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'Thursday night's back-and-forth contest rolled on into the final period of regulation, and with 8:29 gone it was Buffalo again taking a one-goal lead, 4-3. After fanning on a one-time opportunity, Victor Olofsson coralled his own rebound off the end boards and beat Saros for his 13th goal of his rookie campaign.' … [Read more...] about Sabres defeat the Predators 4-3 on ‘Aud Night’

'The Sabres went back and forth with Nashville on Thursday night, but, in my mind, they never really looked out of control.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres keep their streak going by beating Nashville

'While rocking the 1980s royal blue or white jerseys even for warmups would have made for an even better celebration, it is hard to complain with the job the organization did.' … [Read more...] about Sabres nail ‘Aud Night’ atmosphere at KeyBank Center

'The issue with trading Bogosian wouldn't have been his desire to be dealt. Bogosian has a $5.142 million cap hit. There are only 10 teams in the NHL that could take Bogosian's cap hit without sending salary back. Although, with this being the final year of his deal, it would be easier to convince a team to take the contract just until the end of the season.' … [Read more...] about Report: Bogosian has requested a trade

'Watching from above, it seems like, at times, McCabe is trying to do too much. He didn’t disagree with that, “There’s a lot of pressure in this job and we have high expectations in here. I have very high expectations for myself too, so when you’re not in the lineup, you’re pressing a little bit more or you’re thinking about it, but it’s all competition. Hopefully it’ll bring … [Read more...] about Sabres’ McCabe looking to get some consistency back into his game

'"We're about 11 games into a stretch where we've been pretty consistent with our game. We had that lull of about 10-11 games after our hot start where we were wandering in and out of our game, but we're quite pleased with the consistency and performance here. We're still going to have our off moments, and we're still going to have times where we need to improve on, but more … [Read more...] about Krueger: ‘We’re quite pleased with the consistency and performance here’

'The Sabres got the joint rocking about as early as possible. With just 18-seconds gone in the game, Sam Reinhart got a puck past Blues' netminder Jake Allen to give Buffalo a 1-0 lead. It was Reinhart's 12th goal of the season, with help from Victor Olofsson and Brandon Montour.' … [Read more...] about Sabres dominate Blues 5-2

'Dahlin had struggled for most of the season, but the four games before he got hurt were better games. He said he tried to use this time watching the game to his advantage, “The first game I was sitting in the press box and it was my second game watching live, so it was pretty weird, but this stretch has been really helpful for me. I’ve learned a lot from watching the game and … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Dahlin is getting closer to playing

'Eichel had a productive week for the Sabres in four games played, scoring two goals and picking up five assists for seven points. He was also able to extend his career-long 13-game point streak on Sunday with an assist on Colin Miller's overtime goal against the Edmonton Oilers. The 23-year-old is only five games away from matching the Sabres' franchise record of 18 games set … [Read more...] about Eichel named as NHL’s ‘Third Star’ of the week

'The 3rd period saw its chances for both teams, but it was Linus Ullmark who came up big making a huge save on Connor McDavid late in the period to keep the Sabres in it. The two teams survived and got a point in overtime, but it was the Sabres who came away with 2, as Marcus Johansson found Colin Miller open to score his first as a Sabre as well as his first over overtime … [Read more...] about Sabres survive OT, beat Oilers 3-2

'Eichel has 10 points in eight games against McDavid while McDavid has eight points in eight games against Eichel.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Colin Miller steps up to give the Sabres a .500 road trip

'The Sabres were able to force overtime with a late goal from forward Marcus Johansson with 58.5 seconds to go in regulation to tie the game at 5-5. However, it was Canucks forward J.T. Miller who ended the game with 1:39 to go in the overtime with a power play goal over the glove of Sabres goalie Carter Hutton.' … [Read more...] about Sabres force overtime, but fall 6-5 to the Canucks

'Carter Hutton started the season 6-0-0 and has lost nine straight since. He had another rough outing in Vancouver and in those nine losses, has a goals against of 3.98 and a save percentage of .875.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres comeback fell short in overtime

'The Sabres' struggles continued into the third period, as the Flames ran the score to 4-1 just four minutes in. On a broken play, Calgary found themselves with a 3-on-1 chance in front of Ullmark. Forwards Dillon Dube and Derek Ryan freed up some space in front with quick passes, and found an uncovered Milan Lucic in front of the Buffalo net. Lucic deposited his first goal … [Read more...] about Flames hold on to beat Sabres 4-3

'The Sabres played for maybe 25 minutes at the most in this game and were lucky it was close. Trailing 4-1 late in the game, Buffalo woke up and charged the Calgary net. Jake McCabe and Jack Eichel scored 1:56 apart on David Rittich to make it look respectable.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres special teams gets them beaten again