Archives for February 2018

'The absent-minded play of the Buffalo Sabres' No. 1 defenseman left coach Phil Housley no choice but to yank Ristolainen from the ice during 5-on-5 situations for virtually the entire second period of Sunday's 5-4 loss to Colorado.' … [Read more...] about Rasmus Ristolainen’s struggles push Housley’s breaking point

'The Sabres put together their third straight four-goal game in Sunday's 5-4 loss to Colorado, a first this season. They've even climbed out of their seasonlong spot as the NHL's lowest-scoring team.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Fueled by special teams, offense keeps clicking

'Both players are freshman this season and were drafted by the Sabres in 2017 – Mittelstadt eighth overall and Weissbach in the seventh round, 192nd overall.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Prospects: Mittelstadt vs. Weissbach in Big Ten matchup

'Eichel missed seven weeks with the injury last season. Only eight weeks remain this year.' … [Read more...] about Loss of Eichel leaves holes in Sabres’ stats, confidence level

'Now two major injuries in two years. They were both flukes. You can't worry Eichel is injury prone. At least not yet. But he's going to now miss roughly a quarter of the season in two of his first three years in the league. Not good.' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Caution is the right approach with Sabres’ Eichel

'"We didn't stick to our game plan," center Evan Rodrigues said in KeyBank Center. "We didn't keep things simple, and that led to them getting too many good chances, too many good looks at our net. Even though we scored four goals, when you play like that you're going give up what we gave up, and you're not going to win many games."' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Mistakes galore; Nelson scores first goal; O’Reilly shines

'Ristolainen was on the ice for all five goals by the Avs and was benched for parts of the second and third periods.' … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Avalanche 5, Sabres 4