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Sabres score two early goals, finish off Flames in shootout
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 24 saves and stopped all three attempts in the shootout to help the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 win against the visiting Calgary Flames on Saturday afternoon.,Zach Benson and Tage Thompson scored first-period goals for the Sabres, who have won three in a row for the second time...

Sabres look to spread around offense in clash vs. Flames
The Buffalo Sabres will try to continue benefiting from their scoring depth when they host the Calgary Flames on Saturday afternoon.,Six different players scored a goal for the Sabres in a 6-1 win at the New York Rangers on Thursday night.,All 12 forwards contributed at least one point for the secon...

Sabres score 4 goals in second period, roll past Rangers
Tage Thompson and Jordan Greenway scored 30 seconds apart during a four-goal barrage in the second period as the Buffalo Sabres rolled to a 6-1 victory over the host New York Rangers on Thursday night.,The Sabres earned their second straight lopsided win after their three-game losing streak. They pu...

Rangers shoot for third straight win vs. visiting Sabres
While the New York Rangers are content with getting wins and stacking points, their inconsistencies on offense were enough for coach Peter Laviolette to make changes to their forward lines.,Laviolette placed Mika Zibanejad alongside Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere, while Chris Kreider skated wi...

JJ Peterka, Bowen Byram each score pair as Sabres top Sens
JJ Peterka scored two power-play goals and Bowen Byram tallied twice, lifting the host Buffalo Sabres to a 5-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.,Peterka also had an assist as part of the third three-point performance in his NHL career.,Buffalo's Tage Thompson scored and set up a goal whil...

JJ Peterka, Bowen Byram each score twice in Sabres' win over Senators
JJ Peterka scored two power-play goals and defenseman Bowen Byram tallied twice, lifting the host Buffalo Sabres to a 5-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.,Peterka also had an assist as part of his third three-point performance in his NHL career.,Buffalo's Tage Thompson scored and set up ...

Senators pointed in right direction, face Sabres next
Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk likes what he sees from his team, and for good reason.,Tkachuk and the upstart Senators will continue to put the pieces together on Tuesday night when they visit the skidding Buffalo Sabres.,In Tkachuk's eyes, the picture became clearer with Ottawa's response fo...

Heisman Trophy Odds: Travis Hunter in hot pursuit as Cam Ward regains lead
Dillon Gabriel threw for 294 yards in a 21-point win on the road against the reigning national champions and dropped two spots in the Heisman Trophy odds race.,That speaks to how tight the competition is in what has boiled down to a four-player race in the first week of November.,Dillon, who regaine...

Galaxy's Gabriel Pec named MLS Newcomer of Year
LA Galaxy forward Gabriel Pec was named the 2024 MLS Newcomer of the Year on Monday.,The 23-year-old Brazilian collected 16 goals and 14 assists in 33 matches (30 starts).,The All-Star helped the Galaxy make the MLS Cup Playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.,Pec received 37.53 percent...

Dylan Larkin scores twice on power play as Wings clip Sabres
Dylan Larkin scored two power-play goals in the second period and the host Detroit Red Wings held on for a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.,Larkin, the Red Wings' captain, has five power-play goals this season. Cam Talbot made 31 saves for Detroit, which ended a three-game losi...

Red Wings, tired of getting outshot, take on Sabres
The Detroit Red Wings had a rugged October schedule and that is reflected in their results. They emerged from the first month of the season with a 4-5-1 record and a three-game losing streak (0-2-1).,They will look to turn things around in November, beginning with a home game against the Buffalo Sab...

Islanders end skid by eking past Sabres
Bo Horvat, Maxim Tsyplakov and Kyle Palmieri scored three straight goals bridging the first and second periods and the undermanned New York Islanders snapped a three-game losing streak Friday by beating the host Buffalo Sabres 4-3.,Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored in the third for the Islanders, who lost ...

Islanders, Sabres try to rediscover earlier form
Neither the New York Islanders nor Buffalo Sabres need to be reminded how a relatively brief stretch of subpar play can impact an entire season.,The Islanders will aim to snap a losing streak while the Sabres hope to return to their winning ways Friday night, when New York visits Buffalo in a battle...

Report: Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu injured hand in Finals
New York Liberty star guard Sabrina Ionescu finished out the WNBA Finals with a significant injury to her shooting hand, ESPN reported Thursday.,Ionescu reportedly sustained a high-grade tear of the ulnar collateral ligament, located near where the thumb meets the palm, during a Game 4 loss to the h...

Sabres D Rasmus Dahlin fined $5K for high-sticking
Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin has been fined $5,000 by the NHL on Tuesday for high-sticking Florida Panthers forward Anton Lundell.,The fine is the maximum allowable under the league's collective bargaining agreement.,The incident occurred with 7:02 remaining in the third period of the Pan...

Aleksander Barkov returns as Panthers blast Sabres
Aleksander Barkov celebrated his return to the lineup with a goal and an assist to help the visiting Florida Panthers to a 5-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night.,Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Reinhart each had a goal and an assist for Florida, and Sam Bennett scored in his fifth straight gam...

Dillon Gabriel regains Heisman Trophy lead as Travis Hunter soars
No one claimed winning a Heisman Trophy as a running back would be an easy task -- or even necessarily a fair one.,Boise State's Ashton Jeanty rushed for 128 yards and a touchdown as the Broncos handed UNLV only its second loss of the season Friday night in Las Vegas. He now has racked up an FBS-lea...

Sabres F Nicolas Aube-Kubel to return vs. Panthers
Buffalo forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel, who has been sidelined since sustaining a lower-body injury in the season opener on Oct. 4, will play Monday against the visiting Florida Panthers, Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said.,Aube-Kubel, 28, has been practicing since Oct. 22, and in Sunday's session he skated a...

Sabres try to keep streak alive vs. Aleksander Barkov, Panthers
The Buffalo Sabres will go for their fourth straight win when they host the Florida Panthers on Monday night.,Buffalo is coming off a 5-3 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, while the Panthers will be looking to make it three in a row after a 6-3 win over the New York Islanders the same d...

Tage Thompson leads Sabres past Red Wings
Tage Thompson had two goals and an assist in the Buffalo Sabres' 5-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday in Buffalo.,Jason Zucker, defenseman Bowen Byram and Jack Quinn also scored for Buffalo, which won its third straight game. Defenseman Rasmus Dahlin had three assists and Ukko-Pekka Luukko...