Archives for March 16, 2014

Canadiens-Sabres Preview (AP)
Montreal Canadiens (36-25-7) at Buffalo Sabres (19-40-8) (The Sports Network)
Sabres aim to end skid against Canadiens (NHL.com)
Game preview: MTL @ BUF (Canadiens.com)

‘“Ninety-nine percent of the teams in this league jam the net, try to create some screens and fight for rebounds,” coach Ted Nolan said. “For whatever reason, we peel away. We review that over and over again. You have to have a certain pedigree to do that, and sometimes our players don’t want to do it.”’

‘“I was very thankful for the opportunity with the Islanders, especially at the time,” Nolan said. “I was out of the league about 10 years. I get a call from Charles to come here to coach. It was certainly an honor. I’m always grateful.”’

‘“It’s pretty special to be back here in Buffalo and be able to play in a Sabre uniform,” said Conacher, whose new team hosts old friend Thomas Vanek the Montreal Canadiens tonight inside the First Niagara Center. “I used to watch so many games when I went to Canisius.”’

Islanders manage to win after taking two-goal lead (Newsday)
Islanders sign 2012 pick Adam Pelech (Newsday)
Photo gallery (Newsday)
Islanders hand Sabres fifth straight loss (NewYorkIslanders.com)
The Skinny: Islanders 4, Sabres 1 (NewYorkIslanders.com)
Photo gallery (NewYorkIslanders.com)
Photo gallery (Sabres.com)

”’You can’t expect to win if you score only one goal,” Sabres coach Ted Nolan said. ”We had some good looks, but we couldn’t finish.”’

‘”We can’t expect (Ennis) to score all the goals every game and expect to win,” Buffalo head coach Ted Nolan said.’

‘”It’s the same mistakes over and over,” Sabres coach Ted Nolan said. “For some reason, we peel away. … We need some other people to contribute once in a while.”‘

‘The two sides skated to a scoreless second period, but Ennis cut the New York lead in half early in the third. Ennis took a pass from Stafford and swept the puck past Nilsson and into the Islanders net. The Islanders answered only 39 seconds later on Ryan Strome’s breakaway chance to go back up by two. Buffalo pulled Enroth with about three minutes to play and Cal Clutterbuck took advantage, scoring an empty-netter at 17:47, making it 4-1.’

‘This game was better than they’ve been playing lately, but they made an average to below average goalie look great. They don’t get much traffic in front and they turn away from rebounds which tonight there were many.’