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Sabres goalie Ryan Miller wanted Team USA Olympic mask to resemble old one
BUFFALO – If Ryan Miller’s new Team USA Olympic mask for the upcoming Sochi Games looks familiar, it’s because the Sabres goalie kept the same theme he used in 2010. “I thought it was a cool mask last...
View ArticleSabres lose game to Oilers, defenseman Tyler Myers to injury
BUFFALO – Fittingly, a tilt between the NHL’s two worst teams started ominously for the bottom-feeding Sabres. Just 32 seconds in, Jeff Petry zoomed past Jamie McBain and beat goalie Jhonas Enroth...
View ArticleLatest benching another sign Sabres won’t bring back Ville Leino
Yes, the Buffalo Sabres could keep Ville Leino next season. You see, with salary floor growing to more than $50 million, the rebuilding club might need the enigmatic Finn’s six-year, $27 million...
View ArticleSabres goalies Jhonas Enroth and Michal Neuvirth still battling for No. 1 job
BUFFALO – They are both 26 years old, young NHL veterans competing to become the Sabres’ starting goalie. Right now, Michal Neuvirth, having started five of the last eight games, including the past...
View ArticleSabres goalie Michal Neuvirth earns third straight start; Andre Benoit back in
BUFFALO – When the Sabres ended their skate this morning, goalie Michal Neuvirth, not Jhonas Enroth, went off the ice first, meaning Neuvirth will start tonight against the Edmonton Oilers. Sabres...
View ArticleSabres’ Patrick Kaleta experiencing vision problems from injury
BUFFALO – After a puck “broke a bunch of things” in Patrick Kaleta’s face Sept. 28, doctors cut through the bottom part of his eyelid to repair him, the Sabres winger said. “They have to cut through...
View ArticleSabres allow 52 shots, fall to hapless Oilers
BUFFALO – Fifteen games into another trying season, goaltending has been the Sabres’ only constant each night. Despite some wretched efforts and an anemic offense on pace to be the worst in NHL...
View ArticleSabres lift Nikita Zadorov’s suspension
The Buffalo Sabres lifted defenseman Nikita Zadorov’s suspension when he returned to the team Wednesday. Still, the 19-year-old defenseman won’t play tonight against the Oilers. The Sabres suspended...
View ArticleSabres lose lottery to Oilers, get No. 2 pick
TORONTO – With only a 20 percent chance of winning, Tim Murray expected the Sabres would lose the NHL Draft Lottery tonight. The general manager was right. Sorry, Buffalo, Connor McDavid is going to...
View ArticleSabres lose lottery to Oilers, will draft Jack Eichel with No. 2 pick
TORONTO – All season long, as the Sabres stayed in the basement and Connor McDavid mania reached a fever pitch, this was the likely scenario: the rebuilding club would lose the NHL Draft Lottery and...
View ArticleSabres’ Evander Kane finally scoring
BUFFALO – Realistically, having scored six times in 16 games this season, Sabres winger Evander Kane likely won’t hit his lofty preseason target of 40 or 50 goals. Scoring once in his first 11...
View ArticleSabres goalie Chad Johnson could return as backup
BUFFALO – Just days ago, it appeared Sabres goalie Chad Johnson’s days here were numbered. In fact, after the backup’s strong 24-save performance in Friday’s 3-1 win in San Jose, the joke became the...
View ArticleSabres knew they had to trade Jamie McGinn
BUFFALO – When free agency opens July 1, if Jamie McGinn is available, the Sabres would be interested in re-signing the popular winger they dealt to the Anaheim Ducks prior to the trade deadline,...
View ArticleJack Eichel, Connor McDavid downplay first NHL meeting
BUFFALO – The so-called rivalry between top draft picks Jack Eichel and Connor McDavid, well, that’s simply a “made-up scenario,” Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said. Bylsma, as he’s known to do, said that...
View ArticleJack Eichel, Connor McDavid won’t buy into hype
BUFFALO – Dan Bylsma, as he loves to do, kept accompanying his words with a sly grin. The so-called rivalry between phenoms Jack Eichel and Connor McDavid is a “made-up” scenario, the Sabres coach said...
View ArticleConnor McDavid steals show in Oilers’ overtime win against Sabres
BUFFALO – As much as Jack Eichel and Connor McDavid tried to downplay the hype, say that Tuesday’s first-ever meeting between the top two picks was really about their teams, in the end, the rookies...
View ArticleSabres believe they can rely on entire defense
BUFFALO – Technically, the Sabres’ defense pairs are numbered. Rasmus Ristolainen and his partner, Josh Gorges or Dmitry Kulikov, form the top tandem. Zach Bogosian and Jake McCabe are No. 2. Cody...
View ArticleSabres’ Jack Eichel OK after ankle tweak
BUFFALO – Relax, Sabres fans. Center Jack Eichel, who tweaked his left ankle in Monday’s 3-2 overtime loss in Washington, will play tonight against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers. “Going...
View ArticleLess hype surrounds second meeting of Sabres’ Jack Eichel, Connor McDavid
BUFFALO – The hype has died down a bit for the second meeting between Jack Eichel and Connor McDavid, the two dynamic centers drafted first and second in 2015. When McDavid’s Edmonton Oilers visited...
View ArticleSabres’ Erik Burgdoerfer waited for NHL opportunity
BUFFALO – Less than three years ago, Sabres defenseman Erik Burgdoerfer was an unknown ECHL journeyman stuck two rungs below the NHL. Four seasons into his career, Burgdoerfer, 27, had barely even...
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