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'Olofsson suffered the injury in the third period of Thursday night's 3-2 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers at KeyBank Center on the game-tying goal by Sam Reinhart. The Buffalo forward went to turn and make a pass to the point to defenseman Zach Bogosian when it appeared that he hit a rut in the ice and lost his balance. Upon replay, it looked like Olofsson got his right … [Read more...] about Olofsson out 5-6 weeks with a lower-body injury

'Just 1:09 into overtime, Eichel made his way into the Oilers' zone and picked up speed past the Edmonton defense. Before he could get a shot off, Oilers defenseman Oscar Klefbom hooked Eichel and the referees awarded the Buffalo captain a penalty shot.' … [Read more...] about Eichel’s overtime penalty shot lifts Buffalo to a 3-2 win over the Oilers

'The player that I really liked in this game was third star Zemgus Girgensons. He was a force in on the forecheck and even had two great scoring chances on Mike Smith that he created off the rush.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Eichel beats Edmonton on an overtime penalty shot

'As for Frolik, the 31-year-old comes to Buffalo after spending parts of the last five seasons in Calgary. In 319 games with the Flames, Frolik has racked up 63 goals and 82 assists for 145 points.' … [Read more...] about Sabres trade Scandella to Montreal; acquire Frolik from Calgary

'Olofsson had six goals and eight assists for 14 points in 14 games. Olofsson did not record a point in his final four games of December. Montreal’s Nick Suzuki had a goal and nine assists for 10 points.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Olofsson is NHL’s Rookie of the Month for December

'That score would hold through 40 minutes of up-and-down action as Buffalo maintained their one-goal advantage amidst the madness.' … [Read more...] about Sabres cough up 4-1 lead, fall 6-4 to Bolts

'It has been a roller coaster ride through the first three months of the year, with several peaks and valleys over Ralph Krueger’s first 41 games. Tonight followed that theme with the team jumping out to a 4-1 lead, only for Tampa Bay to score five unanswered goals.' … [Read more...] about Sabres still striving for consistency halfway through season

'"The guys are playing hard, and we've been extremely disappointed with the results as of late. But we're giving up very little defensively right now, and it's our offense that needs to get firing again. To play good defensively, you have to be physical and you have to be aggressive as a group. We have been that, but it's something that you can possibly build on in certain … [Read more...] about Krueger: ‘We’re giving up very little defensively right now; it’s our offense that needs to get firing again’

'The report to The Athletic mentions Rodrigues believes there is no future for him with the organization. Rodrigues will be scratched for winger Dalton Smith against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.' … [Read more...] about Report – Evan Rodrigues unhappy with his role, requesting a trade

'As of right now, Eichel is projected to reach the 50-goal mark for the first time in his career, and the first time in Sabres franchise history since Pat LaFontaine and Alexander Mogilny both scored 50 in the 1992-93 season. Eichel would also become the fifth player in franchise history to score 50 goals in a season.' … [Read more...] about Eichel named to the 2020 All-Star Game

'Smith has yet to play in a National Hockey League game in his eight-year career after being drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second round (34th overall) in the 2010 NHL Draft. In 400 professional hockey games between the AHL and the East Coast Hockey League, Smith has 36 goals, 41 assists, and 799 penalty minutes.' … [Read more...] about Sabres sign Dalton Smith to NHL contract

'Saturday's game against Florida is also '90s Night at the arena, where they will celebrate the teams of the 1990s, while welcoming back more than 20 Sabres alumni from the decade. Some of the alumni that will be in attendance includes Matthew Barnaby, Stu Barnes, Jay McKee, Michael Peca, Derek Plante, Rob Ray, Richard Smehlik, Pierre Turgeon, and Rhett Warrener.' … [Read more...] about Sabres announce time change for Saturday’s game against Florida

'After standing pat on their first three attempts to kill penalties against, the Sabres' special teams units allowed two goals in succession to Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk on both Boston powerplays. DeBrusk's tallies came just 18-seconds apart.' … [Read more...] about Sabres a goal short in Boston, fall 3-2 to Bruins

'Bills’ coach Sean McDermott wants nothing to do with moral victories, he doesn’t care about them. It seems like Ralph Krueger is fine with them and feels if they keep playing well, results will come. The problem is that they’re starting to get too far behind. Only three teams in the Eastern Conference have fewer points than the Sabres. That has to be unacceptable to Krueger … [Read more...] about The Sabres can’t be fine with moral victories

'Skinner has slumped in December, but so have many of his teammates. Ralph Krueger did a complete change to the lines during Saturday’s practice and he said they must move forward, “It’s definitely a setback as he was really feeling good of late too and it looked like he was on the verge of breaking out.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Skinner out three-to-four weeks with upper-body injury