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Sabres coach: Josh Norris to miss 'significant amount of time'
Buffalo Sabres star Josh Norris is expected to miss a "significant amount of time" with an upper-body injury, coach Lindy Ruff confirmed Saturday.,Norris was injured during a faceoff in Buffalo's season-opening 4-0 loss to the New York Rangers on Thursday. The forward was in obvious pain following t...
Sabres confront adversity while Rangers chase consistency
The Buffalo Sabres enter the 2025-26 season looking to end a 14-season playoff drought and will begin that quest Thursday night against the visiting New York Rangers.,New York began the season with a 3-0 loss to the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday to spoil the debut of head coach Mike Sulliv...
NHL Surprise Playoff Teams 2025-26: Sabres, Mammoth, Rangers, and Ducks Ready to Rise
A look at four NHL teams primed to break through in 2025-26. Why the Utah Mammoth, Buffalo Sabres, New York Rangers, and Anaheim Ducks could all make the playoffs....
Sabres assistant coach on leave after DWI arrest
The Buffalo Sabres have placed assistant coach Adam Mair on administrative leave following a felony DWI arrest.,Multiple reports said Mair, 46, had three children in his car when he was arrested on Sept. 4 after allegedly rear-ending another vehicle in suburban Rochester, N.Y.,Mair, who played seven...
Sabres re-sign D Bowen Byram to 2-year, $12.5M deal
The Buffalo Sabres re-signed defenseman Bowen Byram to a two-year, $12.5 million contract on Tuesday.,The 24-year-old restricted free agent is now under contract through the 2026-27 season.,The Sabres acquired Byram -- the No. 4 pick in the 2019 NHL Draft by the Avalanche -- in a deal with Colorado ...
Sabres' front office adds ex-Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen
The Buffalo Sabres added former Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen to their front office on Friday.,Kekalainen, 58, will serve as the team's senior advisor and report directly to general manager Kevyn Adams.,"As we navigated the process of hiring for this role, it very quickly be...
Draft lottery implications at stake as Sabres, Flyers meet in season finale
The Buffalo Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers share many things in common ahead of their regular-season finale Thursday night in Western New York.,Let's start with the obvious: Both teams were eliminated from postseason contention long ago.,Taken a step further, the Sabres and Flyers were both shut out...
Panthers win third straight, topping Sabres in shootout
Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist for the Florida Panthers in their 3-2 shootout win over the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.,Anton Lundell scored the lone goal in the shootout, and Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves for the Panthers (47-29-4, 98 points), who have won three in a row.,Rasmus Da...
Sabres visit Blue Jackets with Lindy Ruff closing in on 900th career win
It's been a season of milestones for Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff. In December, he coached his 1,800th NHL game and is now third all-time. On March 25, he became the second coach to reach 600 wins with a single franchise.,And when the Sabres visit the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday, he could b...
Sabres' Tage Thompson aims to keep hot streak going vs. Canes
While a more prominent jumbo-sized sniper has been setting records and getting a lot of attention lately, Tage Thompson is quietly on an impressive run himself.,The Buffalo Sabres' 6-foot-6, 220-pound center had seven goals in his last four games going into Tuesday night's contest against the visiti...
Sabres rally, upend playoff-bound Lightning in shootout
Tage Thompson scored his 40th goal and James Reimer made 22 saves and stopped both shootout attempts to lead the host Buffalo Sabres to their third straight win, 3-2, over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday., ,Jason Zucker also scored for Buffalo (33-36-6, 72 points), which extended its ho...
Matvei Michkov scores two as Flyers take care of Sabres
Matvei Michkov scored twice to help the Philadelphia Flyers to a 7-4 win against the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.,Owen Tippett, Ryan Poehling and Tyson Foerster each had a goal and an assist, Noah Cates had a goal and two assists, and Travis Konecny had two assists for the Flyers (30-36-9, 6...
Wild cruise to easy victory over Sabres
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist for the Minnesota Wild in a 4-1 win against the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.,Marco Rossi, Justin Brazeau and Frederick Gaudreau also scored for the Wild (40-25-5, 85 points), who have won three in a row. Matt Boldy had two assists, and Filip Gustavsso...
Wild look to keep winning ways going vs. Sabres
Fresh off a pair of wins, the Minnesota Wild hope they've turned a corner offensively and will aim to keep it going when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday in Saint Paul, Minn.,The Wild (39-25-5, 83 points) are coming off a 4-0 victory against the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday. They scored three...
Slumping Sabres searching for more 'compete' vs. Vegas
The visiting Vegas Golden Knights are coming off a win while the Buffalo Sabres are in a downward spiral going into their game Saturday afternoon.,The Golden Knights defeated the host Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0 on Thursday night and the Sabres fell 7-3 on the road to the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesda...
Red Wings look to bust slump as Sabres visit
Another agonizing loss pushed the Detroit Red Wings further down the Eastern Conference standings. ,Their losing streak has ballooned to six games, something they'll try to pop when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.,Detroit tested Ottawa goaltender Linus Ullmark with a whopping 49 sho...
Canadiens visit Sabres searching for first four-game win streak in three years
The Montreal Canadiens seek their fourth straight win when they visit the Buffalo Sabres Saturday night for the first of a home-and-home series.,Montreal, which hasn't put together a four-game streak since it enjoyed a five-game run in February 2022, defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-3 in overtime on T...
Sabres score early, often in rout of Rangers
Defenseman Rasmus Dahlin and Tage Thompson had two goals and an assist each as the host Buffalo Sabres crushed the New York Rangers 8-2 on Saturday.,Ryan McLeod also scored twice while Jack Quinn and defenseman Henri Jokiharju added goals for the Sabres. Jason Zucker had three assists and Ukko-Pekka...
Rangers, Sabres meet in search of pre-break momentum
The visiting New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres resume their regular-season schedules Saturday after the break for the 4 Nations Face-Off., ,The Rangers won three of their last four games before the break, earning a 4-3 road victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Feb. 8., ,New York goalie Igor S...
Sabres start fast, then hold off Devils for third straight win
Tage Thompson, JJ Peterka and Ryan McLeod scored unanswered goals in the first period Sunday afternoon for the host Buffalo Sabres, who fended off a third-period comeback by the New Jersey Devils to earn a 4-3 win.,Jason Zucker scored what proved to be the game-winning goal late in the second period...