Archives for December 29, 2001

They hit a seeing-eye dog on the power play that went through traffic. But we came right back and tied the game up.

Red-hot left wing Vyacheslav Kozlov suffered a partially severed left Achilles tendon early in the second period when he was kicked along the boards. He is not expected to return until after the All-Star break.

'The Sabres, anxious to compose a winning streak to counterbalance the erratic first half of their season, won't need any better reminder than their humbling 3-1 loss to the Blue Jackets – at home, no less – on Oct. 19.'

'"I shoveled it. And reshoveled it. And reshoveled it," captain Stu Barnes said.'

'The Sabres have scored at least one power-play goal in five straight games.'