Archives for October 2013

'The loss was a tough pill to swallow for Miller, who had kept Stamkos and St. Louis off the scoresheet for most of the night with several key saves. Miller repeatedly denied the prolific pair their one-time attempts from the off-wing faceoff dot, anticipating their shots with numerous cross-crease sliding saves. Stamkos and St. Louis each recorded four shots on goal to pace … [Read more...] about Lightning rally late with pair to dump Sabres

Rochester Amerks defeat Toronto Marlies (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Marlies unsuccessful on special teams as Rochester downs Toronto 4-1 (CP) Adam, Varone help Amerks to road win over Toronto (Amerks.com) Toronto Falls 4-1 Against Rochester (Marlies.ca) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage

Lightning-Sabres preview (Tampa Bay Times) Sabres-Lightning Preview (AP) Buffalo Sabres (2-9-1) at Tampa Bay Lightning (6-3-0) (The Sports Network) Sabres visit Lightning in search of second straight win (NHL.com) Bolts Look to Wrap up Home-stand with a Win over Sabres (TampaBayLightning.com) Pre-Game Notebook (TampaBayLightning.com) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Tampa Bay Coverage

'The Sabres’ plan to go with youth was historically evident against the Panthers. They used four teenagers – 19-year-olds Mikhail Grigorenko and Zemgus Girgensons, and 18-year-olds Nikita Zadorov and Ristolainen – and it was the first time a team dressed that many for a game since Winnipeg did it March 10, 1996.' … [Read more...] about Enroth steals victory over Panthers for Sabres

'The Sabres used Myers, Christian Ehrhoff, Mark Pysyk, Mike Weber, Jamie McBain and rookies Rasmus Ristolainen and Nikita Zadorov in the 3-1 win over the Panthers. Henrik Tallinder was a healthy scratch but will return to the lineup tonight against Tampa Bay.' … [Read more...] about With Sabres dressing seven on D, the key is a lot of talk

'My problem is I see no point to this suffering. I see no point in cheering for your hockey team.' … [Read more...] about Letter from a disgruntled Sabres fan

Panthers dominate but still lose to Sabres (Miami Herald) Photo gallery (Miami Herald) Panthers dominate everything but scoreboard in 3-1 loss to hapless Sabres (South Florida Sun Sentinel) Bergenheim eager to return to help Panthers win (South Florida Sun Sentinel) Panthers Wrap-Up: Sabres 3, Panthers 1 (FloridaPanthers.com) Photo gallery (FloridaPanthers.com) Photo … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Florida Coverage

'He's big and lumbering, all he does is fight and is everything that's wrong with the NHL right now, according to some (never mind that Jacques Lemaire, who I think was a pretty good coach, found him useful enough to give him an average of nine minutes and 14 seconds of ice time per game in the 2008-09 season with the Minnesota Wild.)' … [Read more...] about Hey John Scott critics, NHL already missed boat on Patrick Kaleta

'Scott, a 6-8 tough guy, has no previous suspensions. He had drawn attention during the preseason when he tried to fight much-smaller Toronto Maple Leafs star Phil Kessel, sparking a brawl. Kessel was suspended for three preseason games for slashing Scott twice.' … [Read more...] about John Scott’s hearing to be on Halloween

'The Sabres went ahead 2-1 at 12:42 in the third on Ott's goal. Christian Ehrhoff took a shot from the point and Ott was able to tip it past Jacob Markstrom.' … [Read more...] about Ott, Enroth lead Sabres over Panthers, 3-1

'Rasmus Ristolainen supplied a second-period marker and Jhonas Enroth tied a career best with 44 saves for the Sabres, who won for just the second time in 12 outings this season (2-9-1).' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 3, Florida 1

'On the winning goal, defenseman Christian Enrhoff put a slap shot on net while Ott, creating traffic in front, got the tip to make it 2-1. Sabres backup goaltender Jhonas Enroth, giving Ryan Miller a night off, took it from there.' … [Read more...] about Sabres top Panthers to record rare win

'In the third period, the Sabres got more shots to the net, one of which resulted in the game-winning goal by Steve Ott. The Sabres' co-captain tipped in a point shot from Christian Ehrhoff.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Beat Panthers 3-1

'Overall I think this was Grigorenko’s best game this season by far. He skated with confidence. Maybe there’s something to this right wing thing.' … [Read more...] about Grigorenko moves to right wing

'Buffalo won despite being outshot 45-21.' … [Read more...] about Sabres, Enroth top Panthers for second win