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'''There was a knee involved at the end of the period and then the game got physical and Joe wanted to make sure he stood up for his teammates,'' said O'Connell. ''I think that was the result of it. Possibly, if the referee had called a penalty on the kneeing, it might not have escalated to that point. We didn't play as well as we … [Read more...] about Thornton is suspended

'But in the third, the B's lost a pair of one-goal leads and saw two Sabres goals deflect in off Bruins defensemen.' … [Read more...] about Sabres cut knot with B's

'"I was a little surprised, but that's their call. They weren't at the game and they didn't see what was happening, but that's the way it goes sometimes," said Thornton, who also forfeited his pay for those three games, totaling $67,073.16.' … [Read more...] about Thornton hit with 3-game ban

'The Sabres have only one two-day break between games left in their schedule in squeezing in 24 games into a 44-day stretch.' … [Read more...] about Sabres 4, Bruins 3

'With four games over the next seven days, the Sabres are expected to call up a defenseman from their minor league affiliate in Rochester, N.Y.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Smehlik out with shoulder injury

'With 3:36 left in a 3-3 contest, Maxim Afinogenev left a drop pass for Warrener, who rifled a slap shot on net. The puck hit the butt of Boston defenseman Sean O'Donnell's stick and bounced through the pads of stunned goaltender Byron Dafoe.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 4, Boston 3

'B's have won their last 3 games at Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Scouting report

'But the veterans - the ones depended upon to carry the offense at such a pivotal juncture - are struggling.' … [Read more...] about Show by 'Bruise Brothers' may help scoring chances

'The Sabres have not scored more than two goals in regulation since Jan. 25.' … [Read more...] about Sabres vs. Bruins

'The Sabres now play 24 games over the next 46 days. Of those 24 games, Buffalo will play 17 against opponets currently over .500, six against division leaders, nine against non-playoff teams and 12 on the road.' … [Read more...] about Playoff hopes fading

'When he does play, Hamel generally sees little ice time as a member of the fourth line.' … [Read more...] about Hamel sits and waits for chance

'Warrener, a native of Shaunavon, Sask., skated a Canadian flag around the rink partly out of pride and partly to laud it over his non-Canadian teammates, especially Tim Connolly and Erik Rasmussen, the two Sabres from the U.S.' … [Read more...] about Canada's win an emotional experience for Warrener

'The Sabres had several more scoring chances and 12 more shots than the Thrashers, but they had trouble with goalie Ivan Hnilicka, who backed up Dominik Hasek for the Czech Republic in the Olympics.' … [Read more...] about Amid circus atmosphere, Thrashers tame Sabres

'The 18-year-old raced down the left side, used Dany Heatley as a decoy on a developing two-on-one and blistered a low shot from the faceoff circle past goalie Martin Biron to put the Thrashers ahead at 16:54.' … [Read more...] about Tired or not, Kovalchuk keeps on scoring

'"This hurts a lot," Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said. "There's nothing to be happy about. We didn't win the game and that's the bottom line. You win any way you can and we didn't get the job done."' … [Read more...] about Thrashers 2, Sabres 1