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'"To win a game when we weren't playing very well at the beginning, especially coming off a big (6-2) win on the Island ... I don't want to keep going back to our goaltending, but that's really the reason for this," Brian Leetch said. "A win like this really sets us up for our next game, and we'll try to keep getting wins … [Read more...] about Leetch says let's keep victories coming

'The four-game winning streak is the Blueshirts' longest of the season and matched their best from last season. They have not won five in a row since a seven-game streak from Jan. 15-25 of 2000.' … [Read more...] about Rangers post 4th straight W

'"I saw 2 1/2 feet of stick come out and hit him in the eye," Rangers coach Ron Low said. "If that's not a 10-gamer, I don't know what is. And in fact it should be more. That's just terrible. That's blatant intent to injure."' … [Read more...] about Hot Rangers boiling over

'Frustrated at shadowing Lindros all night, Sabre pest Vaclav Varada nailed the Ranger centre with a vicious butt end above his left eye with 80 seconds remaining in the game.' … [Read more...] about Big E carries load

'The Sabres (7-8-1-1) fell below .500 for the fourth time this season.' … [Read more...] about Rangers 4, Sabres 2

'New York had won two of 16 games against Hasek, who captured six Vezina Trophies with Buffalo from 1994-2001. But Hasek was traded to Detroit in June and the Rangers have taken both meetings with their intrastate rivals this season.' … [Read more...] about NY Rangers 4, Buffalo 2

'"If you don't bury the one or two chances you get in a game you can put some miserable streaks together. In Curtis' case you start pressing, and it's tough to get on the board. But you score a couple goals it goes the other way. You build a lot of confidence."' … [Read more...] about Brown developing sniper mentality

'"We know the Rangers have been playing very well," Ruff said. "They're getting great goaltending out of Richter, they got some timely goal scoring (against the Islanders), and they're a team that's very dangerous off the rush. "You can headline (Eric) Lindros in most of the stories, but you've got (Theo) Fleury, (Mike) York, (Mark) … [Read more...] about Rangers are tougher test than Thrashers

'Sabres are just 4-6-1-0 while outshooting the opposition, but 3-1-0-1 when they have been outshot.' … [Read more...] about Sabres vs. Rangers

'Martin Biron has been solid in taking over the No. 1 goaltender job from the departed Dominik Hasek, posting a 2.00 GAA and a .919 save percentage.' … [Read more...] about Rangers at Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres had a point to prove. On Thursday night before the smallest crowd at HSBC Arena in years, 13,249, the Sabres thrashed the Atlanta Thrashers 8-0. Speak about getting revenge! The Sabres vowed to extract some vengeance for their season opening 2-1 loss to the Thrashers. … [Read more...] about Atlanta Thrashed!

'"It was solid from start to finish," said Sabres coach Lindy Ruff. "We just kept going at it. There was really no secret to it. I thought a lot of the goals we flat-out outworked them down low."' … [Read more...] about Sabres keep Thrashers on the skids with 8-0 pummeling

'Playing in just his third game of the season, Boulton had a night worthy of on-camera discussion. His second career goal, scored with just under four minutes left in the first period, began a landslide in which 15 Sabres contributed at least one point. But until Boulton scored from short range on Milan Hnilicka, Buffalo had seemed bound for another night of countless … [Read more...] about Boulton grabs the spotlight

'Spurred on by memories of being booed by their home fans on opening night against Atlanta, it was payback time for the Sabres. All that was left of the weary Thrashers was road kill.' … [Read more...] about Bottoming out in Buffalo

'Miroslav Satan is angry because the Buffalo Sabres won't let him miss any games to play for Slovakia in the preliminary rounds of the Winter Olympics. There won't be any controversy in Atlanta, where the Thrashers aren't a playoff contender.' … [Read more...] about Thrashers notebook