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'The Sabres have been in quarantine since Tuesday, so they have not been around each other in four days.' … [Read more...] about Cozens, Lazar added to NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list

'The Sabres have their facilities shut down through Monday, as Taylor Hall, Rasmus Ristolainen, Brandon Montour, Tobi Rieder and Jake McCabe all remain in the NHL's COVID-19 protocols.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ 2020-21 schedule revised by NHL

'Krueger, 61, is in his second year as head coach of the Sabres. He has his team out to a 4-4-2 start to the 2020-21 season, and has posted a 34-35-10 record in 79 games coached.' … [Read more...] about Sabres head coach Ralph Krueger tests positive for COVID-19

'The Minnesota Wild have also had their season paused, and are now up to seven players in the protocols. The team they played, the Colorado Avalanche, have two players in the league's protocols, including captain Gabe Landeskog.' … [Read more...] about Jake McCabe added to NHL’s COVID-19 list

'Among the notable changes that the league will implement is that players and coaches will not be allowed to arrive at games more than one hour and 45 minutes early. In addition, no meetings can happen at the arena and must be done virtually.' … [Read more...] about NHL adding new COVID-19 protocols for teams to follow

'TSN hockey insider Bob McKenzie reported on NBCSN that the Sabres believe playing New Jersey has led to them having to shutdown their season. They also believe that COVID-19 can be transmitted on the ice during games. NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says there's no evidence to support that.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Brandon Montour and Tobi Rieder are on the NHL COVID-19 protocols list

'The NHL clearly put the product ahead of the safety of its players. Of course they don’t want to postpone games, but player safety should be the No. 1 priority, and in this case it wasn’t.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres never should’ve played Devils last weekend

'That means at least two games against the New York Islanders and two games against the Boston Bruins have been postponed.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres season has been put on hold until at least Feb. 8 thanks to COVID-19 protocols

'“Watching some of the games before has been helping me be able to see things from up-top a little bit at least. Obviously nothing replaces playing, but getting to see the game and see the time and the space you have in certain areas and different things, especially after a while, I think has helped me in my first couple of games," Mittelstadt said after Monday's practice at … [Read more...] about Mittelstadt taking in everything he can this season in Buffalo

'This is the first time that Smith and Dea have been called up to the Sabres' taxi squad this season, as both players have spent the past couple of weeks preparing for the Amerks' season in Rochester. Smith was in Buffalo to take part in training camp before the 2020-21 season got started, while Dea was placed on waivers just before training camp and he did not take part in the … [Read more...] about Sabres call up C.J. Smith, J.S. Dea to taxi squad

'A little less than seven-minutes of game time later, New Jersey once again prohibited Buffalo to take any type of lead on the afternoon. The Devils took a 4-3 advantage on a very soft shot from the corner.' … [Read more...] about Devils flip the script on the Sabres

'Not only were the Devils able to control the pace of play, Natural Stat Trick gives the Devils a 22-11 advantage in high danger scoring chances at 5v5.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Three Observations: Sabres play catch-up with Devils, Ristolainen stars in new PP role

'Buffalo just had too many mental breakdowns and too many mistakes to beat a team that totally outworked them.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres get outworked and lose to New Jersey

'The back-and-forth affair tumbled back Buffalo's way, as it was their turn to string consecutive goals together. Later in the period with New Jersey's Smith in the box for hooking, Victor Olofsson got some time and space on his off-wing and fired a shot over the glove of a screened Scott Wedgewood in net.' … [Read more...] about Sabres get back in the win column against Devils

'Things that held the Sabres back in this game is veterans like Taylor Hall and Eric Staal took bad offensive zone penalties with Staal’s costing them a goal.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres use an Eichel shootout goal to beat New Jersey