‘Now, Skinner is only three weeks away from continuing his run as the league’s longest-tenured player yet to appear in a Stanley Cup playoff game and will carry a 12-game goalless drought into Thursday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.’
Archives for March 14, 2019
Sabres Notebook: Defenseman Zach Bogosian day to day with upper-body injury
‘Bogosian, 28, has three goals among 17 points with a minus-2 rating in 61 games this season. He has missed eight games because of injury, including the Sabres’ 4-3 loss to Edmonton on March 4, and was one of three Sabres to not record a shot on goal against Dallas.’
Sabres’ Jeff Skinner battling first slump of season
‘But Skinner been stuck on 36 goals for 27 days. The NHL All-Star has a 12-game goal drought entering Thursday’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at KeyBank Center.’
Thursday’s Pittsburgh Coverage
Penguins surging ahead of visit to Eichel-less Sabres (The Sports Xchange)
Penguins at Sabres preview (NHL.com)
Game Preview: Pens-Sabres (PittsburghPenguins.com)
Sabres’ Sobotka is trying to get through the tough times
‘Sobotka has been treated the same way on social media because he didn’t score for 42 games, and he was part of a trade for Ryan O’Reilly. Some of the things said about him are vicious and he’s the whipping boy for many fans and media. Sobotka is fully aware of it, “I don’t care what they say. You have to ignore that. If you read that you have to deal with that, so I read stuff, but I don’t pay any attention to it.’
Sabres’ young trio to skate as linemates vs. Pens
‘”I think, obviously, I got to know them pretty well being the young guys,” Mittelstadt said after practice on Tuesday. “It’s good to see Nyls up here, I haven’t gotten to see him in a while. I’m pretty good buddies with him and obviously me and Tage are really good buddies, being up here all year.”‘
Thursday’s Rochester Coverage
Sabres prospect Lawrence Pilut adjusting nicely after being sent back to Rochester (Buffalo News)
Comets’ winless streak at 5 games after road loss (Utica Observer Dispatch)
Amerks blank Comets for fourth straight win (Amerks.com)
Amerks sign Gosselin for 2019-20 season (Amerks.com)
Comets shutout in divisional battle with Rochester (UticaComets.com)