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'Four of Buffalo's eight regulation losses this season have come against the Senators.' … [Read more...] about Heatley’s Hat Trick Leads Sens To 6-3 Win

'"We didn't do a good enough job on special teams to win the game," said head coach Lindy Ruff, whose team has suffered half of its eight losses this season at the hands of the Senators.' … [Read more...] about Fourth Straight Loss to Ottawa

'Given three man-advantages by the 20:27 mark, the Sabres were cumulatively outshot, 2-0, by the Senators and gave up a deflating shorthanded goal to Heatley to open the scoring and psychologically take the wind out of Buffalo's sails.' … [Read more...] about Game # 40: Senators 6, Sabres 3

'The Sabres fired away in the opening 20 minutes, but the Ottawa goaltender swallowed everything thrown at him.' … [Read more...] about Emery, special teams help Sens continue dominance

Stafford becomes road warrior in journey between Sabres, Amerks (Rochester D&C) Moose stung by losses to Americans (Winnipeg Sun) Amerks 'Reading Power Play' resumes next week (Amerks.com) Americans Visit MTS Centre as Moose Honour Hockey Canada (MooseHockey.com) Meet Dylan Hunter (LetsGoSabres.com) … [Read more...] about Thursday’s Rochester Coverage

'"It's always fun when you can get recognition for playing defense," Roy said Tuesday. "Usually, the recognition comes if you score goals or something like that, but whenever you can get recognition for playing defense, it's always good. I know the team always appreciates it when guys are going down, blocking shots, doing the little plays to win the game."' … [Read more...] about Roy gets a rush killing penalties

'The Buffalo Sabres held an optional practice Tuesday in HSBC Arena, and only seven players participated. So the team had a cross-ice scrimmage inside one blue line, with Martin Biron in one net and an unidentified masked man in the other. It was Ruff, playing goal for Czech mates Ales Kotalik, Jaroslav Spacek and Jiri Novotny.' … [Read more...] about A Ruff practice between the pipes

'G Ray Emery was last week's NHL First Star after going 3-0 with a 0.66 GAA.' … [Read more...] about Sabres vs. Senators

'"You're going to see the same type of game [as the other four meetings]," said head coach Lindy Ruff. "The area we've been beat in, and beat pretty handily, has been special teams. If we are going to win the game, we have to be the team that comes out on top."' … [Read more...] about Special Teams Battle

Senators Game Night (Ottawa Citizen) Buffalo (29-7-3) at Ottawa (21-18-2) (AP) Sabres gun for fifth straight victory (Sportsticker) Buffalo Sabres (29-7-3) at Ottawa Senators (21-18-2) (The Sports Network) Senators vs. Sabres (OttawaSenators.com) Game # 40: Buffalo @ Ottawa (SabresFans.com) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Ottawa Coverage (Updated 12:00 p.m.)

Cunneyworth approaches Crozier's 260 wins (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Rochester Coverage

'Several of the Buffalo higher-ups with whom Nolan had a frosty relationship still run the Sabres.' … [Read more...] about Sabres didn&#8217t welcome Nolan

'For the third game in a row, Miller allowed a third-period goal and nothing more in a 3-1 Sabres victory over the New York Islanders on Monday afternoon.' … [Read more...] about Miller a singular sensation

'I'm not suggesting the Sabres should have held a pregame ceremony or erected a statue in your honor, but it would have been nice had they recognized the only coach in 26 seasons to guide them to a division title. It would not have killed them to show your face for a few seconds on the $4 million Jumbotron.' … [Read more...] about Should auld acquaintance be forgot…

'"We've had some good power plays. We've had some bad power plays," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "There's times when we've been really out of sync, and there's been times when we really passed it well."' … [Read more...] about Power play still having its ups and downs