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'"He's been doing it all year for us," Eichel said of the Sabres goalie. "Timely saves like that are so important. He's the backbone, him and [Carter Hutton], of this team. They play like that, they give us a chance to win every night. There's a lot of confidence in the group in front of them.' … [Read more...] about Ullmark makes 43 saves, Sabres defeat Panthers to end skid at three

'"It's really painful right now," Buffalo coach Ralph Krueger said, "to digest a game where, in Boston, against for me the best team in the League at the moment, we played as good a first period as we could play, and dominated in every, every area of the game except for the score. You know coming in out of that period 1-1, the guys deserved more from that, and I thought they … [Read more...] about Marchand, Bruins defeat Sabres, extend point streak to six

'"We're all in this together. No one's feeling sorry for us. We can't feel sorry for ourselves," Sabres captain Jack Eichel said. "It's frustrating the position that we're in, but it's just going to test our character right now and our will to compete on a nightly basis and just our will to win. That's what it comes down to. But we're all in this together. It's important we … [Read more...] about Parise scores two goals to lift Wild past Sabres

'"They just had Grade A [chances] and we didn't," Eichel said. "Their chances were probably better than ours. We just didn't play a good game."' … [Read more...] about Dach’s two goals boost Blackhawks past Sabres for fourth straight win

'"I just think for us to win, we have to play a little bit cleaner of a game, but it's good to get out of a little hole that we were in there and find a way to get two points," Eichel said.' … [Read more...] about Eichel scores four goals, Sabres top Senators to end winless streak

'"We had a good start. We felt good about the first few minutes, but the 1-1 goal really took the energy out of the group and we went flat," Sabres coach Ralph Krueger said.' … [Read more...] about Hamilton, Hurricanes recover to hand Sabres another loss

'"Oh yeah, for sure. There's no panic," forward Kyle Okposo said. "It doesn't make any sense to think or talk about last year. [Kruger] just does such a good job communicating it and getting us in the proper frame of mind and the mind frame that he wants us to be in. There's new challenges every season and this year is presenting some different challenges. We're looking to face … [Read more...] about Sabres focused on present, not past during difficult stretch

'"We asked for a different game. We wanted a stronger compete, and we felt that we had it," Buffalo coach Ralph Krueger said. "There were stretches of the game today where we were very close to where we want to be as a team and how we want to play, and specialty teams did decide the game again today. Our power play let us down, as did our [penalty kill] this weekend."' … [Read more...] about Maroon lifts Lightning past Sabres at Global Series

'"You are trying to make the player into a better player and a better person every time you speak to him," said Kreuger, in his first season as Sabres coach.' … [Read more...] about Krueger imparts wisdom on Swedish coaches at Global Series

'Linus Ullmark, a native of Lugnvik, Sweden, made 31 saves, and Sam Reinhart scored twice for the Sabres (9-5-2), who are winless in their past four games (0-3-1).' … [Read more...] about Lightning edge Sabres at Global Series in Stockholm

'Little did Dahlin know that one day he would be pictured with Hedman on a T-shirt, facing off against him on the 2019 NHL Global Series logo even though they're both defensemen, and that kids would be in the stands watching them play an NHL game in their home country.' … [Read more...] about Dahlin, Hedman say Sabres-Lightning Global Series games dream come true

'"I'm sure when people see a bunch of guys that are stumbling around that can't speak Swedish, and they know that the games are going on, they probably put two and two together," Skinner said. "Yeah, I don't know, my Swedish isn't that great. It's kind of a giveaway."' … [Read more...] about NHL popularity growing in Sweden with Global Series

'Hedman is the only Sweden-born player on the Lightning, but the Sabres have six: goalie Linus Ullmark, defensemen Rasmus Dahlin and Lawrence Pilut, and forwards Johan Larsson, Marcus Johansson and Victor Olofsson.' … [Read more...] about Ericsson Globe symbol of hockey culture at Global Series

'The Sabres were on the ice for almost an hour in a skate that was light on battle drills but heavy on smiles. That's likely because the six Sweden-born players on the roster were too excited to be tired. Defenseman Rasmus Dahlin appeared to be the ringleader in the enthusiasm department throughout the skate.' … [Read more...] about Sabres hold spirited practice to begin preparation for Global Series

'It's something different for us as players. We have played so many games at the start of the season and the schedule has been so fast with the games that we haven't had a lot of down time. Now we get over here and we get to do something different and spend a lot of time together as a team. You could kind of see how special it is for us today at practice. Despite just getting … [Read more...] about Global Series Diary: Casey Mittelstadt