Archives for April 2016

'Allowing fewer goals while penalized has given the Sabres a big boost in overall goals allowed. They gave up the second-most goals last season but are tied for 17th this year. It’s their best showing since allowing the fourth-fewest in 2009-10.' … [Read more...] about Sabres take comfort in statistical feats

'“When we review Jack’s game with him, (there are) huge and clear areas of improvement in his defensive play, how he plays defense and his positioning and how aggressive he is playing defense,” Bylsma said recently.' … [Read more...] about Improved defense has boosted Sabres rookie Jack Eichel’s offense

'Bailey, 20, joined Buffalo for the third time this season in a recall on Tuesday. He has played in eight games with the Sabres this season, with two penalty minutes.' … [Read more...] about Sabres reassign F Bailey

Greece native Matt Lane coming home to play for Amerks (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Amerks sign Rochester native Matt Lane (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Thursday’s Rochester Coverage

'Through 33 minutes, the game was scoreless and the shots on goal were 8-8. Play was almost entirely in the neutral zone. Scoring chances could be counted on one hand. Pity the 10,000 or so fans who bothered to show up.' … [Read more...] about Sabres beat boredom and Devils

'Bailey has 19 goals and 43 points for the Amerks on the season, 10th among AHL rookies in scoring. He’s been particularly strong of late, with 20 points in his last 16 games.' … [Read more...] about Bailey may get his shot in final two games

'The Sabres improved to 34-35-11 with a sweep of their two-game trip to the New York metro area. They had not won three straight since beating Vancouver, Tampa Bay and Florida in early November.' … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: Sabres 3, Devils 1

Devils beaten by Sabres, 3-1, in Patrik Elias' return (Bergen Record) Devils activate LW Elias (The Sports Xchange) 4/5 Postgame Notes: NJD vs. BUF (NewJerseyDevils.com) Photo gallery (NewJerseyDevils.com) Photo gallery (Sabres.com) Photo gallery (Buffalo News) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s New Jersey Coverage

'"This shows how much we've grown," Johnson said. "Get rid of October with that learning curve as a group, with a new coach and new players. After that, we've showed we can be a good team."' … [Read more...] about O’Reilly, Eichel lead Sabres over Devils 3-1

'Eichel's empty-netter with 47.4 left ended the scoring. The goal was the culmination of a sequence in which the No. 2 overall pick in last June's draft forced a turnover at the blue line before having to hold off Mike Sislo while putting the puck into the empty net.' … [Read more...] about Sabres top Devils for thrd consecutive win

'Bailey had 43 points (19 goals, 24 assists) in 64 games for Rochester.' … [Read more...] about Sabres recall F Bailey

'O'Reilly scored his fourth in four games and his 10th point in 10 games.' … [Read more...] about O’Reilly, Eichel Send Sabres Past Devils 3-1

'"Our coach is always preaching, 'be ready right away.' We have to make plays right away and be ready to shoot and make the right play when it's there. Great play by Cal getting it back, and Risto to Eichs to me...that's guys being ready and prepared to go out there and that's how we have to be all the time."' … [Read more...] about Sabres-Devils: From the Locker Room

'"I think one of our things is our compete level and how hard we have played, and I think we've seen that for a quite a long time from our team," Bylsma said. "We haven't been in the playoff picture for a number of games but we have a reputation of being a hard team that's going to compete hard the whole game through. I thought [Tuesday] was no different; guys battled right … [Read more...] about Sabres, Johnson shut down Devils

'"It really was a boring road game. Both sides – we didn't have a lot, they didn't have a lot. It was a typical New Jersey Devils hockey game I think and we just stuck with our game and stayed pretty tight," Johnson said. "There were some calls there at the end that they got some momentum off of, but it was a good effort by us. It was a real boring game. That was a bad game."' … [Read more...] about Sabres make the most of chances in win over Devils