‘“It was good to see him back battling,” Housley said inside KeyBank Center. “He looked like his old self back there. He was glad to be back on the ice after this little stint.”’
The Sabres Report - December 10, 2018
Hutton returns to practice on Monday ★
‘”We’ll have to see how we bounce back here, but I think in this room, we communicated what was wrong there,” Hutton said following practice on Monday. “We’ve taken so much pride in playing well at home here and creating a tougher atmosphere to play in. To play like that on a Saturday in front of a packed house is obviously disappointing, but we have to move on. It is what is is. In that sense, I think we just to re-collect ourselves. We’re a younger team here, so the older guys have to really take control here and communicate what we need to do better.”‘
Hutton optimistic following Monday's practice ★
‘”We’re going to kind of see,” Hutton said. “The skate went well today and that’s all. Right now, we’re just going to go with that. We’ll see how tonight goes.”‘
Sabres hopeful for turnaround following 'tough conversations' in team meeting ★
‘”We’ve been pretty good at home this year and I think that that game might’ve been coming for a little bit,” Okposo, an alternate captain, said. “That’s unacceptable. We’ve addressed it and we feel like we have a pretty good plan in place for how to deal with it and how we’re going to come out on Tuesday. We’ve just got to get back to being us and we’ve got to learn from that game for sure.”’
Sabres regroup after ugly loss: ‘That can’t happen’ ★
‘“That can’t happen,” Okposo said of the Sabres’ fifth straight loss. “We’ve been pretty good at home this year. I think that that game might’ve been coming for a little bit. That’s unacceptable. We’ve addressed it and we feel like we have a pretty good plan in place for how to deal with it and how we’re going to come out on Tuesday (against Los Angeles).”’
Sabres eager to move forward following productive team meeting ★
‘”We’ve addressed it and we feel like we have a pretty good plan in place for how to deal with it and how we’re going to come out on Tuesday. We’ve just got to get back to being us and we’ve got to learn from that game for sure.”‘
The Sabres Report - December 9, 2018
Sabres coast through final two periods, allow six unanswered goals in 6-2 loss ★
‘The Sabres were 12-0-3 this season when scoring first and 10-0-2 when leading after one period. Meanwhile, Philadelphia had the eighth-fewest goals in the league, a minus-9 first-period goal differential and were without their second-leading scorer, center Sean Couturier.’
Mike Harrington: An absolute stinker has Sabres suddenly facing stark problems ★
‘The Sabres now have five straight losses — and a growing laundry list of problems that were on full display during Saturday’s 6-2 meltdown against Philadelphia in KeyBank Center.’
Ullmark given little help, makes 35 saves in Sabres' defeat ★
‘”It’s tough,” Sabres coach Phil Housley said when asked how difficult it was to not win for Ullmark. “He makes that huge save in the second period on the power play when we’re on the penalty kill. I just thought we didn’t check right to the end, and we sort of left them out there, especially the fourth, fifth and sixth goals. That was tough.”‘
The Wraparound: Flyers 6, Sabres 2 ★
‘The Sabres were outshot, 40-30, and have not won since a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks at KeyBank Center on Nov. 27.’