‘”It’s frustrating, pretty wide-open hockey,” said goalie Carter Hutton, who made seven of his 41 saves in a wild overtime period. “I don’t know if we want to exchange chances with a team like that. We get in the habit of doing that and we don’t fare too well.”‘
Archives for March 8, 2019
Sabres Notebook: Hawks slip back in race, Casey Mittelstadt returns to site of draft
‘”I think that kind of speaks to how close it is,” said Hawks star and South Buffalo native Patrick Kane. “Obviously some teams that we were right there with us went on winning streaks so that didn’t help us much. You can look at it that by losing a couple games you get yourself out of it pretty quick. But also if we win a few games and go on a run like we did earlier, we’ll see what position we’ll be in. We might be right there again.”‘
The Wraparound: Blackhawks 5, Sabres 4 (SO)
‘The Sabres lost their ninth in a row here (0-6-3) and continue to be winless since Jan. 10, 2007, their longest drought in any NHL arena. It was the third straight year Buffalo has lost in the building past regulation.’
Friday’s Chicago Coverage
Blackhawks squander an early lead but recover in time to beat the Sabres 5-4 in a shootout (Chicago Tribune)
John Hayden gets a chance on the Blackhawks’ top line with Jonathan Toews and Brandon Saad (Chicago Tribune)
Photo gallery (Chicago Tribune)
Hawks’ playoff chances dip despite 5-4 shootout win over Sabres (Chicago Sun Times)
Blackhawks notes: Toews the lone bright spot in team’s faceoff struggles (Chicago Sun Times)
Corey Crawford takes another step forward in first home start since December (Chicago Sun Times)
Blackhawks battle back to beat Buffalo (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
Perlini has struggled to adapt to new role, but his stock may be rising (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
Four takeaways: Blackhawks live to fight another day with shootout win over Sabres (NBC Sports Chicago)
Photo gallery (NHL.com)
Recap: Blackhawks 5, Sabres 4 SO (Blackhawks.com)
Blackhawks rally for 5-4 shootout win over Sabres
‘“This is where we’re at right now. We’re going to have to scrape and claw for every point we get,” Buffalo coach Phil Housley said. “You get that one-goal lead, now it’s time to buckle down. We were trying to do the right thing. They got a little puck luck.”’
Blackhawks best Sabres 5-4 in a shootout
‘With the loss, the Sabres have now dropped nine-consecutive games on the road and have not won in regulation away from KeyBank Center since December 16th, 2018, when they defeated the Bruins 4-2 in Boston. The Sabres’ last road victory was a 4-3 overtime win in Calgary on Janurary 16th.’
Sabres come storming back in Chicago only to lose in a shootout
‘Crawford is now 10-0-0 against Buffalo because after Jack Eichel scored in the shootout, Sam Reinhart was stopped.’
From the Locker Room: Sabres-Blackhawks
‘On playing better in front of Hutton: “He’s been big for us all year. We support and believe in him, but we have to do a better job in front of him. Both of our goaltenders have played well enough to put us in a position to win and we have to do a better job in front of them.”‘
Anisimov scores twice, Blackhawks defeat Sabres in shootout
‘”It’s just frustrating,” Hutton said. “I can’t put it into words right now. It seems like Groundhog Day right now. I do my best to try and compete and it’s hard not getting wins here.”‘
Sabres earn road point against Chicago
‘”That’s the style they like to play,” defenseman Zach Bogosian said. “I don’t think we checked well enough tonight to get the win, but it’s a big point for us.”‘