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'"Really wanted to come out with a win today, but everything reflects consistency. This league, you have to be good from the get-go. You're good in the 1st period, or get some momentum in the 1st period, you never know where the game goes. But I think consistency is what we gotta work on."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Canucks

'“We start with the puck we get a chance to get it down ice, and that’s really the starting point of your penalty kill” Gorges said. “If you can disrupt them coming through the ice, force them to make tough plays at the blue line or dump pucks in it gives us an opportunity to go get pucks and keep them on the run.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres continue to refine special teams

'Chad Johnson, playing against his former team for the first time, allowed 2 goals on 8 shots to start the game. Johnson finished with 18 saves. Robin Lehner made 30 saves on 34 shots.' … [Read more...] about Flames Prevail Over Sabres 4-3 in OT

'"Has to be a call there. [Monahan] hits [Reinhart] from behind. It's fairly clear. We get judged day by day, I think it was a terrible ref performance today. Terrible. Absolutely terrible."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Flames

'Kulikov believes, “we have three equal pairings no matter who we play against, what lines or no matter who’s going to play with one another. “I think we’re all a very capable group, we can shut down the top lines and the minutes are divided by pairs equally and I think it’s good in a way that everybody’s getting their shifts in and everybody’s staying in the game.” He was also … [Read more...] about Sabres focusing on themselves ahead of Calgary

'The Sabres would regain the lead at the 3:53 mark of the second period with a goal scored by O'Reilly... From center ice. O'Reilly would throw the puck down the ice, and the puck would re-direct of the blade of Talbot's stick and into the net. O'Reilly would get credited with his second goal of the game, and the assists would go to Ristolainen and Cody Franson.' … [Read more...] about Sabres grab first win of the season over Oilers

'"I thought we were ready to play today. I thought we played a really good all-around game. We managed the puck well and we executed. I think that was a big difference in our game tonight was that we execution. There was a lot of passes muffed or not on the tape on Thursday night, and I thought tonight we did a lot better job of coming out of our own zone and executing."' … [Read more...] about From the locker room: Sabres-Oilers

'However, Okposo is still on track to make his Sabres’ debut tomorrow, according to head coach Dan Bylsma. The bench boss also said that Kulikov “improved dramatically yesterday in practice and hopefully progression continues today,” following practice in Edmonton on Saturday afternoon. Bylsma said there is a possibility that Kulikov is in the lineup on Sunday.' … [Read more...] about Sabres may add Kulikov to the lineup Sunday

'The winger had a great training camp and adds speed to a team that got skated off the ice by Montreal.' … [Read more...] about Sabres will take Baptiste out west

'“The hardest part is definitely mental and just being here last night it’s tough to watch the game. You want to be out there making a difference, you want to be out there with your teammates so badly and you miss it. You miss going on the road with the guys and spending time with them and being around them every day in the locker-room, so that’s probably the hardest part for … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Eichel knows this will be a long process

'Kane was going full speed as he lost an edge a barreled into the boards. Bylsma said Montreal’s Alexei Emelin did nothing wrong on the play, “I don’t think you could put blame there, Evander’s got a full head of steam, they’re both going fast, Evander’s a little bit ahead and Emelin jockeys with his shoulder to try to get in front. At the same time Evander’s skate goes.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Kane has cracked ribs

'It what seemed like a cruel joke, Jack Eichel suffered a high-ankle sprain in practice yesterday. That seemed to take the wind out of the sails of all Buffalo sports fans. He will miss several weeks due to the injury, and is part of a group of key contributors missing tonight. However, Ryan O'Reilly is good enough to open the season on the ice. For more on O'Reilly and the … [Read more...] about Canadiens shut down Sabres 4-1

'"Never want to see a teammate get injured. [Kane] had a full head of steam there, goes into the boards on an unfortunate play. We'll be talking to him and hoping for the best for him."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Canadiens

'In his three drafts as Sabres GM Murray has brought in Sam Reinhart, Jack Eichel, Brendan Guhle and Alex Nylander. Many other prospects are still too young to know how they’ll blossom.' … [Read more...] about Sabres ink Murray to extension

'Does he mean two weeks and one day? That’s more weeks than days? Is he saying it’s 8 weeks and 7 days? I know, our heads are spinning. So before we talk about what happens from here, let’s spin through last night’s furious few hours.' … [Read more...] about Dealing with the Eichel injury