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Surging Sabres take down East-leading Hurricanes 4-1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves and four different players scored goals as the surging Buffalo Sabres earned a 4-1 home victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. ,Alex Tuch, Jack Quinn and Beck Malenstyn each scored a goal before Tage Thompson added a late empty-netter to give him a goal in...

Surging Sabres look to continue climb vs. Canes
As the Carolina Hurricanes continue to thrive atop the Eastern Conference standings, the Buffalo Sabres seem poised to improve their lowly status.,With at least one point in five straight contests, the visiting Hurricanes will try to cool off the surging Sabres on Sunday afternoon.,Carolina entered ...

Sabres blitz Blackhawks with 9-goal effort
Ryan McLeod and Mattias Samuelsson scored eight seconds apart in the second period to help the Buffalo Sabres to a 9-3 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Friday evening.,It was the fastest two goals by the Sabres since Cody Hodgson and Nathan Gerbe scored six seconds apart on April 19, 2...

Sabres intent on ramping up physical play vs. Blackhawks
While the Chicago Blackhawks have emerged from their rebuild and are performing more like a consistent playoff team, the Buffalo Sabres still look like they haven't made the playoffs in each of the last 14 seasons.,The teams will try their luck in a matchup on Friday in Buffalo, N.Y.,Buffalo has los...

After giving up lead, Flames torch Sabres with 4-goal 3rd
Joel Farabee scored twice and Rasmus Andersson scored once in a three-point game to lead the visiting Calgary Flames to a 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday.,Morgan Frost and Matt Coronato both collected one goal and one assist, while Mikael Backlund added a goal for Calgary, which sti...

Browns to start rookie QB Shedeur Sanders vs. Raiders
Browns rookie Shedeur Sanders gets his first career start on Sunday when the Las Vegas Raiders visit Cleveland for a matchup of two-win teams. ,Sanders, who made his NFL debut last week, was elevated from the backup spot with fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel in concussion protocol. Gabriel went to the l...

East-worst Sabres on uptick ahead of game vs. West-worst Flames
The Buffalo Sabres sit last in the Eastern Conference, but they have plenty of reasons to be confident as they prepare to host the Calgary Flames on Wednesday.,The Sabres may be looking up at all the other conference rivals, but it is a short distance between themselves and the club holding the seco...

Noah Ostlund nets a pair to help Sabres thump Oilers
Noah Ostlund scored two goals and the Buffalo Sabres defeated the visiting Edmonton Oilers 5-1 on Monday night.,Bowen Byram, Beck Malenstyn and Tage Thompson scored for the Sabres, who earned their second consecutive win. Defenseman Rasmus Dahlin added two assists, and Colten Ellis made 32 saves.,Bu...

Shedeur Sanders fizzles in Browns' debut after injury to Dillon Gabriel
Cleveland Browns quarterback Dillon Gabriel exited Sunday's 23-16 loss to the Baltimore Ravens with a concussion, giving fellow rookie Shedeur Sanders his first taste of NFL play.,Sanders completed just 4 of 16 passes for 47 yards and one interception while playing with the first-team offense for th...

Sabres, Oilers aim to gain momentum from OT heroics
The Buffalo Sabres and visiting Edmonton Oilers each come into their game on Monday night fresh off overtime wins.,The Sabres got their first road victory of the season and broke a five-game losing streak (0-4-1) by scoring four unanswered goals in a 5-4 come-from-behind road win over the Detroit Re...

Sabres, Oilers aim to gain momentum from OT heroics
The Buffalo Sabres and visiting Edmonton Oilers each come into their game on Monday night fresh off overtime wins.,The Sabres got their first road victory of the season and broke a five-game losing streak (0-4-1) by scoring four unanswered goals in a 5-4 come-from-behind road win over the Detroit Re...

Mattias Samuelsson's OT goal tops Red Wings, snaps Sabres' 5-game skid
Mattias Samuelsson scored 1:05 into overtime off a Tage Thompson feed as the visiting Buffalo Sabres stormed back from a three-goal deficit to down the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Saturday night.,Thompson and Josh Doan had a goal and an assist apiece as the Sabres snapped a five-game losing streak and ...

Sabres D Rasmus Dahlin returns from personal leave
Buffalo Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin is back with the team after traveling to Sweden to check on his fiancee, who is recovering from a heart transplant this summer.,He departed Nov. 7. The Sabres lost all three games they played without him as their record dropped to 5-8-4 (14 points).,Dahlin, 25, i...

Red Wings 'took the test,' now seek another passing grade vs. Sabres
The Detroit Red Wings snapped a three-game losing streak on Thursday with a strong outing against Anaheim. They'll hope for a carryover effect when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.,Detroit notched a 6-3 win over the Ducks, scoring three goals in each of the second and third periods. A...

Martin Necas logs 2 goals, 2 assists as Avs down Sabres
Martin Necas had two goals and two assists, Gavin Brindley scored a tiebreaking goal late in the second period and added an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 in Denver on Thursday.,Gabriel Landeskog, Artturi Lehkonen and Brock Nelson also had goals and Mackenzie Blackwoo...

Nathan MacKinnon-led Avalanche pursue another win in clash vs. Sabres
Nathan MacKinnon has been on a two-week scoring binge, and the Colorado Avalanche would like him to keep it going when they meet the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night in Denver.,MacKinnon is riding a 10-game point streak and leads the NHL in scoring with 32 points (14 goals, 18 assists). His offense ...

Four-goal third vaults Mammoth over Sabres
The Utah Mammoth scored five unanswered goals to rally for a 5-2 win against the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday.,JJ Peterka, Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller each had a goal and an assist for the Mammoth, who have two wins in their past seven games -- both against Buffalo. Karel Vejmelka made ...

Win-starved Sabres, Mammoth prepared for rematch in Utah
It has been a tough couple weeks for Buffalo and Utah.,The Sabres own just one win in their past seven games (1-2-4). The Mammoth have just one in their past six -- against Buffalo on Nov. 4.,Both are looking to snap out of their skid when the Sabres visit the Mammoth on Wednesday in Salt Lake City....

Sabres F Jiri Kulich out indefinitely with blood clot issue
The battered Buffalo Sabres expect center Jiri Kulich to miss considerable time as he deals with a blood clot issue.,The issue is "pretty serious," head coach Lindy Ruff said Monday, but Kulich is expected to return at some point this season.,The 21-year-old Kulich was a first-round draft pick in 20...

Hurricanes double up Sabres for third straight win
Andrei Svechnikov, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Charles Alexis Legault all had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Saturday night at Raleigh, N.C.,Sebastian Aho, Eric Robinson and Seth Jarvis also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won three games in a row....