of the group is ‘in a really good place’

'The Sabres outshot Washington in the first period 16-9, but failed to beat Vitek Vanacek. Connor McMichael was called for the game's lone penalty in the opening stanza as well. Buffalo recorded two of their 16 first perios shots on goal while on the man advantage.' … [Read more...] about Special teams propel Sabres to victory over Washington

'Eichel still hasn’t scored a goal, but had numerous chances in this game firing eight shots on goal. Taylor Hall hit the post on penalty shot and had seven shots giving the Sabres two stars 15 of Buffalo’s 48 shots on goal.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Eichel’s shootout goal gives the Sabres a win in Washington

'Six games into the 2020-21 season, the success or failure of the power play has typically been the story of each game. In this edition, Buffalo converted on 3-of-5 chances, with defenseman Colin Miller and forward Victor Olofsson getting goals in the 2nd period and forward Eric Staal adding one in the 3rd.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Three Observations: Power play propels Sabres to win

'The blue and gold were losers, 4-3, by way of the shootout as they remain stuck on one win through five games of the 2020-21 season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres felled by Capitals in a shootout

'Dahlin, who played 10:08, was on the ice for two goals against and had two shots on goal. Tage Thompson sat the whole third period and in my opinion, is the likely man to come out of the lineup when Kyle Okposo returns on Sunday. Thompson played 8:34 with zeros across the board.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres fall again to Washington

'"Kevyn Adams would circle back, if he hasn't already, on Pierre-Luc Dubois in Columbus," Dreger said. "I know that you'll want to dissect this as breaking news, but I'll say this with 100% certainty - there are more teams who will and have inquired on the status of Pierre-Luc Dubois than there would those who haven't inquired. I wouldn't put Buffalo as a top-five likely [team] … [Read more...] about Reports: Sabres have inquired about Pierre-Luc Dubois from Blue Jackets

'The Sabres didn’t have Carter Hutton at practice on Thursday. He left Tuesday’s game after two periods due to a head injury. Hutton’s head went into the post after Brandon Montour pushed Ivan Provorov into his goaltender. Ralph Krueger said his goalie needs rest, “Carter is day-to-day and he won’t be on this trip and we’ll assess him when we get back because it’s important … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Hutton will miss at least two games with a head injury.

'"I had my worst pregame skate in my whole life, probably," Ullmark recalled. "Usually when these things sort of happen, with me, there's always been a common theme, and that's been that my dad has either been very sick or that something bad has happened back home. I sensed that something was wrong."' … [Read more...] about Ullmark opens up about absence from Sabres

'The teams traded chances for the majority of the opening period, ending with 11 shots apiece but there was no score to report. The biggest saves of the stanza came in succession from Philadelphia's Brian Elliott, who robbed a snake-bitten Jeff Skinner on consecutive high-danger opportunities in close.' … [Read more...] about Sabres blanked in Philadelphia

'Sabres shut out on the power play again: They score one game, then get shut on the next. Last night, the Sabres figured it out on the power play, but tonight, they once again got shut out on the man advantage for the 2nd time in their four games this season. The Sabres had three chances up a man and were only able to muster six shots on the power play, including just one shot … [Read more...] about Opinion: Three Observations: Sabres generate plenty of chances but drop second night in Philadelphia 3-0

'Between Hall, Jack Eichel, Eric Staal and Jeff Skinner they had 20 shots. They played a good game, but that makes three good games in a row and they won one of them and scored a total of one goal in the other two.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres fire 40 shots at Brian Elliott, but lose 3-0.

'"We really like the development already in Game 2 against Washington, but the offense went dry and we weren't able to use the chances that were there. We were pleased, as a coaching staff, that the group continued and persevered through that emotional stretch in the last couple of days of not getting that win. [We] really reacted and stayed with the game plan right through 60 … [Read more...] about Krueger: We have to ‘find that consistency’ and solidify our game