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Utah HC, Sabres enduring frustrating spells
Two teams going through frustrating stretches meet Saturday afternoon in Buffalo when the host Sabres face the Utah Hockey Club.,The Sabres are mired in a season-worst five-game losing streak (0-3-2). Four of those losses were by one goal, and two occurred in overtime. However, there's more to the s...
Jets break season-worst skid with OT win over Sabres
Adam Lowry scored late in overtime and the Winnipeg Jets snapped their season-worst four-game losing streak with a 3-2 road win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.,Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist, Kyle Connor also scored and Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves for Jets, who had been 3-7-0 sinc...
Jets break season-long skid with OT win
Adam Lowry scored late in overtime and the Winnipeg Jets snapped their season-long four-game losing streak with Thursday night's 3-2 road win over the Buffalo Sabres.,Gabriel Vilardi and Kyle Connor also scored and Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves for Jets, who had been 3-7-0 since winning 15 of thei...
Sabres D Rasmus Dahlin (back) out vs. Jets
Buffalo Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin has been ruled out of Thursday's game against the visiting Winnipeg Jets due to back spasms, head coach Lindy Ruff announced. ,Dahlin, a defenseman, logged 17:16 of ice time before exiting the Sabres' 5-4 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. ,"It should be...
Jets, Sabres carry matching 4-game skids into clash
After losing just once through the first month of the season, the Winnipeg Jets are struggling to win.,Winning also hasn't come easy for the Buffalo Sabres of late.,The Jets and Sabres each look to avoid a season-high fifth consecutive defeat when they meet Thursday night at Buffalo.,Winnipeg won 15...
Avalanche erase 4-0 deficit to top Sabres
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice as the visiting Colorado Avalanche rattled off five unanswered goals for a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. ,MacKinnon added an assist for Colorado, which also got goals from Joel Kiviranta, Logan O'Connor and Artturi Lehkonen to ov...
Sabres aim to end modest skid in clash vs. struggling Islanders
The Buffalo Sabres have gotten off to a solid start that's put them in a position to potentially end one of the most ignoble streaks in NHL history.,The New York Islanders are getting to the point where they're having a hard time imagining anything other than recent painful history repeating itself....
Conor Garland leads Canucks past Sabres in OT
Conor Garland capped a two-goal performance by scoring 3:59 into overtime to fuel the visiting Vancouver Canucks to a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.,Garland converted Brock Boeser's backdoor feed at 5:15 of the third period to extend his point streak to a career-long seven games.,Gar...
Filip Gustavsson makes 39 saves as Wild shut out Sabres
Filip Gustavsson made 39 saves to help the Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 1-0 on Wednesday and continue their excellent play on the road., ,Two days after getting just one goal despite taking a season-high 44 shots in a loss to the Winnipeg Jets, the Wild matched that scoring output while pu...
Tage Thompson set to return as Sabres welcome Wild
Coming off a highly successful West Coast road trip, the Buffalo Sabres return to home ice on Wednesday to face the Minnesota Wild, when they likely will welcome back their leading goal-scorer.,Tage Thompson told reporters after practice Tuesday that he would be "ready to go" against the second-plac...
Sabres F Tage Thompson back after missing 5 games
Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson will return to the ice Wednesday night following a five-game absence.,Sabres coach Lindy Ruff confirmed Thompson's return to the lineup against the visiting Minnesota Wild.,Thompson, 27, sustained a lower-body injury during a 7-5 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on...
Tage Thompson eyes return as Sabres welcome Wild
Coming off a highly successful West Coast road trip, the Buffalo Sabres return to home ice on Wednesday to face the Minnesota Wild, when they will likely welcome back their leading goal-scorer.,Tage Thompson told reporters after practice Tuesday that he would be "ready to go" against the second-plac...
Sabres take lead in third period, hold on to top Sharks
Alex Tuch broke a third-period tie and James Reimer made 31 saves in his Sabres debut as Buffalo beat the host San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Saturday night. ,Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist and Bowen Byram had two assists for the Sabres, who swept a three-game road swing through California.,Fabian Z...
Sharks look to deny Sabres' bid for sweep of California foes
The San Jose Sharks admittedly are in the early stage of their rebuild and quite a ways removed from re-creating their days as a Stanley Cup contender. ,The Sharks, however, will look to create a good memory in honor of that time when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.,Before the game, the Sh...
Jiri Kulich lifts Sabres to overtime win against Ducks
Jiri Kulich scored in overtime to give the visiting Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 come-from-behind win against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.,Kulich collected a rebound in the bottom of the right circle and beat a sprawled John Gibson at 4:00 of the extra frame.,Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist, Jason Zucker...
Improving Sabres try to pull record above .500 vs. Ducks
The Buffalo Sabres have had several chances to go above .500 this season but have yet to seize on one. They'll give it yet another go when they visit the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.,Buffalo is 0-3-0 in its three previous attempts to post a winning record this season.,The Sabres pulled themselves back t...
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Sabres stymie Kings, 1-0
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 24 saves in his return from an injury and Jason Zucker scored the lone goal to help the visiting Buffalo Sabres earn a 1-0 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday.,Luukkonen, who missed two games with a lower-body injury, earned his sixth career shutout to improve to...
Sabres getting healthier as they fly west to face Kings
The Buffalo Sabres will have at least one key player back and could have two when they kick off a three-game California road trip with a visit to the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday.,Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is set to return from a lower-body injury that sidelined him the past two games and led co...
Flyers zip past Sabres for 4th win in 5 games
Travis Konecny collected two goals and an assist as the Philadelphia Flyers skated to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.,Travis Sanheim and Egor Zamula each had a goal and an assist and Ivan Fedotov made 23 saves for Philadelphia, which improved to 4-0-1 in its past five gam...
Flyers, Sabres face off Philadelphia after overtime wins Thursday
The Philadelphia Flyers and Buffalo Sabres meet for the first time this season in Philadelphia after experiencing similar starts to the season.,The Flyers opened their campaign 1-5-1 while the Sabres started 1-4-1. But they've both turned things around and are playing their best hockey of the season...