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'Jack Eichel extended his point streak to 10 games with a three point night, Johan Larsson has three assists, while Rasmus Asplund scored his first career NHL goal in a five goal blitzs of New Jersey in the first period.' … [Read more...] about Sabres beat down New Jersey, 7-1, on Founders’ Night at Key Bank Center

'Players are very particular about their sticks and Johansson thinks just that minor change has affected him, “I’ve changed the model a little bit, Bauer came out with a new model, but it’s the same curve and same stick otherwise, but it hasn’t felt right since then.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Johansson is not feeling comfortable with the puck

'Neither team was penalized in the third period, with the Sabres and Maple Leafs trading chances at both ends of the ice. Matthews had one last chance for Toronto before the end of regulation, but Marco Scandella was able to sweep the puck away from the goal line before it could cross the line.' … [Read more...] about Sabres fall 2-1 in Overtime to Toronto

'Jack Eichel had an assist and now has points in nine straight games scoring eight goals and eight assists for 16 points. Eichel has an assist in seven straight games. Other than Andersen, I thought Eichel was the second best player on the ice. He made some plays defensively that the best defensive forwards in the league would’ve been proud of.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres get three out of four points against Toronto

'Linus Ullmark was very good in goal for the Sabres once again, stopping 25 of 29 shots faced for his sixth win of the year.' … [Read more...] about Sabres hold off the Maple Leafs, 6-4

'The Sabres were up against arguably the worst goaltender in the NHL in Michael Hutchinson, yet five minutes into the second, they hadn’t scored on him. Toronto has no salary cap room for a decent backup goalie so they’re basically going with an AHL goaltender when Freddie Andersen needs a rest.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Eichel leads a come from behind win over Toronto

'With the game still tied 1-1 early in the third period, the Sabres' top line went to work. Two minutes had not yet gone by before Victor Olofsson buried the go-ahead goal. His ninth of the season flew by Rittich and gave Buffalo a 2-1 advantage. The goal extended Olofsson's point streak to five games; it too extended Jack Eichel's active point streak in the process. The … [Read more...] about Sabres fall in overtime, 3-2 to visiting Flames

'That’s four games in a row where the Sabres played very well in large parts of the game, but in the end they only picked up three out of eight points.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres lose in overtime to the floundering Flames

'"You're extremely disappointed about the actual action. I've liked our response when people know what's going on. When Olofsson got hit in Anaheim, there were five guys in a scrum. I like where our team is at, respecting each other, protecting each other. I can't tell you right now why something didn't happen, but I appreciate where our team toughness has been."' … [Read more...] about Botterill: “I appreciate where our team toughness has been”

'"I think everybody knows that we had a hot power play off the hop, and Victor Olofsson, on the back side, was a bit of a surprise. That's being eliminated, and we need to be better at finding options. We can't be happy with our power play production at all with the skill that we have. It will be a major focal point of the game today. We are self critical on it, and the guys … [Read more...] about Krueger: We can’t accept the results because of how well we’ve played

'It is not known how much time Dahlin will miss with his injury as the Sabres were off from practice on Tuesday. The team will meet on Wednesday morning before its matchup later that evening with the Calgary Flames at KeyBank Center.' … [Read more...] about NHL suspends Erik Cernak two games for hit on Dahlin

'Though the Sabres weathered the initial storm that was the Lightning powerplay to begin the period, things got mighty ugly with about eight-minutes gone.' … [Read more...] about Sabres struck by Lightning, fall 5-2 in Tampa Bay

'On the power play you would think the Sabres would be up and ready to go. They’re only down a goal and are pressing and skating well. Forget the fact they are 1-for-31 lately on the power play, just show desperation and take the game back. What happened instead were careless passes and a team that played like a losing team. Cedric Paquette scored a shorthanded goal on a … [Read more...] about The Sabres implode in Tampa Bay

'The Sabres found themselves down a man early in the 3rd period and it helped the Panthers bring things within two goals again. Brett Connolly had a nice pass fed from Aaron Ekblad and he was able to get it by Linus Ullmark to make it 4-2 Buffalo. The Sabres would regain their three goal lead later in the period off a nice breakout from Jimmy Vesey. He found Zemgus Girgensons … [Read more...] about Sabres defeat Panthers 5-2 in Florida

'The Sabres were certainly opportunistic in Florida, but they needed Linus Ullmark to stand on his head and make 43 saves to get the win.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Ullmark steals the show in Florida