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'The blue and gold were the latest in a long line of 18-consecutive victims on Colorado's home ice to come out on the wrong end of a final score. On Sunday night, it was a 4-1 final favoring the Avalanche.' … [Read more...] about Sabres dropped by white-hot Avalanche

'That's another two young players out for the Sabres for the foreseeable future, but the question is: Why is everyone getting hurt so much?' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Three observations: Avalanche continue to roll over Sabres

'There was a testing problem in the lab in Arizona, which gave the Sabres positive tests on Saturday and put three players out of their lineup. All eight people with the Sabres re-tested and were found negative, so they got flights from Arizona to get to Denver for the game. Only Rasmus Asplund didn’t make it in time.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres were in tough spot, gave all they had in Colorado

'The Sabres needed to dress seven defenseman because of the added players entering Covid-19 Protocol today. However, Will Butcher suffered an apparent injury less than three minutes into the game, putting the team down another player.' … [Read more...] about Sabres start road trip with win in Arizona

'Anderson has missed almost three months with an upper-body injury, but he never missed a beat. His teammates were superb in front of him for 51:30 winning battles in all three zones and staking him to a 3-0 lead. Then, they gave up a goal to the worst power play in the NHL and they went from playing great hockey to mass retreat.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Craig Anderson sparkles in his return as the Sabres win in Arizona.

'Arizona was all over Anderson, as they spent the rest of the game in Buffalo’s end, but Anderson was a wall in net.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Anderson sparkles in return; Sabres win in Arizona

'You might be thinking that leaves the Sabres with no goalies under contract that can play, but wait - both Craig Anderson and Dustin Tokarski practiced fully again on Friday.' … [Read more...] about Michael Houser enters NHL’s COVID-19 protocols

'Anderson said up to this point, everything has been positive for him since he started practicing with the team on Jan. 21. He said it’s too early to tell about being in the lineup against the Coyotes, “It was my first full practice with my own net, so we’re just trying to see how the recovery is."' … [Read more...] about Anderson still trying to see if he can play this weekend

'Many of the Sens described the hit as a cheap shot and The Department of Player Safety felt that Batherson was not near the puck and was not eligible to be body checked.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Dell is suspended by the NHL for three games

'After a quiet opening 16 minutes or so, the Senators struck thrice before the horn sounded on the first period. Former Sabres forward Tyler Ennis potted two goals on Aaron Dell, while sandwiched between Ennis' pair was a powerplay goal from forward Drake Batherson.' … [Read more...] about Sabres blanked in Ottawa

'A total of nine penalties were given out to both teams with 26 penalty minutes on the night. Along with that, the Sabres had 23 hits and the Senators had 38. While the Sabres were outhit on the night, they certainly didn’t back down when the challenge arose.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Three Observations: Sabres get shutout in a physical battle

'Sens coach D.J. Smith said Batherson is out long-term with an ankle injury. Smith called the play ridiculous and stated that Dell has a history of doing things like this.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Senators are furious by what they thought was a cheap shot by the Sabres’ Aaron Dell.

'In 24 games with Michigan this season the defenseman has three goals and 23 assists for 26 points in 24 games. He played two games for Canada at the World Junior Championship before they were canceled due to COVID-19. There he had three goals and two assists for five points. Don Granato loves the season that he’s had, “I was really glad that he went back to play college … [Read more...] about Power, Levi to play for Canada in Olympics

'However, the Sabres youth was their bright spot throughout the week, where the team had 11 goals scored by players that are 25 years old or under.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres Week In Review: Youth shines in this past week for Buffalo

'“I think that the best way to effect change is through people that you know and have real and honest conversations. I think social media is in a lot of ways just garbage. There’s so much negativity that gets spread through comments and it’s not real. You wouldn’t say something face-to-face that you’re going to post in somebody’s comments, that’s part of this problem, that … [Read more...] about Kyle Okposo saddened by, yet, another racial incident in hockey