Archives for January 13, 2016

'The Sabres scored three first-period goals and held on through a frantic final minute Tuesday to beat the Minnesota Wild, 3-2, in XCel Energy Center. It gave them two straight wins to close their three-game trip and got them back to even away from First Niagara Center – 9-9-2, for 20 points in 20 games.' … [Read more...] about Sabres complete winning road trip with win at Minnesota

'“Teams always kind of take on the personality of their coach and you’re seeing a lot of the energy that Dan brings to the group,” Yeo said after the morning skate in XCel Energy Center. “He’s a guy that comes to the rink ready every day and it doesn’t matter what the result of the previous night was. He’ll be enthusiastic and excited about the challenge and I think we’ve seen … [Read more...] about Bylsma, Yeo have past Penguins connection

'Through the first 41 games of their season, Buffalo was last in the NHL with just 15 goals in the first period.' … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: Sabres 3, Wild 2

Slow start dooms Wild against Sabres (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Wild sets sights on Lightning's Drouin (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Wild-Buffalo game recap (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Photo gallery (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Minnesota Wild's home struggles continue in loss to Sabres (Saint Paul Pioneer Press) One year later, Devan Dubnyk understands challenge (Saint Paul … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Minnesota Coverage

'"You jump out to an early lead like that in the first, you can settle into your game and really kind of grind them down," Gionta said.' … [Read more...] about Sabres score 3 in first, hang on to beat Minnesota 3-2

'"What's nice is we had a two-goal lead going into the third and we were able to finish it off," Gionta said. "Those are the games that we mature and we learn how to win as a team. Obviously, the start helped. You jump out to an early lead like that in the first; you can settle into your game and really kind of grind them down."' … [Read more...] about Sabres score 3 in third to tame Wild

'Linus Ullmark stopped 28 shots for his second straight win. Ullmark came up with several big saves, including one on Jason Zucker to foil a 4-on-2 odd-man rush for the Wild.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Hang On For 3-2 Win in Minnesota

'"We have probably played our best in the 1st period and not got the goals, not got the scoring chances to go in. The last two games, it's been the opposite. We've played well in the 1st, but we've gotten the goals to go in. It's been nice for us to be able to get out in front, and play from in front."' … [Read more...] about Sabres-Wild: From the Locker Room

'"Scoring," Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said with a laugh. "You know what, we've probably played the best in our first periods and not gotten the goals, not gotten the scoring chances to go in. The last two games it's been the opposite. We've played well in the first but we've gotten the goals to go in, we've gotten the pucks behind the goalie and it's been nice to be able to get … [Read more...] about Three-goal 1st period propels Sabres to win over Wild