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'“You sit here after the fact and you say, ’Yeah, it could’ve been the other way after the first 10 minutes,’” Granato said. “But the way we did not respond after that is an indicator, to me, that we didn’t have a strong enough foundation going into the game.' … [Read more...] about Ennis’ hat trick is all Ottawa needs vs. Buffalo in 5-0 win

'“I challenged our guys from a leadership perspective,” Sabres coach Don Granato said. “The teams that are successful, you have leadership right throughout the entire team.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres win 6-3, hand Flyers 11th straight loss

'Buffalo built a 2-0 advantage in the opening seven minutes. Dahlin skated up the left wing and beat Holtby with a backhand for his seventh goal at 2:47 of the first. Dahlin, the Sabres’ lone All-Star, then assisted on a power-play goal from Quinn, the Sabres’ first-round pick in 2020 playing his second game since being called up from the minors.' … [Read more...] about Robertson, Seguin rally Stars to 5-4 win over Sabres

'“I was pumped,” Houser said. “Any time you can seal it with an empty-netter and run out the last 40 seconds with a two-goal lead, I like our chances. It’s much better than them buzzing around, 6-on-5, us only up a goal. It was more fun to play that last 40 seconds after (Tuch) buried that.”' … [Read more...] about Houser strong in season debut, Sabres beat Senators 3-1

'Skinner lamented that the Sabres “had the lead, we had a power play, and we have to find a way to close those games out.”' … [Read more...] about Larkin scores 2 in Red Wings’ 3-2 OT win over Sabres

'“It was lethargic. You have to find something there, you have to dig and fight harder than that,” Buffalo coach Tony Granato said. “I said the guys after, you’ve got to look in the mirror. It should be extremely disappointing to everybody in that room.”' … [Read more...] about Bertuzzi, Nedeljkovic lead Red Wings past Sabres 4-0

'“Our guys deserved to win,” Buffalo coach Don Granato said. “They worked for it. They earned it from the first drop of the puck all the way to the end.”' … [Read more...] about Skinner scores twice as Sabres beat Predators 4-1

'Houser was signed to an NHL contract after spending this season splitting time between Buffalo’s minor-league affiliates in Rochester and Cincinnati. The 29-year-old made his NHL debut with the Sabres, going 2-2 in four games last season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres sign Houser to shore up injury-depleted goalie depth

'“The effort’s not where it needs to be,” Buffalo’s Zemgus Girgensons said.' … [Read more...] about Kucherov’s hat trick leads Lightning over Sabres 6-1

'“I just think we need more urgency,” Skinner said. “We were sort of waiting for plays to develop, and as a result, we were kind of on our heels for a bit there.”' … [Read more...] about Sharks end two-game skid with 3-2 win over Sabres

'“We had a lot of guys come up good tonight,” he said, mentioning both Skinner and Hinostroza. “We have a lot of frustration, but a lot of things on the good side.”' … [Read more...] about Coyle gets OT winner as Bruins rally past Sabres, 4-3

'“We did OK in spurts. I don’t think we had everyone spinning the wheel tonight,” Okposo said. “We have a ton of new faces. It almost felt like a preseason game with so many new guys in the lineup.”' … [Read more...] about Islanders beat Sabres 4-1 behind strong game from Varlamov

'“If I wasn’t getting chances every game, then that would be a little different story,” Thompson said. “You can’t get too low or too high when things are going well. So just keep working and eventually they’ll come. They come in waves.”' … [Read more...] about Hughes lifts Devils over Sabres 4-3 to snap 6-game skid

'“Let’s face it, we get in here at 3 a.m. last night, you’re not going to be able to match the energy of the other team,” Granato said. “So you have to find a way. I thought our guys battled extremely hard to stay in the game and give themselves a chance to win a game.”' … [Read more...] about Carter scores in OT as Penguins top Subban, Sabres 3-2

'“We had a really good first period and they had the lead, but that didn’t affect us,” Thompson said. “We just kept going and that’s why we got the result that we did.”' … [Read more...] about Thompson’s shootout goal lifts Sabres to 3-2 win over Wild