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'"I'd like to play as quickly as I can," Eichel said. "It's more about how I feel and how my ankle reacts to practice today and how it feels tomorrow, how I feel physically. Mentally you're back already. Whenever you're out that long and you miss that much time, you wish you were playing a few weeks ago. But in the essence of things, you want to take care of things and make … [Read more...] about Eichel practices with Sabres, listed as day to day

'"When you look at our lineup versus their lineup, I think our guys are doing a terrific job, guys that are stepping in," Sabres coach Phil Housley said. "But we had an opportunity to close that game out with 4 1/2 minutes to go, and those are areas we have to learn as we move forward. It's a simple battle and we can't lose inside position."' … [Read more...] about Golden Knights defeat Sabres, break record

'"I didn't see the hit, but you see him on the ice after and just praying he's OK," Sabres center Ryan O'Reilly said. "It's a tough bounce, he's been through a lot, but hopefully it's a speedy recovery and he's back with us soon."' … [Read more...] about Okposo out indefinitely for Sabres because of concussion

'"Robin played well and played strong coming back here," Sabres coach Phil Housley said. "Especially in the shootout, I thought he made some key saves, obviously to set it up for [Jacob Josefson's] winner, but good for him that he played a solid game and had a really good shootout."' … [Read more...] about Sabres defeat Senators in shootout

'"It's about preparation and being a good pro," Buffalo coach Phil Housley said. "The learning curve of this team is measuring your consistency, game in, game out. You can say it was an off night, I don't agree. We had a little too much cheat, not enough compete, [and] losing puck battles all around."' … [Read more...] about Flames gain in wild card with win against Sabres

'"This team can obviously beat anybody and any team can beat anyone, you just have to play the right way," said Johnson, who has won three straight starts, making the save on 93 of 98 shots (.949 save percentage). "Everybody has to buy in. It's not about one player on the team or anything like that. It's about a collective group, the five guys on the ice playing a certain way. … [Read more...] about Sabres send Maple Leafs to fourth straight loss

'"I thought we had our opportunities at key times in the game and they capitalized on theirs and we didn't," Sabres coach Phil Housley said. "The game's 2-1 and we're getting really good looks there; 2-on-1s, odd-man rushes, and really some opportunities to make a difference and we weren't opportunistic at that time and I think that's where the game stood."' … [Read more...] about Panthers top Sabres for fifth straight win

'"I think my first one-timer was a better shot but [Vasilevskiy] made a nice save," Pominville said. "I was able to get another one through and I think it just got through, he probably didn't see it. It was nice to be able to get the extra point."' … [Read more...] about Lightning reach 90 points with OT loss to Sabres

'"We come to rise against good teams," Sabres defenseman Nathan Beaulieu said. "We know what's at stake; we know they're a good team, they're going to bring their best. I think we got to try to mindset every night."' … [Read more...] about Sabres spoil Nash’s debut with Bruins

'"There were some guys that weren't ready to play tonight," Buffalo coach Phil Housley said. "It was obvious right off the drop of the puck."' … [Read more...] about Ovechkin scores 38th in Capitals win against Sabres

'"I thought we did a very nice job, except for the start of the second period," Sabres coach Phil Housley said. "We sat back and let them use their speed, which we knew we couldn't do, but we pulled it back together."' … [Read more...] about Sabres top Red Wings in OT on Scandella goal with 0.2 seconds left

'"I was just trying to battle to get to the net," Okposo said. "[Evan Rodrigues] made a great play and it hit me in the back of the leg. [I'll] take it, but I thought we did a lot of that in the third period. We just got pucks and bodies to the net. We do need more of that."' … [Read more...] about Ovechkin, Capitals top Sabres

'Lehner made 26 saves through two periods; Chad Johnson played the third period and made six saves.' … [Read more...] about Kings defeat Sabres in Buffalo for first time in 15 years

'"He kept us in the game," Rodrigues said of Lehner. "Those are the games you like to win for your goalie when maybe we're not playing our best and we find a way to win."' … [Read more...] about Gaborik helps Senators defeat Sabres in overtime

'"He does it all," Reinhart said of O'Reilly. "Playing with him, I've been with him and [Jack Eichel] a lot lately and they've both been unbelievable in the face-off circle and that makes it so much easier as a winger; that makes it so much easier on everyone when you start with the puck. It's just little things just like that and the two-way game he has is something everyone … [Read more...] about Lightning lose to Sabres, Atlantic lead down to one