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'Kyle Okposo cut the lead to one at 16:48 of the 3rd, but Buffalo could not find the net again. Curtis McElhinney made 30 saves in the win while Hutton finished with 26 stops for the Sabres.' … [Read more...] about Hurricanes get the bounces in a 4-3 win over Sabres

'It doesn’t get any easier as Buffalo is home against Tampa Bay on Saturday. The Lightning are 17-1-1 in their last 19 games.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres’ Skinner scored in his return to Carolina, but the team lost

'"Tough breaks for sure. They're a part of the game. We still gave up too much. I think we have to clean up defensively to win games more consistently."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Hurricanes

'One last thing to look at when going in depth on Reinhart is where he scores his goals. All Sabres fans have come to realize that he's going to make his money around the net. Without blazing speed or a dangerous shot, he's found what he has to do to be productive.' … [Read more...] about Reinhart’s advanced stats show he’s not just a product of Eichel

'Skinner has a lot of friends that still play for Carolina, so he said he keeps track of how the team is doing, “Yes, I sort of watch the whole league and keep tabs on friends on other teams, obviously I have a cluster of friends on that team, so I’m aware of how they’re doing, but I don’t follow them super closely because I have a lot of other stuff to do.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Skinner looks forward to his return to Carolina

'So I guess option 3, the moderately priced trade is my pick. It's not super hot but you know what? Botterill has been digging out of the super hot moves Tim Murray made since he got here. I'm alright with some patience. I think the talent is here already and just needs some time to develop.' … [Read more...] about Does Botterill have to make a trade?

'The Sabres' fifth goal of the period came on the 14th shot on goal, with Lawrence Pilut recording his first career NHL goal. It came as Sam Reinhart was creating a screen in front of the net. Conor Sheary and Rasmus Ristolainen assisted on the score that made it 5-1 Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Sabres rout the Devils 5-1

'Buffalo is four in back of the Leafs and two behind the Bruins. They’re one ahead of the Canadiens and Blue Jackets and are two in front of the Islanders.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres get two wins without Jack Eichel

'"We didnt get rewarded in the first, but sustained pressure in the offensive zone and wearing down the Devils helped us."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Devils

'"There's so much parity in the league. In November, we were finding ways to win those one-goal games. Right now, we're struggling to find ways to win those games. I think, over the last couple of weeks, it's not as if we've been playing poorly but at key times in the games we haven't found that opportunity to get to the net a little bit more, to find a way to create more … [Read more...] about Botterill: The key to our success here is developing our young players

'"Obviously it's tough when you're not on the ice," he said after practice. "It's nice to be back at practice and just being around the guys, obviously competing, doing that sort of thing. It was nice."' … [Read more...] about Sabres get Eichel back at practice

'The players did get to relax too after having a short practice beforehand. Cater Hutton said, “I think today was great, it was a fun atmosphere getting our families involved and getting the fans to see that other side of us, the softer side because when we’re playing it’s so serious so to have that was a great experience.”' … [Read more...] about The Sabres and their fans have a blast at the Skills Challenge

'Buffalo had several scoring chances in the final period, but Rask stopped a Jeff Skinner rush. Later in the period, C.J. Smith sent a backhand shot off the post. Rasmus Ristolainen finally got the Sabres on the board at 17:22 of the 3rd, stepping into the zone and ripping a quick shot by Rask to cut Boston's lead in half. The Sabres could not muster a tying goal and fell 2-1. … [Read more...] about Bruins shut down Sabres 2-1

'Reinhart had points in 15 out of 17 games scoring six goals and 18 assists for 24 points. He already has a career high with 31 assists in a season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Reinhart has had trouble scoring goals, but the points are there

'"They're a good team. It's a tough building to play in. For sure, we didn't really come out in the 2nd period as we wanted to, but we kind of stuck with it and then we came back. So there were some good things and there were some bad things, for sure."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Bruins