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'Anders Nilsson chirped in, “Both yes and no. I don’t think all the answers is to score more goals, it’s not to make the equipment smaller, it’s a big part in how the game is played and different reasons to why you don’t see a lot of goals in certain games, but on the other hand, I still think there’s some room to make the equipment smaller too. As Robin says it’s not the … [Read more...] about The Sabres’ goalies are good with the new pants

'Marcus Foligno does it all himself, and the forward is rewarded with his ninth goal of the season. Mike Condon should have stopped the shot that was low along the ice, but he cannot and he is relived by Andrew Hammond for the remainder of the night.' … [Read more...] about Lehner and Sabres shut out Ottawa 4-0

'A broken play in the offensive zone results in the puck landing on Cody Franson's stick in the slot. He does not miss, and beats Henrik Lundqvist to tie the game. Now go get a second goal quickly, if you are the blue and gold. 1-1 tie.' … [Read more...] about Rangers down Sabres 2-1 in OT

'"We were taking it to them pretty good, I think. Our line was feeeling good about what we were doing, then [O'Reilly's] line goes out there and follows it up...we were able to get a goal. But it was a tough, tough, tough loss for some of the things that we did out there tonight."' … [Read more...] about From The Locker Room: Sabres-Rangers

'The Sabres only have Ryan O'Reilly, Jack Eichel and Zemgus Girgensons playing at center as of now with Cal out of the lineup. The fourth line center duties could be split between Tyler Ennis and Nic Deslauriers, but it seems like Deslauriers will not play much at all on Thursday.' … [Read more...] about Cal O’Reilly waived; Sabres on lookout for fourth line center

'"We're still somewhere in that rebuild, we're certainly not at the bottom of it, but we're not close to the top," Murray said when asked about where Buffalo is in their rebuild process. "Learning to win is part of the process. Learning to win is hard and once you learn to win, it's much harder to lose that."' … [Read more...] about Murray: ‘We’re still somewhere in the rebuild’

'“That wasn’t a good game from us, that wasn’t a good game from the group and that also is not who we are as a group and there’s got to be a rebound to how we respond tomorrow night.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres try to pick up the pieces from Montreal

'Max Pacioretty racked up a hat trick, helping the Canadiens cruise to a 5-2 win over the Sabres on Tuesday.' … [Read more...] about Pacioretty, Habs Rock Sabres 5-2

'"It wasn't good enoug in the 2nd. In the 1st, I thought we played a pretty decent period, [Lehner] made some big saves for us. In the 2nd period, they got a couple of extended zone shifts, caught us out there tired, we made some mistakes and they capitalized."' … [Read more...] about From The Locker Room: Sabres-Canadiens

'Even though the Sabres have been averaging 2.93 goals per game over their last 27 games and are 7-4-1 in 2017, many fans feel Bylsma has no idea how to construct lines. The lines have actually stayed pretty much the same in January which works out to 3.33 goals per game. Bylsma said, “We have had the three lines really being consistent over the last stretch of games and I … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Ennis still working to get to full speed

'The team is still trying to get past a bunch of teams to get into the playoffs. In the east, Buffalo must still get by three of four teams, Toronto, Florida, Boston or Ottawa to get in. In the conference it’s those teams along with Philadelphia and the Islanders. Brian Gionta said, “I haven’t looked at it since Dallas, but if you look at it at four points or five points, it’s … [Read more...] about The Sabres are back from the All-Star break

'Nelson was called up by the Sabres on Saturday after Jake McCabe exited the lineup with a shoulder injury. Nelson played on Saturday against the Montreal Canadiens before being a healthy scratch the past two nights after Dmitry Kulikov returned to the lineup.' … [Read more...] about Nelson assigned to Rochester

'The game nearly went to overtime thanks to a late chance created by Jack Eichel -- replays appeared to show the puck entering the net, however the officials concluded the puck did not completely cross the line following a lengthy review.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Head to the Break With a Loss

'"It's a little frustrating, but the reason is they couldn't determine or couldn't see it. That's probably pretty fair because the goalie was on top, but it's a little frustrating when you're behind the net and you can see it in."' … [Read more...] about From The Locker Room: Sabres-Stars

'The parents are with the players a lot, but the team sets up activities for them along the way. Tyler said, “They can sit in with us and eat breakfast and lunch and hang out, or they can do whatever they want so she’s been hanging out with moms mostly, Mrs. Reinhart, Mrs. Kane, Mrs. O’Reilly, so they’ve been having some good chats and hanging out with us too eating some good … [Read more...] about Sabres’ parents are enjoying the time with their sons