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'Jeff Skinner scored twice for the struggling Sabres. Alex Tuch had a goal and two assists, Casey Mittelstadt also scored, and Tage Thompson tallied two assists. Craig Anderson stopped 27 shots. Buffalo has lost six in a row after a winless four-game homestand.' … [Read more...] about Horvat leads Canucks in 5-4 win over Sabres

'“We’ve got a group that — I’ve said it before — they’re not happy,” Sabres coach Don Granato said. “That’s a really good thing for us, is we brought in competitive people. ... When this stuff happens, they don’t like it. They want to fix it.”' … [Read more...] about Bergeron scores twice as Bruins beat Sabres 3-1

'“We didn’t look like ourselves early, so maybe we felt a little bit nervous, a little bit anxious,” Sabres coach Don Granato said. “But you’ve got to be able to plow past it and live with it.”' … [Read more...] about Eichel scores 3 in return to Buffalo, Vegas wins 9th in row

'“Yeah, I just tried to enjoy it, the whole experience,” Eichel said. “It is satisfying. It’s satisfying to come in here and win. And I think that was the most important thing for our group tonight.”' … [Read more...] about Golden Knights’ Eichel quiets crowd in 2nd visit to Buffalo

'“You have to tip your hat to their goalie,” Thompson said. “He played a good game. Sometimes you run into a hot goalie or you just can’t find the back of the net. Just kind of what it is.”' … [Read more...] about Vejmelka sharp in goal, Coyotes beat Sabres 4-1

'“Obviously, we didn’t get the result, but there’s a lot of good things you want to build on because there are good things we can take from it,” Skinner said.' … [Read more...] about Kucherov posts goal, 3 assists as Lightning beat Sabres 5-3

'Jacob Bryson, Victor Olofsson and Rasmus Dahlin scored for the Sabres, who had won three straight. Jack Quinn had two assists and Craig Anderson finished with 28 saves.' … [Read more...] about Aho has 3 goals, assist as Hurricanes beat Sabres 5-3

'“It’s good that we’re able to finish games,” Tuch said. “I think that’s something that we slowly learned last year, that we needed to bear down and not sit back and continue to press and continue to play our style of game. I thought we did that tonight.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres score five goals in third to rally over Penguins

'“It’s fun watching the guys working for it,” Sabres coach Don Granato said. “We’re trying to convince all of our guys to score some of the ugly ones and the pretty ones will just fall in there. We’ve been guilty of trying to pass the puck into the net. We got more direct.”' … [Read more...] about Thompson has 3 goals, 3 assists as Sabres beat Red Wings 8-3

'“He’s always ready, he’s an opportunist, he’s always ready,” Sabres coach Don Granato said. “We made a quick change in overtime to put him out and he had, you could argue, two goals in the game (already), but he felt the back of the net twice before that, one was disallowed, obviously, but so we knew he had a little swagger tonight as well and he didn’t let us down. What a … [Read more...] about Olofsson scores in OT as Sabres rally past Blackhawks 4-3

'“I think the second period was our big, big opportunity,” Sabres coach Don Granato said. “I think there we complicated some things. We could have been a little bit more intense going to the net. We tried to pass the puck into the net. Feeling good about puck movement of possession time and didn’t have the killer instinct that we needed at that point, and it caught up with … [Read more...] about Anderson’s late goal lifts Canadiens to 3-2 win over Sabres

'“We couldn’t get in a rhythm,” said Sabres coach Don Granato. “(Seattle) had much better energy than us. We chased it. We had a lot of guys that didn’t look like themselves. It was a tough night as a result."' … [Read more...] about Sprong has 3 points, Kraken start fast in 5-1 win vs Sabres

'“That’s the type of hockey he’s going to play. I knew it,” Tuch said. “It’s something that he wants to bring to the table and I’d say a lot of us don’t really want to give him the time of day. But sometimes, you have to stick up for your teammates.”' … [Read more...] about Tkachuk has goal, assist in Panthers’ 4-3 win over Sabres

'“I think it’s just keeping the room light,” said Anderson, who earned his 309th career victory, which ranks fifth among American-born goalies. “It’s one of those things where there was no panic, and the guys settled in after that.”' … [Read more...] about Anderson leads Sabres in 4-1 season-opening win over Ottawa

'Granato had two years left on his existing contract and is now locked up through the 2025-26 season. He will make just under $2 million in each season of the extension, not including bonuses, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Sabres did not reveal the terms of the contract.' … [Read more...] about Sabres sign coach Don Granato to 2-year extension