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'The Sabres have had a lead after the first period in 27 of their 59 games but have gone on to win only 11 of those 27 games. They have been tied or led after one period of play in 43 games but have ended up losing 21 of those 43, including overtime and shootout defeats.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Simon: Sabres travel down an all too familiar road

'Despite a valiant comeback, it was an early dug hole that did the Buffalo Sabres in on Monday night. Visiting the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre, the blue and gold erased a three-goal deficit with late heroics but ultimately fell short of completing the comeback in overtime.' … [Read more...] about Sabres mount comeback, but lose in overtime in Montreal

'The team went out and may have played the dumbest period I’ve seen them play all season.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres get swept in four-game season series with Montreal

'Buffalo was credited with seven shots on goal in the third period, but failed to score and even the score with the Canadiens.' … [Read more...] about Sabres unable to preserve lead against Montreal

'Ruff was extremely frustrated because all four goals came on turnovers and dismal coverages.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres just hand Montreal another win

'The first period was completely owned by the home squad. The blue and gold were not up to par with the speed and pace the Hurricanes came out of the gate with, and they paid the price. Carolina lunged out to a 3-0 lead before the game was 10-minutes old, on the backs of goals from Jordan Staal, Sebastian Aho and newcomer Mikko Rantanen.' … [Read more...] about Sabres dominated by Hurricanes

'The Canes had been embarrassed in Montreal by the Canadiens 4-0 and in Toronto vs the Maple Leafs 6-3. Rod Brind’Amour is not the type of coach that is going to let his team get away with that and I don’t think Carolina could’ve been any better as their fans pushed them through or the Sabres could’ve been any worse.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: It’s not often a first period gets Buffalo way behind, but Thursday was different

'The Buffalo Sabres erased a two-goal deficit in the third period with three goals, defeating the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday night ay KeyBank Center. Dylan Cozens helped lead the way with assists on all three goals.' … [Read more...] about Sabres mount third period comeback to defeat Anaheim

'It became easy in the third period after Ruff shuffled the lines and the team started skating, hitting, winning battles and getting puck and bodies to the net. They worked hard as five-man units.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres come from behind for their sixth straight home win

'"We felt as a coaching staff that we needed to set some goals. What would be a realistic goal, to try to claw our way out of the trench that we built for ourselves? We've played strong hockey here, the last 20-25, games, and we've won five out of six. Knowing that, we did look at where the last wild card team would probably end up in a range and felt we'd give the team goals … [Read more...] about Ruff: “We felt as a coaching staff that we needed to set some goals”

'Tuch was pushed backwards into the wall on Saturday against the New York Rangers, and was forced to leave the game. As for Zucker, he blocked a shot, left the game to walk it off, and then returned and finished the contest.' … [Read more...] about Tuch, Zucker questionable for Tuesday against Ducks

'Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson and Ryan McLeod all scored twice for Buffalo, while Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 26 shots in the victory.' … [Read more...] about Sabres blow out Rangers in return to action

'I’ve probably seen all 483 games that Rasmus Dahlin has played in the NHL, but Saturday’s 8-2 win over the New York Rangers was the best game I’ve ever seen him play with the Buffalo Sabres.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Rasmus Dahlin has monster game as Sabres demolish Rangers

'Dahlin played very well, but he wasn’t happy with the way Team Sweden played going 1-0-2. Dahlin felt as a team, Sweden underachieved and you could tell it was still weighing on him when he spoke on Friday,. “It was fun, I’m not happy with the result, but it was cool to hang out with really good players."' … [Read more...] about Dahlin is still pretty upset that Sweden wasn’t better in 4 Nations Face-Off

'“Of course it was unfortunate not to play, I feel like everyone wanted to play but, in the end it was a great experience and I was honored to be part of that team and to represent your nation again.”' … [Read more...] about Luukkonen enjoyed Finland at 4 Nations Face-Off