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'The power play is clicking at 22.6 percent with 28 goals. The penalty kill, however, is dead last, successful only 74.6 percent of the time, giving up a total of 29 goals while shorthanded 114 times.' … [Read more...] about Sabres find success on power play, frustration on penalty kill

'"It’s something really special," said Jake McCabe who won gold with Team USA in 2013. "I think the world juniors is becoming a bigger thing, especially in the States. I mean obviously in Canada it’s a massive thing but seeing the reaction on social media from people that aren’t necessarily tuned in to the world juniors is big. Dramatic games like that I think are going to help … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Team USA veterans celebrate victory

'Artem Anisimov scored with 2:04 left to tie the game and South Buffalo native Patrick Kane banged home a Jonathan Toews rebound after 56 seconds of overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the shellshocked Sabres.' … [Read more...] about No sweet finish to trip as Kane stuns Sabres in OT

'Justin Bailey's first NHL goal was 12 games and a lifetime of dreams in coming. And when the moment finally happened Tuesday night in Madison Square Garden, it bore an eerie resemblance to a first from his hockey youth.' … [Read more...] about Justin Bailey’s first Sabres goal looked a lot like his first ever

'"It's tough to put wins together in this league. You start getting to even about six in a row and it's a lot," Foligno said prior to Thursday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks. "But a lot of teams are going to 8-10-12 wins. It's something that gives us some hope."' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Foligno awed by streak of brother’s Blue Jackets

'The Sabres suffered their 10th straight loss to the Hawks and have dropped seven straight here since 2007.' … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: Blackhawks 4, Sabres 3 (OT)

'"It felt great to be back with the guys," O'Reilly said. "It feels like it has been months since I've been around. It's nice to get out there. I feel 100 percent. It's just a matter of making sure everybody is on board and feeling safe. It was an unfortunate thing, but we got it done when we did or it could have been a lot worse. I was happy it didn't erupt or anything like … [Read more...] about O’Reilly makes speedy recovery, likely to play Thursday

'"It’s like the power play with great players on it that aren’t scoring. They’re still a dangerous power play," Bylsma said. "They’re still a power play that’s going to score a goal. I think you’d like to be able to take advantage of them maybe being slumping, but you certainly don’t approach it that way when you’re going to play them.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Bylsma wary of Blackhawks snapping slump

'"It's amazing. When I got back to the bench, I was overcome with an emotion I can't really describe," Bailey said. "I had to check that and get back to the game. When it finally went in and I saw it hit the back of the net, it was an amazing feeling."' … [Read more...] about Bailey flooded by memories after scoring first NHL goal for Sabres

'"Some of the metrics and numbers clearly are different with Jake and 'Risto' together, with Kulikov and Ristolainen together and with the pairing of McCabe and Bogosian," Bylsma said after his team's morning skate when asked about McCabe and Ristolainen.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: McCabe back on top ‘D’ pair

'The Sabres got goals from Zemgus Girgensons, Evander Kane, Justin Bailey and Jack Eichel and two assists from Sam Reinhart. Anders Nilsson made 24 saves to get the win and improve to 6-3-3 on the season.' … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: Sabres 4, Rangers 1

'“You don’t want to go chance-for-chance with the teams that we’re playing here,” Bylsma said in KeyBank Center. “You don’t want to go offense-for-offense or run-and-gun. You do have to limit what they get by how you play with the puck. That’s a focus for us in the next two games.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ centers have daunting challenge ahead

'Larsson has been one of the Sabres’ top two-way centers for the past two seasons. He also put up six goals and 11 points in 36 games this year.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Larsson done for year; Gorges back

'“As a whole team, everyone needs to look in the mirror and we all need to get a lot better,” he said. “I think I speak for the team in saying that we’re all frustrated with where we’re at, and I don’t think I’m the only person in the locker room that’s not satisfied.”' … [Read more...] about Eichel tired of Sabres’ poor play, wants improvement

'“We’ll have a further evaluation on his situation once he gets back here … but he’s definitely long term at this point,” Bylsma said Sunday in KeyBank Center.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Larsson hospitalized; Carrier returns