Archives for May 13, 2007

'Sabres defenseman Henrik Tallinder is sore after being crosschecked from behind by Ottawa's Daniel Alfredsson, and could miss Game 3 Monday of the Eastern Conference finals. Coach Lindy Ruff on Sunday wouldn't provide any details of Tallinder's injury, but was unhappy that Alfredsson wasn't penalized on the play.' … [Read more...] about Sabres D Tallinder could miss Game 3

'And talk about confidence, the Senators are brimming with it. They've won the first two games of a series for the first time in franchise history, and they're on a major roll, 41-9-8 since Dec. 23, including NHL-best 10-2 this postseason.' … [Read more...] about Senators steal Sabres swagger in taking 2-0 lead

'“We’ve been a good road team all year,” Drury said. “We’ve always been up for a good challenge. Certainly Game Three is going to be a good challenge for us.”' … [Read more...] about Hammered home

'“I thought it was the best our power play had moved it in a long time, we had a lot of good chances,” co-captain Chris Drury said. “We thought we had one early there; it just didn’t count.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres&#8217 power play stalls again

'“It’s great. I don’t care how we win,” Emery said. “If it’s 10-0 or triple OT. It’s good to get that behind you and overcome some of those little situations just in case it comes up again in the future. You have that under your belt that you know you’re capable of doing it.”' … [Read more...] about Senators able to slay some demons

'Only now must the Sabres and their deflated fan base face this fact: The Senators are better. Buffalo can chew on a few suggestions with the series shifting back to Ottawa for the next two -- the final two? -- games.' … [Read more...] about Let&#8217s face the facts: Senators are better

'No, the Rangers they are not.' … [Read more...] about Calm and cool Senators collect victory

'“Goals are allowed if it’s a deflection. The fact that he was in shooting motion was a fact, and he was in the act of moving his glove forward, and that is ruled no goal.”' … [Read more...] about Video replay has a hand in non-goal

'A street vendor selling Buffalo Sabres merchandise on Transit Road in Clarence was robbed at knifepoint Friday night.' … [Read more...] about Street vendor robbed along Transit Road

'"It was going to be a battle," defenseman Brian Campbell said of overtime. "They're a great team."' … [Read more...] about Sabres face long odds after double-overtime loss

'"As the puck came across the net, Vanek was in the act of shooting and his hand came forward," King said. "We looked hard for all the angles to deem that (the) puck was off the glove. ... The fact (is) that (Vanek) was in (a) shooting motion ... and he was in the act of moving his glove forward, and that is ruled no goal."' … [Read more...] about Sabres Report

'The depth that Buffalo was praised for before the series began seems to have become its biggest downfall -- since no line is really clicking, Ruff doesn’t have a go-to unit when he needs one.' … [Read more...] about eDepth&#8217 has become a problem for Sabres

'“We’ve got CBC and Versus and overhead camers and in-net cameras. The result of looking hard at alll replays, one of our replays was a blown-up version that actually really clearly was a blown-up version that actually really clearly showed this puck did indeed hit his glove as he was in the act of shooting, and that was what we finally made our call on.”' … [Read more...] about NHL on Vanek&#8217s goal: ”We don&#8217t judge intent”

'This was the first exhibition of solid team play by the Sabres, striving to prove they're not just a collection of fine individual talent. Their opponents in this series have taken this long ride because they are a tight, determined group, playing defined roles.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo’s best shot not enough

'"I watched a lot of video from the old-school games I played in. I'm embarrassed. I'm being dead serious. I'm embarrassed."' … [Read more...] about Ruff gives new-school hockey top marks