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'The Sabres finished out their 2024-25 campaign Thursday night with a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at KeyBank Center. With the victory, Lindy Ruff earned his 900th career win as an NHL head coach.' … [Read more...] about Sabres win season finale over Flyers

'Ruff hasn’t wanted to talk about that or anything other than winning hockey games and learning how to play better, but with no more games left, he decided to comment after Thursday’s game,' … [Read more...] about Sabres win the season’s final game over Philadelphia

'The fans voted for Tuch again in 2024-25. The “Rico Award” is given to the player who best demonstrates on-ice excellence, resiliency, and dedication to the community.' … [Read more...] about Tuch is selected for the Rick Martin Memorial Award

'The Sabres fell to the Maple Leafs 4-0 Tuesday night at KeyBank Center. Anthony Stolarz led the way for Toronto with a 36 save shut out, while Auston Matthews scored his 400th career goal in the victory. Ukko-Pekka Luukonen was solid in net stopping 28 Toronto shots, despite the loss.' … [Read more...] about Stolarz shines in shutout of Sabres

'The game’s No. 1 star Toronto goalie Anthony Stolarz picked up his third shutout in four games and has only given up eight goals in seven games. Buffalo had many Grade-A opportunities, but he was stopping one-timers from Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka as well as rebound attempts that it looked like he had no chance.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Luukkonen was superb, but Sabres show there’s still much to be done

'When talking about another year of missed playoffs, Adams didn’t shy away from taking blame including potentially wanting a re-do on staying put during the teams 13 game losing streak. “For sure I would have done it differently, maybe I would have made a change. Even if it was just calling up a player, do something, to change the dynamic of Buffalo.”' … [Read more...] about Adams ” We need to be better in front of Luukkonen”

'"We are in a better place. I talked a lot earlier about dealing with adversity, and we didn't deal with it very well. I think if you look at where we're at now, we've been dealing with a couple big injuries this last three, four weeks, with Norris and Greenway out of the lineup, and how young our centers are, and we've dealt with that adversity a lot better. We look at some of … [Read more...] about Ruff: “We are in a better place”

'The Buffalo Sabres went out with a whimper in the team's final road game of 2024-25.' … [Read more...] about Sabres no match for Lightning in Tampa

'Lindy Ruff talks about this season giving out Christmas gifts, at times and in the last 40 minutes of the 7-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday, the gifts were as generous as you possibly could be.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres in gift giving mood again at Tampa Bay

'A chippy contest went way of the opposition on Saturday night, as the Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the Florida Panthers, 3-2, in a shootout inside Amerant Bank Arena.' … [Read more...] about Sabres battle late, fall in shootout at Florida

'Yes, it’s embarrassing to lose to a team that had their top four scorers, top defenseman and top goaltender out for various reasons, but Vanecek, who came in with a record of 1-3-1 as a Panther did it again. Both his wins with Florida have come against Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Luukkonen plays well, but Sabres lose in shootout

'Visiting the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Buffalo Sabres coughed up three unanswered goals in a 3-2 defeat.' … [Read more...] about Sabres cough up third period lead at Columbus

'The Buffalo Sabres haven’t been giving games away for at least a month, but it did happen Thursday, losing in Columbus, 3-2.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Hot goalie and turnovers doomed the Sabres in Columbus

'Zucker has been a key player helping this team finally build a culture where players are there for each other on and off the ice. Zucker was very appreciative of his nomination and spoke on how culture is something all strive to achieve,' … [Read more...] about Zucker is the Sabres nominee for the Masterton Trophy

'The 2024-25 season for the Buffalo Sabres has been marred by one massive 13 game losing streak that happened for nearly the entire month of December. This losing streak was the third longest in franchise history and helped keep the Sabres in last place in the Eastern Conference for over 160 days.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ playoff drought officially hits 14-consecutive seasons