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'The Sabres continue to take silly penalties, but they killed off all five San Jose power plays including a 20 second 5-on-3. Buffalo has now killed off 17-of-18 penalties in the last five games and are 31-of-34 in their nine game run which is 91.2% and No.1 in the NHL during that time period.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: James Reimer steals the show as Buffalo takes third place in the Atlantic Division

'Lying face-down on the mat, the blue and gold turned a 2-0 deficit in the waning moments of the second period into a 3-2 victory with moments left in overtime against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center.' … [Read more...] about Kulich plays hero for Sabres in overtime win over Ducks

'I thought Kulich had a terrific game in only his second game at center in the NHL. Lindy Ruff told reporters after the game that Kulich was on the ice in overtime because he deserved to be. In 15:16 of playing time, Kulich had four shots, blocked one shot and went 8-of-11 on faceoffs.' … [Read more...] about Sabres overtime win keeps their eight-game roll alive

'The Buffalo Sabres kick-started their three-game California road trip n a great way on Wednesday night, as Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen did his best impression of a brick wall in a 1-0 blanking of the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena.' … [Read more...] about Luukkonen dethrones Kings with shutout win Wednesday

'The Sabres sat in the penalty box for most of the second period which is why they only had three shots. Between 18:35 of the first period and 16:12 of the second, Buffalo gave Los Angeles four power plays. They gave them another in the third, but only allowed four shots total on the Kings power play.' … [Read more...] about Luukkonen was the King shutting out Los Angeles

'The last two games the Sabres were also without center Tage Thompson, Ruff said that he has a good chance to play but is not 100 percent. Jordan Greenway is expected to miss time and is week-to-week, Ruff is expecting someone to step up in is spot on the penalty kill. With the call up of Rosen, Ruff does believe that he can play important minutes on offense and defense.' … [Read more...] about Ruff: ‘Someone has to step up’ with absence of Greenway

'Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff said Monday that winger Jordan Greenway had a MRI on Monday and will be out week-to-week with a middle-body injury.' … [Read more...] about Greenway out week-to-week; Luukkonen ready to return

'“Devon is going to go down, we’ve got to get him some games, get him playing, it’ll be the best thing for him.”' … [Read more...] about Levi sent to Rochester to get playing time

'Their start left more to be desired for that outcome and they never were able to dig their way out of a hole that got bigger as the game went on.' … [Read more...] about Sabres fall to Flyers 5-2

'The Buffalo Sabres still haven’t learned that they can’t take numerous penalties on the road, be without three key players and win the game.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Needless penalties take down the Sabres once again

'"He’s got a nagging ailment that he’s been playing through, so today bothered him enough that he had to leave the ice," said Ruff following practice."He’s got a nagging ailment that he’s been playing through, so today bothered him enough that he had to leave the ice," said Ruff following practice.' … [Read more...] about Greenway leaves practice, questionable for Saturday against Flyers

'St. Louis was called for goaltender interference as the clock wound down in regulation. The Sabres held possession of the puck for the remainder of the third and began overtime with a 4 on 3 man advantage for a full two minutes. It was Rasmus Dahlin that would give the Sabres the game winner in overtime on a one-timer from the faceoff circle.' … [Read more...] about Sabres come back to beat Blues in overtime

'He told the group in order for the Sabres to take the next step in becoming a good team, they must stop stacking losses. Ruff said that good teams take one loss and immediately win the next game. One loss can’t become two losses, and then become three. It's something they hadn't done until Thursday.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Dahlin goes top shelf to complete comeback in overtime

'Reimer was a free agent signing of the Sabres over the summer, and spent training camp with the team and was on the roster for the first two games in Czechia.' … [Read more...] about Sabres claim goalie James Reimer off waivers from Ducks

'"We've got to become a better team at overcoming those tough moments. You can go back to the Calgary game, we gave up late goals that allowed Calgary to get back in the game and you've got to overcome that. You get into overtime and we took a tough penalty but, overcoming that meant we killed a penalty off. That allowed us to win the game in a shootout. Those are the types of … [Read more...] about Ruff: Sabres have to ‘conquer those hard moments’