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Linus Ullmark, a ‘centerpiece’ for Sabres, suffers non-contact injury

‘Linus Ullmark, a 26-year-old who established himself as the unquestioned starting goalie, suffered a non-contact, lower-body injury when his right knee buckled and he had to be helped to the bench by Jeff Skinner and Brandon Montour. While Ullmark’s prognosis won’t be revealed until Wednesday at the earliest, coach Ralph Krueger called the injury “painful to watch.”‘

The Wraparound: Ottawa Senators 5, Buffalo Sabres 2

‘The Sabres endured another slow start Tuesday night, failing to record a shot on goal until 11:15 into the first period. They entered the game with a negative-15 goal differential in the first period of games this season.’

Sabres GM Jason Botterill says he’s still in the market for forward help

‘”I think Ralph has really focused a lot with our group about short-term goals and that’s great for our internal group,” Botterill said. “From our standpoint, from a managerial perspective, we do have to take a little bit more from a longer-range perspective, and we’ll certainly see how things progress here. I think it’s exciting to have, what is it, eight of the next nine here at home. … Now it’s important to – starting here tonight against Ottawa – try to get the results but continue to improve as a group.”‘

Sabres lose game to Senators, goalie Linus Ullmark to injury

‘“We can’t play like that at home, a team coming off a back-to-back, we just had a break,” Eichel said. “It’s not good enough. I mean, if you want to make the playoffs, that’s not a playoff-caliber effort by us. So you know that, I know that, everyone in the room knows that.”’

Sabres GM Jason Botterill would like to add forward before trade deadline

‘“We’re trying to add to our group there,” Botterill said Tuesday morning of acquiring a forward. “I think if we can add more to our sort of offensive mix, we’re certainly looking for it. I think also, too, when you can add to just our team speed up front, it’s another thing you look at.”‘

Difficult learning for Curtis Lazar

‘“I don’t want to criticize the organizations to which I belonged previously. Sometimes when these teams sent me back to the minors, I felt a little abandoned. I found it hard. Here, when I am sent back to the minors, I am given specific objectives. Each time, I go back to the minors and I work there. I feel better prepared when I am offered a new opportunity.”‘

Senators snap 7-game road skid with 5-2 win over Sabres

‘“I think today, more painful is the way we lost the game, what we did and didn’t do to get the points we desperately wanted here tonight,” he said. “We seemed to be in it, and then we fell back, and it just went that way all the way. We never really got a rhythm.”’

Sabres fall flat on home ice, lose 5-2 to Senators

’43-seconds into the man advantage, Mike Reilly accepted a drop pass from Ennis, and blasted a point shot past Ullmark for the defenseman’s first goal of the season. With the goal, Ottawa moved to a perfect 3-for-3 on the powerplay against Buffalo on this Tuesday night. Coming into the contest, the Senators owned the worst powerplay in the NHL.’