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'“Today was (bad),” Ristolainen said, using a profanity to punctuate his disappointment. What hurt the most was Ristolainen has experienced similar collapses during his previous six seasons. “I never thought I’d have to say this, but I had a lot of these games here,” he added. “They’re not fun to play. No one want to play games like we had tonight.”' … [Read more...] about Burakovsky, fluke goal, spark Avalanche’s 6-1 rout of Sabres

'“Wouldn’t it wear on you?” Eichel said. “Yeah, I think it wears on everyone. But that’s my job as a hockey player, as a leader, as a person, to be able to find a way to regroup every day, come to work and get better.”' … [Read more...] about Eichel vows ‘wheels won’t fall off’ Sabres as in past years

'“Everyone knows what’s going on,” said Hutton, who allowed one goal on 23 shots. “We’re not stupid. The outside and the pressure that comes with the situation we’re in, so it was a big answer.”' … [Read more...] about Eichel scores in OT to give Sabres 2-1 win over Blue Jackets

'Sabres fans, already upset with Buffalo’s dud Tuesday against Ottawa, proceeded to boo the team off the ice following the second period.' … [Read more...] about Gallagher scores in return, Canadiens beat Sabres 3-1

'“We know Carter can step up here. He had an excellent start of the season, some struggles of late,” coach Ralph Krueger said. “We feel Carter is ready to be the guy to step in here and carry the ball.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres goalie Ullmark out 3-4 weeks; Johansson promoted

'“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.”' … [Read more...] about Senators snap 7-game road skid with 5-2 win over Sabres

'“It’s frustrating because we feel we had our opportunities and just didn’t find a way to capitalize,” Reinhart said. “I think both teams played a tight game and there was momentum swings throughout it, but they were just able to find that last goal to go ahead.”' … [Read more...] about Smith’s late power-play goal leads Predators over Sabres 2-1

'“Give Buffalo credit,” Dallas interim coach Rick Bowness said. ”(Ullmark) played another great game against us. They were clogging up the neutral zone very well.”' … [Read more...] about Dahlin breaks tie, Ullmark helps Sabres beat Stars 4-1

'“I thought the way he came back in the third showed a lot of leadership on his part,” Okposo said. “It showed a lot of character. When the game was on the line, he took it over, and that was great to see, special to see.”' … [Read more...] about Eichel’s end-to-end rush sparks Buffalo’s 4-2 win over Vegas

'Thompson had seven goals and five assists for 12 points in 65 games with Buffalo last season before being demoted to the minors. The 2016 first-round draft pick was acquired by the Sabres in a multiplayer trade that sent center Ryan O’Reilly to St. Louis in July 2018.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Thompson to miss 5-6 months after shoulder surgery

'“It was going to go in eventually, and it was obviously nice to see them go in,” Rodrigues said. “Hopefully that continues.”' … [Read more...] about Rodrigues scores 2 goals to lift Sabres past Detroit 5-1

'Defensive breakdowns proved costly for Buffalo, which was unable to keep up with Vancouver’s speedy forwards.' … [Read more...] about Boeser scores twice in Canucks’ 6-3 win over Sabres

'“Everybody needs to get hungrier to shoot on net,” Sabres coach Ralph Krueger said. “I think we still give up too many opportunities, our D and our forwards, to try to make a play, and the other thing will be to get bodies there.”' … [Read more...] about Thomas, Bozak lead Blues to 5-1 win over Sabres

'Pilut was previously called up by Buffalo in November, but didn’t play a game during Buffalo’s two-game series against Tampa Bay in his native Sweden.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo Sabres call up defenseman Lawrence Pilut from AHL

'“Creating layers of offense is what a good team does when top scorers drop out,” coach Ralph Krueger said. “I am happy with secondary scoring of late. We need to continue to develop at least three lines that can chip in here.”' … [Read more...] about Reinhart leads Sabres in 3-2 win over Panthers