WGR

'Skinner was back on a line with Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch and he said he felt good, but Don Granato thinks the next 24 hours will be important,' … [Read more...] about Jeff Skinner nearing return from upper-body injury

'The Buffalo Sabres scored first, but the Columbus Blue Jackets scored the next seven goals on their way to a 9-4 victory at KeyBank Center on Tuesday night.' … [Read more...] about Sabres routed by Columbus

'The Sabres absolutely stopped playing in the second period despite the fact that they were being booed right off their home ice.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres get embarrassed as they get blown out of their own arena

'Jan. 1 always was the target date for Quinn’s return after undergoing Achilles surgery, but he looks at full speed. Sabres head coach Don Granato feels his young winger is about ready.' … [Read more...] about Jack Quinn may return for Sabres on Tuesday against Columbus

'After Luukkonen came out of his net to play the puck, he whiffed on his pass attempt, leading to the puck eventually finding the stick of Coyotes center Clayton Keller. The former 2016 first-round pick had a wide-open net to score his 10th goal of the season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres blanked by Coyotes in desert

'This game had nothing to do with bad goaltending, fanned passes or a fanned shot. The Sabres plain and simply had numerous Grade-A chances to score and made another backup goalie with horrific numbers look like Dominik Hasek.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Buffalo made another backup goalie with lousy numbers look great in losing 2-0 to Arizona

'The blue and gold went into T-Mobile Arena and took down the NHL's best, the Vegas Golden Knights, by a final score of 5-2.' … [Read more...] about Sabres “win big” in Vegas

'The Sabres needed their best players to be their best players and they got that. Cozens played his best game of the season by far. The goal he scored to open the scoring was a Dylan Cozens type goal. He threw a great body check in the neutral zone, and kept going to the slot. Mittelstadt found him and Cozens had his first goal in 12 games.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres get another big win on the road against the defending Stanley Cup Champions

'The first 18-and-a-half-minutes of the game were dominated by the Avalanche. Colorado boasted a 15-0 shot advantage, and scored on 20% of those shots on goal. Forwards Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin and Miles Wood did the damage for the home side.' … [Read more...] about Sabres rolled in Colorado

'The difference between the first period and the second was Colorado can score goals when you spend the whole period turning the puck over and the Sabres can’t.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres don’t show up for the first 18 minutes in Colorado and they got too far behind

'"I felt like he was a little uncomfortable on the left, and I wanted to see his game get a little bit better," said Johnson on Tuesday when talking about why he approached Clifton about switching sides. "I wanted to see my game get better too, so I think that switch helped."' … [Read more...] about Erik Johnson’s idea of switching sides with Connor Clifton has worked

'"Those three games, last night included, are a stark contrast to how we played starting with mindset, playing with urgency," said Granato with Jeremy White and Joe DiBiase on WGR. "My challenge a few weeks ago to the team, I felt we were comfortable on a plateau and trying to stay on it. That would be the guys liking the spot they are, the role they have. What they have … [Read more...] about Granato sees Sabres playing with needed urgency now

'The Sabres were able to jump on the scoreboard first with a loose puck at the front of the net that was able to be chipped in.' … [Read more...] about Robinson helps lead Sabres to win over Arizona

'In this one, the line of Eric Robinson, Peyton Krebs and Kyle Okposo had seven points on the night. Robinson and Okposo both had a goal and two assists, while Krebs had a goal.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres put together another pretty complete game behind Robinson, Okposo

'In addition, the Sabres' special teams comes up empty-handed on the night, going 0-for-5 on the power play, while also giving up a power play goal to the Canadiens on four penalty kill opportunities.' … [Read more...] about Canadiens upend Sabres in shootout