Arizona Coyotes’ Louis Domingue to make second straight start vs. Buffalo Sabres (Arizona Republic)
Struggling Sabres gear up for Coyotes (AP)
Preview: Sabres at Coyotes (NHL.com)
Coyotes vs. Sabres Preview (ArizonaCoyotes.com)
Archives for February 26, 2017
Mile High mess costs Sabres dearly
‘Pick a problem, any problem, and the Sabres had it Saturday night in Pepsi Center. The sum of the parts was a 5-3 loss to the lowly Colorado Avalanche, about as ill-timed a defeat as Dan Bylsma has had in his two years as Sabres coach.’
Sabres Notebook: Kane shutting out trade talk
‘”It definitely doesn’t affect me,” Kane said of trade talk prior to Saturday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche in Pepsi Center. “Am I aware of it? Of course. But it doesn’t affect me. It’s just this time of year.”‘
Quick Hits: Avalanche 5, Sabres 3
‘The Sabres also fell to 0-4-2 in their last six games in the Mile High City. They have not won here since 2005.’
Former Sabre Andrew Peters allegedly involved in youth hockey fight (video)
‘Peters is the coach of the Jr. Sabres Midget 15U team. A coach is shown in the video going after an opposing player around the 17-second mark when a fight spills into his team’s bench.’
Sunday’s Colorado Coverage
Jeremy Smith has 34 saves, gets his first NHL win as Avalanche beats Sabres (Denver Post)
Avalanche Journal: Somebody out there probably was playing his last Colorado home game (Denver Post)
It’s amazing that the Avalanche is drawing as well as it is. Yes, “well.” (Denver Post)
Avalanche hang on late in win over Sabres (BSN Denver)
Landeskog scores twice, Avalanche beat Sabres 5-3
‘Buffalo came back from its bye week and missed a chance to make up ground in the Eastern Conference standings. The Sabres are seven points behind Toronto for third place in the Atlantic Division and six back of Boston for the second wild card.’
Landeskog leads Avalanche past Sabres
‘Marcus Foligno, Evan Rodrigues had goals, and Sam Reinhart also scored in his return after missing two games for Buffalo. Robin Lehner stopped 25 shots for the Sabres, who continued the poor record for teams coming out of the league-mandate five-day rest period. NHL teams are 6-14-4 after their break.’
Avalanche hold on for 5-3 win over Sabres
‘Robin Lehner made 25 saves on the night in the losing effort, while the blue and gold recorded 37 shots on goal in the game. Jeremy Smith stopped 34 of the 37 shots for the win.’
5 Observations: Sabres fall to Avalanche 5-3
‘Less than 15 minutes into the Sabres first game since returning from the bye week the blue and gold found themselves trailing 3-0 to the worst team in the NHL. Plain and simply, that can’t happen.’