WGR

'Sheary capped off a frenetic overtime period with his second goal of the night after Pittsburgh turned the puck over in their own zone. The play was reviewed for offside, but was confirmed as a good goal to give Buffalo the 4-3 win.' … [Read more...] about Sheary sends Sabres to 4-3 overtime win against Pittsburgh

'Sheary wasn't done because with just 49 seconds left in overtime, he came off the bench and took a screened shot that eluded Murray. Right before the game-winning goal, Evgeni Malkin had hit the post behind Ullmark.' … [Read more...] about Conor Sheary has a huge game to beat his old team

'"It's obviously huge to have a game like that. It goes to show you, in that third period, what type of team we have here. There's a lot of confidence and it was nice to see."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Penguins

'On the possibility of trading Jeff Skinner: "The deadline never came into play. Both sides are working to get a deal done here. There's never been threats or anything like that."' … [Read more...] about Jason Botterill looking for more competition for Ristolainen’s minutes

'Brandon Montour participated in his first practice with his new team. The kid spent his first two days with the Sabres basically functioning on no sleep. He had Wednesday off and now he’s getting back to normal, “I got a little bit of sleep, the day off was nice. I got a rental car, went to the mall and got a few things for the winter."' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Montour gets his first practice with his new team

'It's cruel sometimes to play the what if game and you'll often hear coaches/executives say that you can't do it. Actually you can, and it's one of the only ways to judge how a general manager is doing in his job. What if Tim Murray didn't try to rush his team to contention? Where did those waves of prospects go? The Sabres are still searching to replace the roster depth that … [Read more...] about Sabres still paying for the sins of Tim Murray

'The third period saw an unfortunate moment for new Sabres defenseman Brandon Montour, who whiffed on a one-timer and the Flyers went back the other way on an odd man rush to pad their lead to 4-2. Travis Sanheim was the goal scorer who entered the play as the trailer to take advantage of the odd man rush. Claude Giroux would salt the game away with an empty netter to end the … [Read more...] about Sabres fall to the Flyers, 5-2, fall to 11th in the East

'Overall I liked his game. Montour played 23 shifts for 18:11.He played 2:10 on the power play and 1:11 on the penalty kill.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Montour and a decent debut

'"I think it's disappointing because this is a game of mistakes, yet we're constantly making more mistakes than our opponents. That's not our game."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Flyers

'“I’m really excited to work with this young man,” said Sabres head coach Phil Housley when he joined Howard Simon and Jeremy White during his regular Tuesday morning segment on WGR. “Just coaching against him in the Western Conference Final when I was with Nashville, he’s a true competitor. He plays the game the way we want to play, which is fast. He’s got great escapability, … [Read more...] about Housley: ‘Really excited’ to work with Montour

'Departing are COO Bruce Popko, EVP and Sabres CAO Brent Rossi, and EVP Erica Muhleman.' … [Read more...] about Pegula Sports and Entertainment let go of three executives

'Dahlin nearly tied it late in regulation on a slick pass from Eichel, but Andersen sprawled across the crease to keep the rookie defenseman out of the net. Moments later, Eichel tried another pass to Dahlin at the point, however the puck bounced off a referee's skate and sprung a breakaway for Kapanen, making it 5-3.' … [Read more...] about Maple Leafs hold off Sabres 5-3

'Can't blame Hutton: "He's been tremendous the last two games for us and kept us in most games lately. Hard to blame him at all for tonight. That's on us, not on him."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Maple Leafs

'Sabres general manager Jason Botterill acquired Beaulieu from the Montreal Canadiens before the 2017-18 season in exchange for a third round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft. In 225 career NHL games, Beaulieu has scored seven goals and registered 60 points.' … [Read more...] about Beaulieu traded to Winnipeg

'Beaulieu had to stand in Vancouver and answer the tough questions, not his agent. It also made it more difficult for Botterill to get the value that he would’ve liked to. In the end, Botterill did Beaulieu a favor and just found him a different team.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Botterill didn’t cave to outside pressure and found the trade he wanted