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'Fans are convinced that Skinner is furious that he’s not playing on a line with Jack Eichel and is sorry he re-signed in Buffalo. Skinner has 11 goals in 28 games and is on a 32-goal pace. He said with a laugh, “I don’t think I’m really upset. I just want to win games, and everyone here wants to win games, including the coach. He puts out the best lineup that he thinks is … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Skinner is happy with his place in the lineup

'"He looked good today," he said. "Still haven't gotten the feedback from the medical team, but it looked like he was moving quite naturally. I think the prep to get him here has been successful, and we expect that he will be available here on this trip."' … [Read more...] about Rodrigues returns to practice on Tuesday

'"The 11 forwards has been interesting too. It's been difficult to match against us because we have a line with [Rasmus] Asplund and [Zemgus] Gigrensons that doesn't have anybody injected in there. Jack will play with them, you'll have [Jeff Skinner] in there, or other players so the opposition's coach has a little bit of trouble reading us. On the road this week, we might … [Read more...] about Krueger: It’s about playing within our principles and desired structure

'Jack Eichel extended his point streak to 10 games with a three point night, Johan Larsson has three assists, while Rasmus Asplund scored his first career NHL goal in a five goal blitzs of New Jersey in the first period.' … [Read more...] about Sabres beat down New Jersey, 7-1, on Founders’ Night at Key Bank Center

'Players are very particular about their sticks and Johansson thinks just that minor change has affected him, “I’ve changed the model a little bit, Bauer came out with a new model, but it’s the same curve and same stick otherwise, but it hasn’t felt right since then.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Johansson is not feeling comfortable with the puck

'Neither team was penalized in the third period, with the Sabres and Maple Leafs trading chances at both ends of the ice. Matthews had one last chance for Toronto before the end of regulation, but Marco Scandella was able to sweep the puck away from the goal line before it could cross the line.' … [Read more...] about Sabres fall 2-1 in Overtime to Toronto

'Jack Eichel had an assist and now has points in nine straight games scoring eight goals and eight assists for 16 points. Eichel has an assist in seven straight games. Other than Andersen, I thought Eichel was the second best player on the ice. He made some plays defensively that the best defensive forwards in the league would’ve been proud of.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres get three out of four points against Toronto

'Linus Ullmark was very good in goal for the Sabres once again, stopping 25 of 29 shots faced for his sixth win of the year.' … [Read more...] about Sabres hold off the Maple Leafs, 6-4

'The Sabres were up against arguably the worst goaltender in the NHL in Michael Hutchinson, yet five minutes into the second, they hadn’t scored on him. Toronto has no salary cap room for a decent backup goalie so they’re basically going with an AHL goaltender when Freddie Andersen needs a rest.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Eichel leads a come from behind win over Toronto

'With the game still tied 1-1 early in the third period, the Sabres' top line went to work. Two minutes had not yet gone by before Victor Olofsson buried the go-ahead goal. His ninth of the season flew by Rittich and gave Buffalo a 2-1 advantage. The goal extended Olofsson's point streak to five games; it too extended Jack Eichel's active point streak in the process. The … [Read more...] about Sabres fall in overtime, 3-2 to visiting Flames

'That’s four games in a row where the Sabres played very well in large parts of the game, but in the end they only picked up three out of eight points.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres lose in overtime to the floundering Flames

'"You're extremely disappointed about the actual action. I've liked our response when people know what's going on. When Olofsson got hit in Anaheim, there were five guys in a scrum. I like where our team is at, respecting each other, protecting each other. I can't tell you right now why something didn't happen, but I appreciate where our team toughness has been."' … [Read more...] about Botterill: “I appreciate where our team toughness has been”

'"I think everybody knows that we had a hot power play off the hop, and Victor Olofsson, on the back side, was a bit of a surprise. That's being eliminated, and we need to be better at finding options. We can't be happy with our power play production at all with the skill that we have. It will be a major focal point of the game today. We are self critical on it, and the guys … [Read more...] about Krueger: We can’t accept the results because of how well we’ve played

'It is not known how much time Dahlin will miss with his injury as the Sabres were off from practice on Tuesday. The team will meet on Wednesday morning before its matchup later that evening with the Calgary Flames at KeyBank Center.' … [Read more...] about NHL suspends Erik Cernak two games for hit on Dahlin

'Though the Sabres weathered the initial storm that was the Lightning powerplay to begin the period, things got mighty ugly with about eight-minutes gone.' … [Read more...] about Sabres struck by Lightning, fall 5-2 in Tampa Bay