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'As has been a recurring theme throughout the month of December, Buffalo overcame their power-play ineptitude with rock-solid goaltending by Ryan Miller and an improved workmanlike effort over the final forty minutes of play.' … [Read more...] about Sabres 3, Canadiens 2 (SO)

Stafford powers Amerks to victory (Rochester D&C) Healthy Sekera finally getting a chance to skate with Sabres (Rochester D&C) Rochester 6, Hamilton 3 (AP) Amerks Beat Bulldogs (RNews.com) Stafford nets two as Amerks win, 6-3 (Amerks.com) Paille returns to Amerks; Sekera receives call (Amerks.com) 'Dogs doubled up by Amerks (HamiltonBulldogs.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage

'Thomas Vanek drove a slap shot past goalie Cristobal Huet on Buffalo's second shot in the shootout to lead the Sabres to a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.' … [Read more...] about Vanek powers Sabres to shootout victory over Canadiens

'Teppo Numminen’s injury has been revealed by x-rays to be a broken toe. He is now classified as day-to-day and will not be in the lineup for the Sabres Saturday night in Montreal.' … [Read more...] about Sekera Up, Paille Down, Numminen Out, Peters In

'A new pillow, complete with the new Sabres logo, arrived in the mail and Jeanneret has been using it ever since. "So may you wallow in guilt, whoever you are, be you bozo or bimbo," Jeanneret said on the air to the cushion crook. "I have a new pillow."' … [Read more...] about Off Main Street

'"It's frustrating, especially because it went so well last year," Sabres defenseman Brian Campbell said. "It's not resulting in anything this year."' … [Read more...] about Sabres' power play in deep freeze

'"Teppo had an X-ray on his big toe," Ruff said, emitting a sigh. "The initial [report] isn't good, but we'll find out more."' … [Read more...] about Teppo's big toe is cause for concern

'Sabres have converted three of their last 36 power plays.' … [Read more...] about Sabres vs. Canadiens

Buffalo (21-5-2) at Montreal (16-8-4) (AP) Briere, Sabres look to regroup vs. Canadiens (Sportsticker) Buffalo Sabres (21-5-2) at Montreal Canadiens (16-8-4) (The Sports Network) Game # 29: Buffalo @ Montreal (SabresFans.com) Difficult task (HabsWorld.net) … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Montreal Coverage (Updated 11:00 a.m.)

Amerks fail to dig out of early hole (Rochester D&C) A chance to pay back the Bulldogs tonight (Rochester D&C) Hockey fan's All-Star campaign snowballs (Rochester D&C) Crunch gets best of the best (Syracuse Post Standard) Syracuse 5, Rochester 3 (AP) Comeback Falls Short (RNews.com) Amerks' rally falls short (Amerks.com) Amerks partner with Time Warner to launch its … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Rochester Coverage

'But after spending the first six weeks of the season looking like supermen, the Sabres have appeared decidedly ordinary in recent weeks -- or at least they've stopped running away from the pack. Buffalo has gone only 5-4 over its past nine games, with one of those wins coming via a shootout, and that was after a stretch in which the Sabres won six of eight but … [Read more...] about Slow first periods bringing Sabres back to pack

'Veteran defenceman Teppo Numminen injured a foot while blocking a shot against Florida on Thursday night, while centre Chris Drury is battling a flu.' … [Read more...] about Canadiens get Markov back from flu; Sabres' Numminen has sore foot

'In the six games following losses, Buffalo has outscored its opponent by a 27-14 margin, including Tuesday's 4-1 win over Tampa Bay that followed a lackluster 7-4 loss to Washington.' … [Read more...] about Inside shots

'The Sabres were outshot 17-3 in the first period of Thursday's loss to Florida and 38-18 overall.' … [Read more...] about Notes, quotes

'Buffalo has dropped three of its five away contests after beginning the season with a 10-0-0 road mark.' … [Read more...] about Sabres not having a ton of fun on the road