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'I hope you will enjoy the Sabres bye week because after that the fun(stress) resumes. The Sabres play 32 games over the final two months. Hopefully they will be playing meaningful games in April. They sure are right now and its nice to see my Sabres emotions were always there. They just needed to be woken up.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Just when I thought I was out, the Sabres pull me in

'Dahlin had been held off the scoreboard until he got a penalty shot late in the final game. Dahlin pulled the puck behind him, but was stopped by Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, but just six second later, Dahlin did score his only goal of the day.' … [Read more...] about Dahlin is on the winning team at the NHL All-Star Game

'On Friday, Dahlin replaced the injured Thompson and surprised everybody by ripping a bomb at 102.3 mph. The only shot that was faster came from Elias Pettersson of the Vancouver Canucks who blasted a puck at 103.2 mph.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Dahlin does well in the Hardest Shot competition at the NHL All-Star Game

'Dahlin, who has been far-and-away the best defenseman in the Eastern Conference this season, will play in his second All-Star Game. It was a joke that Dahlin wasn’t originally named to the team in addition to Thompson.' … [Read more...] about Dahlin takes Thompson’s place at NHL All-Star Game

'Along with the tough travel, Buffalo faced off against some of the best teams in the western conference but handled themselves very well. The Sabres played with an energetic look night in and night out and secured seven of eight possible points keeping them involved in a tight playoff race.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres Week in Review: Buffalo rolls through week-long road-trip

'Buffalo was without Thompson for the third period. He appeared to be nursing an injury in the middle period, and was not on the bench for the final 20 minutes.' … [Read more...] about Sabres enter break with loss to Carolina

'Luukkonen has led all rookie goaltenders with nine starts going 6-2-1 in that span. He also finished the month with a .907 saver percentage. He posted 30 or more saves five times in the month of January including a 39 save performance in their 6-5 overtime win over the Minnesota Wild.' … [Read more...] about Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen named NHL’s Rookie of the Month

'“We have a sign in our locker room that says, ‘Earn It.’ We see it before every game and every practice.” Dahlin said.' … [Read more...] about Rasmus Dahlin: Buffalo, we are starting to feel it

'On Monday Don Granato said Thompson had been dealing with a nagging injury. Thompson said it was something that happened in Saturday’s Minnesota Wild game.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Thompson returns to practice on Tuesday

'“You try to make everything good, so ‘13 games in 20 days ok how can we make this good?’ it's going to help us in area ABCD and you get excited about it,” Granato said.' … [Read more...] about Granato: Looking at the positives from the schedule

'“It's like we are 19,090 strong - 20 of us in uniform, the rest of us in the stands,” Dahlin wrote. “Together, we are going to break the other team mentally. That's what it feels like.”' … [Read more...] about Dahlin pens letter to Buffalo: ‘We are starting to feel it’

'Tage Thompson watched part of practice from behind the bench on Monday. The Sabres say he’s day-to-day with an upper-body injury. After practice, Sabres head coach Don Granato said it’s something he’s been playing through.' … [Read more...] about Sabres finally get chance to practice Monday

'Spurgeon's goal would be the last of its kind until the teams got ready for a shootout, as nobody was able to solve netminders Luukkonen or Fleury in the third period or the five-minute overtime period as these two teams played yet another exciting extra frame like they did a month ago in Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Sabres lose electric game in shootout to Wild

'I was impressed that the Sabres had energy throughout this game as they wrapped up 13 games in 22 days. They really never showed much fatigue on this four-game trip and during those 22 days, they went 7-4-2.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres end a successful road trip with seven out of eight points

'The combination of Jeff Skinner, Alex Tuch and Tage Thompson put on a passing clinic against one of the best goaltenders in the National Hockey League, Connor Hellebuyck, and capped it all off with Thompson's 34th goal of the season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres edge Jets, win fifth in-a-row