Archives for February 2001

Inside -- really inside -- the Numbers in the wake of the Sabres' 4-2 loss to the Lightning. 1: Goals by Sabres' defensemen in the last 22 games … [Read more...] about Crunching the Numbers

'General Manager Darcy Regier is about to experience a climatic aberration. He'll be the first guy to go from Florida to Buffalo in February and feel like someone turned up the heat. And the kettle is whistling heartily after the Sabres fell to the lowly Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-2, in the sparsely filled Ice Palace.' … [Read more...] about Sabres' swoon continues

'Matthew Barnaby got his wish. The former disgruntled Buffalo Sabres became a former disgruntled Pittsburgh Penguin Thursday when Team Mario sent him to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for ex-Sabre Wayne Primeau.' … [Read more...] about Penguins send Barnaby to Lightning

'Stu Barnes and Doug Gilmour scored second-period goals 54 seconds apart for the Sabres, who have lost five of six.' … [Read more...] about Bolts rattle Sabres

'The team that lost a league-worst 10 straight and traded center Wayne Primeau to Pittsburgh hours before beat Buffalo 4-2 before an announced 12,610 at the Ice Palace. Tampa Bay has its first winning streak since December.' … [Read more...] about Lightning's streak finally a winner

'The All-Star break came at the right time for the Buffalo Sabres.' … [Read more...] about Lightning 4, Sabres 2

'"Teams go through slumps. There's no reason and no excuse for losing," Sabres defenseman Rhett Warrener said. "We're paid to win. We're going to have to start concentrating more."' … [Read more...] about Tampa Bay 4, Buffalo 2

'The team holds a $9.5 million option on Hasek for next season. But he hasn't indicated whether he would even want to come back for that season.' … [Read more...] about Hasek, free agents draw notice, too

Talk about a blackout in south Florida -- the Lightning have generated so little electricity or excitement on the Gulf Coast this season that fans have to be wondering if they'll ever see anything but cloudy skies for the franchise. … [Read more...] about Brownout by the Bay

Fifteen days after a male-bonding trip to California and five days before the All-Star break, when there would be ample time to chill out, the Sabres, seriously slipping in the standings, went on vacation. … [Read more...] about Vacation from hell

With 38 saves, Robert Luongo was even better than he was in Buffalo, keeping his team in range until the Florida offense exploded in the third. Meanwhile, one might expect the old scotch tape "Sargento" label to possibly reappear soon on Dominik Hasek's helmet. … [Read more...] about A tale of two goaltenders

'Taking advantage of Dominik Hasek's shaky goaltending and a bunch of defensive mistakes, the Panthers scored on their first three shots of the third period and put away the Sabres, 5-2, at the National Car Rental Center.' … [Read more...] about Sabres get fried in Florida

'Buffalo led 2-1 going into the third when the Panthers heated up with goals by Peter Worrell, Bure and Olli Jokinen on Florida's first three shots of the period.' … [Read more...] about Bure ties team mark with 2 goals, 2 assists

'The Panthers made All-World goalie Dominik Hasek look quite ordinary as Worrell, who slid onto Pavel Bure's line because the game started to get chippy, Bure and Olli Jokinen scored goals on three straight shots in a 1:47 span to open a four-goal third period.' … [Read more...] about Third-period outburst carries Panthers to win

'Most teams learn from their mistakes, but the Panthers aren't like most teams.' … [Read more...] about Lack of discipline hurts Panthers