‘“You get the second, third, fourth goal, and you forget about the mistake you make,” coach Dan Bylsma said after a 6-3 victory over Los Angeles. “When you’re getting one or less goals a game, every mistake is magnified. We had a few of those kerfuffles that cause goals in a game against a good team. I think you start to squeeze the stick a little bit and wonder where this was going.’
Archives for December 14, 2016
Mike Harrington: A massive win for Lehner
‘In four of Lehner’s last five home games, the Sabres had scored one goal for him. He had given up 12, not bad but not nearly good enough either. He finally got the right combination for his first win since Nov. 21.’
Sabres Notebook: Okposo and Eichel discover a bit of chemistry
‘The pair combined for six points, including connecting for two goals in an explosive second period for the Buffalo Sabres in their 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings Tuesday in KeyBank Center.’
Quick hits: Sabres 6, Kings 3
‘Buffalo improved to 14-1-1 against the Kings in the last 16 games in KeyBank Center.’
Bills, Sabres secondary ticket prices drop faster than temps
‘Tickets in the third-row of the upper deck can be had for $8.99. Face value of the seats at the box office is $44.’
Ryan O’Reilly ignites Sabres in comeback win over Kings
‘“We needed to get angry, we needed to take control,” Bylsma said. “Ryan wasn’t the only guy on the bench doing that, either. Jack was cheering the guys on, wanted to take control. He wanted to follow Ryan’s lead; Ryan did it with his shift, but Jack did the same thing.”’
Sabres notes: Kings’ Jordan Nolan speaks up about Standing Rock
‘“It’s an important issue for our people, our land and our culture,” said Nolan, the son of former Sabres coach Ted Nolan. “We thought we’d kind of speak on it a little bit, kind of help bring more awareness to the issue.”’
Wednesday’s Los Angeles Coverage
Sabres’ four-goal outburst in second period dooms Kings, 6-3 (Los Angeles Times)
What we learned from the Kings’ 6-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres (Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Kings’ Jeff Carter: ‘We’re a fragile team’ (Sportsnet)
December 13 postgame notes (LAKings.com)
December 13 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter (LAKings.com)
December 13 postgame quotes: Jeff Carter (LAKings.com)
Photo gallery (NHL.com)
Photo gallery (Buffalo News)
Eichel scores 2 goals in Sabres’ 6-3 win over Kings
‘”He’s our leader,” Eichel said. “He’s a huge player for our team. Steps up, makes a huge play, scores a beautiful goal and opens it up for us.”‘
Sabres conquer Kings with four-goal outburst
‘”Once we kind of got on a role, we stayed with it,” said Sabres center Ryan O’Reilly. “Goal after goal, you could feel the life in the building. Everything just kind of changed. We took the game over.”‘