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'All season the Sabres have competed against the best like they belonged on the block, only to get whacked over the head with a broken bottle whenever they ventured onto skid row. But the Sabres have cleaned themselves up the past few weeks and have started treating some teams like the bums they are.' … [Read more...] about Sabres trash another bottom feeder

'Dumont, who ranks fourth on the team with 23 goals and 50 points, served his first game of the year as a healthy scratch. He had missed just two games prior to Friday night: Dumont sat out wins against Atlanta and the New Jersey Devils in mid-February with a rib injury.' … [Read more...] about Lineup shuffles again with Dumont scratch

'When a team is offensively challenged and the opposing goaltender is considered the best in this or any part of the world, the margin for error is small. It follows that the Thrashers took only 79 seconds to remove any suspense Friday night.' … [Read more...] about Hasek, Sabres silence Thrashers again

'Miroslav Satan scored just 1:19 into the game and Dominik Hasek blanked the Thrashers for the second time in five nights.' … [Read more...] about Game report

'Miroslav Satan, with his fourth goal in four games, and Chris Gratton scored seven minutes apart in the first period as the Sabres matched a season-high by winning their fifth straight home game. James Patrick and Maxim Afinogenov sealed the victory, scoring a minute apart in the third period.' … [Read more...] about Sabres 4, Thrashers 0

'Buffalo matched its franchise shutout mark with its 13th of the season. In the record-setting 1997-98 season, Hasek was in goal for each, registering the highest individual total since Tony Esposito had 15 for Chicago in 1969-70. Hasek has not allowed a goal against Atlanta in the last 168 minutes, two seconds. The Sabres also posted a 4-0 victory in Atlanta on … [Read more...] about Buffalo 4, Atlanta 0

'With the win, the Sabres move to within one point of fourth-place Flyers, and move three points ahead of sixth-place Pittsburgh, who both are in action Saturday afternoon.' … [Read more...] about Sabres clinch spot with 4-0 win over Thrashers

Unfortunately for the second-year Thrashers, the NHL season isn't 40 games long. After a rousing first half that saw them at .500 before their loss to Washington on New Year's Day, Atlanta has spiraled downward with a 7-26-6-1 mark. Their dream of playoff contention has since evaporated. … [Read more...] about Sabres-Thrashers "In the Buffalo Wings"

If the Sabres do anything less than blow the Thrashers' defense out of the arena, then they deserve to be knocked out of the first round of the playoffs. … [Read more...] about Sabres-Thrashers Edge Matchups

'The Sabres have tightened up their defense to playoff standards, leaving Hasek with little to do on some nights. The lack of activity has led to victories, and the Sabres will be playing for their 15th in 21 games when they face the Atlanta Thrashers tonight at 7 in HSBC Arena.' … [Read more...] about A case for the defense

'Buffalo has played well enough this season to put itself in a far more comfortable position for the homestretch. Buffalo is in fifth place, three points behind Philadelphia and one point ahead of Pittsburgh. The Sabres have a game in hand on both teams.' … [Read more...] about Any little point will do, but the sooner, the better

'Dominik Hasek proved once more this week he's no ordinary goalie.' … [Read more...] about Again, a hero

'The Sabres will head to Florida following the contest to play their final two road games of the regular season against Tampa Bay and Florida, and then wrap up the season with home games against the Bruins, Capitals and Flyers, with Buffalo almost definitley playing one of the last two in the first round of the post-season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres finish series with Atlanta Friday

'[Steve] Heinze, who spent his first 30 years living and playing in the greater Boston area, is now with his third team in 10 months. Heinze was claimed from the Bruins by the Columbus Blue Jackets in last June's expansion draft, then shipped to the Sabres at the March 13 trade deadline. At the end of this season he becomes an unrestricted free agent, so another move … [Read more...] about Travelin' man

'Someday soon, Dominik Hasek will retire and move back to the Czech Republic. But his hockey legacy in Western New York will last a lot longer than that - thanks to a $1 million gift he is making to a new inner-city youth hockey program.' … [Read more...] about Hasek's big gift champions the young