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'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

'On the power play you would think the Sabres would be up and ready to go. They’re only down a goal and are pressing and skating well. Forget the fact they are 1-for-31 lately on the power play, just show desperation and take the game back. What happened instead were careless passes and a team that played like a losing team. Cedric Paquette scored a shorthanded goal on a … [Read more...] about The Sabres implode in Tampa Bay

'The Sabres found themselves down a man early in the 3rd period and it helped the Panthers bring things within two goals again. Brett Connolly had a nice pass fed from Aaron Ekblad and he was able to get it by Linus Ullmark to make it 4-2 Buffalo. The Sabres would regain their three goal lead later in the period off a nice breakout from Jimmy Vesey. He found Zemgus Girgensons … [Read more...] about Sabres defeat Panthers 5-2 in Florida

'The Sabres were certainly opportunistic in Florida, but they needed Linus Ullmark to stand on his head and make 43 saves to get the win.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Ullmark steals the show in Florida

'Taylor will resume being the Amerks head coach next week.' … [Read more...] about Chris Taylor is going back to being the head coach in Rochester

'With the Sabres activating defenseman Zach Bogosian from injured reserve on Thursday, the Sabres are in need of a move to create some roster space for the veteran blue liner. Bogosian is finally ready to return to action after undergoing offseason hip surgery and suffering a setback during the summer.' … [Read more...] about Sabres place Gilmour on waivers

'"The problem that Botterill and other general managers who are also interested in making trades are having right now is that so many teams have players on long-term [injured reserve] that that gums things up from a cap perspective. Not just from a Buffalo's standpoint. But with a team that you're dealing with, it gets really snarly. I think there are 10, maybe 12 who are in … [Read more...] about Dreger: Botterill is ‘open to just about anything’ to acquire forward help

'The biggest save of the game was made by Rask on Evan Rodrigues partway through the third period. The B's netminder was able to use his blocker to lunge and knock down the Rodrigues shot on goal. At the time, the save kept the score 3-1 in favor of the home team. Buffalo had several chances to tie the score, but failed to get the game-tying goal before the end of regulation.' … [Read more...] about Sabres fall to Boston 3-2

'Buffalo was playing well, but went into the third period trailing by a goal. One of your veteran players and alternate captains in Jake McCabe can’t take a penalty 32 seconds into the third period. You know what happens when you do that in Boston? Pastrnak scores his 20th and puts the game away.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres played their very best, but get no points in Boston