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'The biggest thing to me in this game is the Sabres couldn’t get much going offensively because the passing wasn’t good at all. They still hung in there on the road against a better team, because Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was once again the best player on the ice.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres have their three-game winning streak broken in Dallas

'"First and foremost, puck management has gotten a lot better with our club, and we've got some timely scoring," said Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff during his weekly appearance on the "Jeremy and Joe Show" on WGR. "Our power play has started to click a little bit. It's been a number of things that when you're losing, you can find a lot of different ways to lose, and we did. Now … [Read more...] about Ruff feels puck management, timely scoring has helped Sabres’ recent turnaround

'Dahlin is fifth amongst NHL defensemen that qualify with 0.90 points per game. This season he’s played 29 games and has six goals and 20 assists for 26 points.' … [Read more...] about Dahlin is the NHL’s Second Star of the week

'The blue and gold skated into St. Louis and doubled up the Blues on Sunday by a final score of 4-2 inside Enterprise Center.' … [Read more...] about Sabres double up Blues, win third game in-a-row

'Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stole his team a hockey game making 35 saves on 37 shots. In the three games before Sunday, the Sabres were at their very best defending as a team and were only giving up 21 shots per game. St. Louis had 15 in the first period alone. For much of the 13-game winless streak the team hung Luukkonen out to dry and then he wasn’t playing up to his standard. In … [Read more...] about Opinion: Luukkonen steals the show in St. Louis

'Defenseman Mattias Samuelsson was given a maintenance day by head coach Lindy Ruff from practice, and expects him to play Sunday in St. Louis. However, forward Nic Aube-Kubel is sick and his availability is questionable.' … [Read more...] about Sabres look for third-straight win Sunday in St. Louis

'Alex Tuch's third-career hat-trick helped lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 6-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night at KeyBank Center. It was the team's second-straight victory after snapping a 13-game winless streak.' … [Read more...] about Tuch’s hat-trick powers Sabres’ victory over Blackhawks

'Buffalo scored four goals in the first period and outshot the Hawks 11-2. The Sabres have now scored 39 first period goals which is third in the NHL and three off the lead.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo gets its first home win since mid-November beating Chicago

'2023 second-round pick Maxim Strbak (45th overall) is set to play in his fourth-straight World Junior Championship representing Slovakia. The 19-year-old will, once again, serve as one of the top blue liners for a Slovakian team that comes into the tournament with a nice mix of youth and veteran fire power, looking to take the tournament by storm.' … [Read more...] about Six Sabres prospects to participate in 2025 World Juniors in Ottawa

'Inside UBS Arena on Monday night, the Buffalo Sabres exorcised some serious demons to the tune of a 7-1 walloping of the New York Islanders to get back into the win column for the first time since November 23.' … [Read more...] about Sabres bulldoze Islanders to end winless skid

'Tuesday was their second game in a row where they were very good defensively and worked hard and for each other. When you look at every goal they scored, it was hard work that got them there.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres break their 13-game winless streak with 7-1 win in Long Island

'And you name it with the ways the Sabres have lost over the course of 13-straight games: Getting "goalied" by an opposing netminder, blowing multi-goal leads, one mental slip up costing the team a game, critical late-game mishaps that result in blown chances at a point, simply just not showing up to play from start-to-finish.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: An airing of Sabres grievances

'A low-event third period looked to be leading to a 3-on-3 overtime, but Boston had other plans. Sam Lafferty took a costly tripping penalty with 3:45 to play, and again at the twilight of a man advantage the Bruins made the Sabres pay.' … [Read more...] about Sabres lose in Boston for 13th winless game in-a-row

'The Buffalo Sabres could not overcome an early deficit and two goals being overturned in their 6-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night at KeyBank Center.' … [Read more...] about Sabres doubled up by Toronto

'Depending on how you look at the standings, the Sabres, under four years and 33 games of Adams, go into Boston on Saturday as the worst team in the Eastern Conference, and the second-worst team in the National Hockey League. If you go by points, only the Nashville Predators have fewer points than the Sabres. If you go by points percentage, the Preds and San Jose Sharks are … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres go into Boston hoping they’ve hit rock bottom