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'"In the first period, we got up with a good forecheck goal, a power-play goal and another offensive-zone goal," Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said. "We got up 3-0 in the game and they kind of plugged their way back in. … At that point, we had enough goals to win the game."' … [Read more...] about Penguins score two late to rally past Sabres

'Sabres defenseman Dmitry Kulikov left the game in the first period with an upper-body injury. He was injured in a collision behind the Buffalo net at 14:23 and was slow to get up before he headed to the bench. Coach Dan Bylsma did not have an update on him after the game.' … [Read more...] about Lightning defeat Sabres in shootout

'Eichel gave the Sabres a 3-2 lead with a power-play goal 11:08 into the second period. Eichel received a backhand pass from Sam Reinhart and took a shot from the circle that beat Smith for his 15th goal. Reinhart also had an empty-net goal with four seconds left in the third.' … [Read more...] about Jack Eichel, Sabres end four-game losing streak

'After defenseman Jake McCabe gave Buffalo a 4-2 lead 56 seconds into the third, Forsberg set up Ryan Johansen's 10th goal at 11:16 to make it 4-3, and then tied it 4-4 with 2:23 left when he skated into the Sabres zone after a pass from Viktor Arvidsson and beat Lehner.' … [Read more...] about Filip Forsberg scores twice, Predators win in OT

'"It's tough to swallow," said Eichel, who extended his point streak to six games with his 14th goal at 18:01 of the first period. "We've blown a lot of leads this year, and that's one of the most frustrating things. It seems like we play good and we get the lead and then we decide we're just going to sit back. … I don't know if we played a little too passive, but we don't push … [Read more...] about Radim Vrbata’s late goal gets Coyotes past Sabres

'Gabriel Landeskog had two goals and an assist for Colorado (17-40-3), which jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period.' … [Read more...] about Jeremy Smith of Avalanche gets first NHL win

'"We got beat by a good team and we got beat by one of the better teams. Yes, we've played a lot of games in the last 19 days and a lot in the last week here. It was a challenge and a measuring stick against a really good team. We came out on the wrong end of it." -- Sabres coach Dan Bylsma' … [Read more...] about Scott Darling propels Blackhawks to victory

'Buffalo (26-23-10) has won three straight games. St. Louis (31-23-5) had a six game win streak ended.' … [Read more...] about Robin Lehner, Sabres defeat Blues

'"I kind of started getting bored there in the second a little bit, but it was very nice to see," Lehner said. "It's nice to see we had three, four guys in the middle the whole second period. We were dumping pucks when we didn't have anything, we did a whole lot of things right today. When we play better teams it's obviously going to be a little different, but the same … [Read more...] about Robin Lehner, Sabres shut out Avalanche

'"The impact that I hope the film has on everyone is that they get the knowledge of how the black hockey player started and that it tells everyone they can achieve any goal that they would like to if they work hard enough at it," James said. "There will be tons of people around you to give you help if you work hard enough at it."' … [Read more...] about Sabres screen ‘Soul on Ice’ for charity

'It was the seventh time this season the Sabres rallied when trailing after two periods, tied for the most in the NHL this season with the Montreal Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Sabres are five points back of the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.' … [Read more...] about Sabres rally past Senators

'"It's not disrespectful to me; it's disrespectful to the game and the process. We're not a team that's a championship team. We're not a team that's won anything yet. That's where we're trying to get. Those words are, the way we played, was disrespect to that process, disrespectful to the game." -- Sabres coach Dan Bylsma' … [Read more...] about Michael Chaput scores twice in Canucks win

'Lehner was tested in the third period and made two crucial saves: on Rielly at 2:22, and on a point-blank shot from Tyler Bozak at 6:00.' … [Read more...] about Evander Kane scores twice, Sabres top Maple Leafs

'"You know what? I don't have the answer for you. Comeback victories, great momentum boosts, moral boosts or whatever. Comeback victories, they're called comebacks because we've put us in a hole. It's not all the time going to bounce that way. We get one on the power play at the end; it's just not enough time. Maybe if I don't let in the fourth, it'll be 3-2. … There's a lot of … [Read more...] about Corey Perry powers Ducks past Sabres

'"That's probably the worst we've played and gotten a win, but in saying that, we never gave up and it's a huge win for us," Sabres right wing Kyle Okposo said. "We've got to get two points. We've been saying it for a couple months, we've got to find ways to win games and I guess that's one of the ways. We stuck with it and our power play came up with a couple big goals for us … [Read more...] about Sabres stun Sharks, win in overtime