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'Buffalo doesn't play again until Thursday in the arena against Carolina.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres send Lawrence Pilut back to Rochester

'The Sabres opened the 3rd period strong with Victor Olofsson getting his first career even-strength goal on his own rebound. Olofsson stuck with the play a slammed a rebound past McElhinney through his legs. The Lightning were able to answer back, as Yanni Gourde got his second goal of his European road trip to give the Lightning back their two-goal-lead. That turned to three … [Read more...] about Sabres come up short to the Lightning, 5-3 in Sweden

'For much of this game, the Sabres can be proud of their 5-on-5 play. They had possession and had glorious chances. There was a lot of effort and it showed, but it’s the attention to detail that I think failed them. Too many people left in front of their net, not enough bodies in front of the enemy net, they lose too many faceoffs which denies them possession. All that has led … [Read more...] about The Sabres leave Sweden with no points

'The third period was similar to the second period. The Sabres were outplayed, with much of the play being in the Sabres' defensive zone. Sam Reinhart scored his second goal of the night on a nice shot from the facoff circle, but it was not enough in the end.' … [Read more...] about Sabres fall to the Lightning 3-2 in Sweden

'One player that did come to play was Sam Reinhart. He was in the dirty area to tip in a Rasmus Ristolainen shot, he hit the crossbar after he saw an open corner over Andrei Vasilevskiy’s shoulder and then scored Buffalo second goal using good work and a screen from Victor Olofsson.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres need more urgency to win

'Because of injuries, Dahlin has never gotten a chance to play in the Ericsson Globe. He said it’s the premier rink in his country, “It’s like Madison Square Garden. It’s powerful and when you go and play there, you’re super excited.”' … [Read more...] about Two games in Sweden will mean a lot to hockey in that country

'The Sabres need three goalies to go to Sweden, so Andrew Hammond will travel with the team.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres make some roster moves

'The Sabres brought it in the third and couldn't find an answer to the Islanders' clogging defense. The Islanders took a too many men penalty early in the period but the Sabres couldn't capitalize.' … [Read more...] about Sabres blanked 1-0 by Islanders

'It certainly wasn’t perfect for the Sabres, but it was much better than in Washington. If the Sabres were to play like that every night, they’d win more than they’d lose. Krueger still thinks improvement is needed, “We’re still slightly off, but moving in the right direction.” … [Read more...] about The Sabres have now lost three straight

'It was all Capitals early and often in this one. The scoring started just over six-minutes into the opening period, and did not stop until there were four goals past Linus Ullmark and the Sabres' defense.' … [Read more...] about Sabres fall in Washington, 6-1 to Capitals

'The Sabres have only scored seven goals in their last four games which is why they’ve lost three out of four.' … [Read more...] about It took just 4:27 to put the Sabres out of the game in Washington

'Olofsson scored all six goals he had in the month in his first seven games. All six goals were also scored on the power play. He does not have a 5-on-5 goal in his brief NHL career.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Olofsson is the NHL’s Rookie of the Month

'On Thursday, Vesey worked in on his old line with Casey Mittelstadt, Conor Sheary and Evan Rodrigues. He said it was nice to be out there, “It felt good. I don’t think any of us likes to be missing time and watching the games, so it felt good to be out there with the team.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Vesey getting close to an early return

'“If I play back-to-back, it’s hockey. The first little bit here is going to be an adjustment because skating by yourself is a little different than playing in a hockey game, but if I play one or I play both, it’s up to these guys.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Montour should return this weekend

'"13 [games] in 24 [days] to start the season, we all looked at that with serious respect. We were wondering how we were going to manage that, and I'm so pleased with the work off the ice the players have been doing and how we've been able to leave out quite a few normal ice practices; whether it's pre-game on game days or other days where we need to do things off-ice to keep … [Read more...] about Krueger: October was a confirmation of how we want to play