Archives for February 25, 2012

Buffalo (27-27-7) at NY Rangers (38-15-6) (AP)
Buffalo Sabres (27-27-7) at New York Rangers (38-15-6) (The Sports Network)
Sabres start road trip in New York (NHL.com)
Pregame Notes: Rangers vs. Buffalo (NewYorkRangers.com)

‘”I’m just happy to get some wins,” Miller said. “I guess it doesn’t really matter who it’s against right now, but we know they’re a very good team. We had to play a good game to beat them. Those do feel good.”‘

‘Forget about fans being optimistic vs. media being pessimistic and let’s instead be realistic with a quarter of the season remaining. Standing before the Sabres now is a much taller order than the challenge they treated like a speed bump a year ago.’

‘”I tried to play a sound defensive game and when there are openings sometimes I’m trying to jump into the play,” Sekera said. “Sometimes, it works and sometimes it doesn’t.”‘

‘“We got our eyes set on eighth,” Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. “It’s going to take one heck of a run still. You got to give the guys credit. They’ve been locked in for a good period of time.”’

‘“It was frustrating at times,” Tropp said Friday prior to playing his 14th NHL game, a 2-1 shootout win over the Boston Bruins inside the First Niagara Center. “But I think I took a few positives out of it, learning how to channel those emotions into positives.”’

Sabres beat Rask, Bruins in shootout (Boston Globe)
Seguin raising his game (Boston Globe)
Good but not better (Boston Herald)
Rumors fly near deadline (Boston Herald)
Tuukka Rask Rebounds From Recent Struggles With Strong Showing in Shootout Loss to Sabres (NESN)
Bruins Still Can’t Net Consecutive Wins, But Maintain Some Momentum With Point in Shootout Loss in Buffalo (NESN)
Rask bounces back in loss (CSN New England)
Talking Points: Sabres 2, Bruins 1 (CSN New England)
Five thoughts from Bruins-Sabres (CSN New England)
A Step in the Right Direction for Rask (BostonBruins.com)
Despite Loss, Chara Came Up Big (BostonBruins.com)
Photo gallery (BostonBruins.com)
Photo gallery (Sabres.com)
Photo gallery (AP)
Photo gallery (WGRZ-TV)

‘Buffalo (27-27-7) jumped ahead of idle Tampa Bay to move into 11th place, five points behind eighth-place Florida.’

‘”We were on our heels for parts of the game, but I thought we weathered it well then dug in our heels,” said Buffalo head coach Lindy Ruff. “They created some real good chances that we wanted to stay away from, but I thought our guys did pretty good overall.”‘

‘Boston pounced first in the shootout on a David Krejci goal, but Miller was perfect the rest of the way, denying Tyler Seguin, Patrice Bergeron, and Benoit Pouliot. Vanek and Roy found the net for Buffalo in the shootout, with Roy’s goal proving to be the winner.’