Archives for April 19, 2011

'“I thought he looked pretty good,” Montador said after the game. “He chased down an icing there in the first period and I thought his legs were looking good. I think stepping into a playoff game’s not an easy thing to do, but I knew he’d be alright.”' … [Read more...] about While Pronger waits, Leopold back on eD&#8217

'Surviving the Sabres’ two-man advantage was critical. “It came at a pivotal time and if you want to win games, you’re going to have to kill situations like that,” Boucher said. “We did a great job on that and the four-minute kill late in the first and early in the second.”' … [Read more...] about A veteran move pays off for Flyers

'"I don't think we've really shown our best game yet," said goalie Ryan Miller, who made 22 saves. "We've had moments, but I don't think our best yet."' … [Read more...] about Brian Boucher’s brilliance puts Buffalo Sabres in hole

'They took another senseless penalty to give the Flyers an early lead, then handed the visitors the puck and two more goals.' … [Read more...] about Sabres play gracious hosts

'"They scored on their chances and we didn't," Stafford said. "They made a great tic-tac-toe kind of play on a breakdown [for Nikolay Zherdev's goal]. It's just them burying their chances and us missing a couple opportunites. We have to keep our compete level up and keep battling."' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Stafford ends his goal drought

'"Like I've been saying all along, we're comfortable playing in front of whoever's in the net," said captain Mike Richards. "We've had success with everybody's who's been in there."' … [Read more...] about Flyers take hat off to Boucher

'Boyes is making $4 million and is signed through next season. He's one of the Sabres' top offensive players, but he failed to score for a 14th straight game in a 4-2 loss to the Flyers in Game Three. On Monday, he epitomized a Sabres team that had plenty of scoring opportunities and its best offensive performance but failed where it mattered most -- on the scoreboard.' … [Read more...] about Boyes’ lack of production in line with rest of Sabres

'"[Pegula] has brought a whole new attitude to the team. It all starts with leadership."' … [Read more...] about Pegula brings fans new hope

'"It's been a good three weeks since I've been out there and I know I made a couple mental mistakes on the third goal and I can take responsibility for that," he said. "That's part of hockey but we go forward from here, bury this one."' … [Read more...] about Leopold returns to lineup early with Sekera injured

'The Sabres ended the first period with the momentum and a 1-1 tie, but a bad mistake put them down just 2:44 into the second period. The Flyers are tough to come back against, as the final score indicates.' … [Read more...] about Breaking down Game Three

'I always find it interesting this time of year how many people have Sabres hats. Seems to be a lot more Sabres hats (and T-shirts and jerseys, etc.) in early to mid-April than there are in, say, mid-November.' … [Read more...] about Sabres hats really travel well

Boucher and Flyers stop Sabres, 4-2 (Philadelphia Inquirer) Flyers find a way past antic Sabres (Philadelphia Inquirer) Pronger takes shots, gets closer to playing (Philadelphia Inquirer) Photo gallery (Philadelphia Inquirer) Boucher puts lid on Sabres as Flyers take Game 3 (Philadelphia Daily News) Breakthrough game for Carter as Flyers take series lead on Buffalo … [Read more...] about Tuesday’s Philadelphia Coverage

'That the Sabres are down 2-1 in the best-of-seven should concern them. Why? They have the best goalie in the series in Ryan Miller, and the Flyers have not had their best defenceman, Chris Pronger, who continues to recover from a hand injury. Yet it’s the Flyers who have the series lead.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo needs to start converting

'“I don’t think they’ve been outstanding, and I don’t think we’ve been outstanding,” Sabres goalie Ryan Miller said. “We haven’t had our best yet, and we’re going to need it.”' … [Read more...] about Boucher stops 35 as Flyers beat Sabres 4-2

'The gritty forward sustained what the team called an upper-body injury 11 minutes into the first period. Kaleta was slow to get up after he collided with Flyers defenseman Braydon Coburn deep in the Philadelphia zone.' … [Read more...] about Sabres lose RW Kaleta to upper-body injury