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Steve Ott: 48 games, 9 goals, 15 assists, plus-3, 187 hitsIt didn't take long for Sabres forward Steve Ott to become a fa...
I want to get something out of the way right away. Suffering? Really? I know how it sounds in the building and certainly on t...
One of the biggest decisions facing Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier this off season is what to do with Thomas Van...
Thomas Vanek and Ryan Miller both wanted to sit down with Darcy Regier andTerry Pegulato see what their futures are. Both hav...
Jeremy White@JeremyWGRwhitey@wgr550.comHappy Monday morning. Just feeling like both teams are in similar spots, and feeling l...
The Sabres cleaned out their lockers after another disappointing season.We know Buffalo’s rebuilding, but what we don&r...
The Buffalo Sabres wrapped up the 2013 NHL season with a 2-1 shootout win at home against the New York Islanders.After a lack...
The Sabres play their final game of the season tonight while the Islanders fight for playoff position.Right now New York woul...
With this being the penultimate game of the season, I felt it was the perfect time for one more round of who’s hot and ...
Jhonas Enroth came up with 37 saves Monday night against Winnipeg, but it wasn't enough to prevent the Jets from skating ...
The Sabres face elimination from the playoff race as they host the Rangers. If New York wins in regulation, Buffalo is done.T...
After giving way to Jhonas Enroth for two games, Ryan Miller is back in goal for the Sabres in Boston. Ron Rolston said, &ldq...
Jhonas Enroth posted his second strong performance in as many days as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning at ...
It’s been a long time since Tyler Ennis has been involved in the scoring and not the scoring against. Ennis was pointle...
The Sabres picked up right where they left off in Winnipeg giving up two goals in the first 10 and a half minutes.Thomas Vane...
Ever since Jordan Leopold and Robyn Regehr left, Tyler Myers ice time has increased significantly. Starting with the home Was...
The Sabres will go with Ryan Miller in goal against Montreal, but Ron Rolston said Jhonas Enroth will play this weekend.This ...
As I watched Thomas Vanek flounder for two periods in Winnipeg, I was thinking he came back too early. Vanek had said he woul...
Even though Thomas Vanek stayed out longer at the morning skate, Ron Rolston would not rule him out, “I don’t kno...
Even though Thomas Vanek stayed out longer at the morning skate, Ron Rolston would not rule him out, “I don’t kno...
Even though Thomas Vanek stayed out longer at the morning skate, Ron Rolston would not rule him out, “I don’t kno...
The Sabres have won three in a row, but they’ve done it without Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek and they’ve don...
Coming off yet another win, the Buffalo Sabres got back on the ice for an abbreviated practice session at First Niagara Cente...
Welcome into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box once again. Tonight the Buffalo Sabres skate in their first game following th...
The Sabres no longer have a trading deadline to worry about as they move on minus three veterans. In addition, Thomas Vanek i...
The Sabres will not replace Jason Pominville’s captaincy this season. Ron Rolston said, “No, we’ll have an ...
Thomas Vanek is not happy that he’s watched three veterans leave the Sabres room. He felt it was a situation where this...
Many fans were expecting a total fire sale by the Sabres, but we got pretty much what I expected.Jason Pominville, Robyn Rege...
The best part of trade deadline day 2013 happened between 4pm and 420pm. It was at that point that we already knew that there...
The Buffalo Sabres made one move on Wednesday before the NHL's 3 o'clock trade deadline and that moved sent the capta...
Today is so much different than most trade deadline days for the Sabres.Buffalo is in total sell mode, where in the past, the...
Thomas Vanek again skated on Monday and says he’s improving. He wouldn’t rule out playing in Pittsburgh on Tuesda...
Welcome into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box for this Easter Day edition of Buffalo Sabres hockey. Less than twenty-four h...
Only Thomas Vanek, John Scott and Ryan Miller skated this morning while the other players met, watched film or went home. Van...
The Sabres made the first of what could beseveraltrades leading up to Wednesday's NHL trade deadline when they dealt Jord...
Buffalo has lost twice to Washington this season and gets its last chance tonight at home.Thomas Vanek will miss his 6th game...
While the Buffalo Sabres approach a back-to-back home game stretch over the weekend, they'll likely have to go through th...
Drew Stafford returns to the Sabres lineup after missing two games as a healthy scratch.Stafford has only scored goals in thr...
The Sabres will need to play again tonight without leading scorer Thomas Vanek. He has a muscle strain.Andrej Sekera is a goo...
The Sabres have played three games with their new lines.In Montreal Ron Rolston broke up Cody Hodgson, Thomas Vanek and Jason...
The Sabres are facing a team that’s reeling and won’t even have their new coach yet.Tampa Bay lost all three game...
The Sabres walked into Montreal on Tuesday and beat the red hot Canadiens thanks to a Steve Ott overtime goal.The Habs have e...
Welcome once again into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box. The First Niagara Center should be rocking tonight as the Buffalo...
The Sabres snuck out of Montreal with two points thanks to Jhonas Enroth and Steve Ott. Buffalo now has just two wins in eigh...
After the Buffalo Sabres' most recent win over Montreal, their leading scorer was nowhere to be found on the ice for prac...
Ron Rolston broke up the Hodgson line for the first time all season and after 20 minutes, he had a goal from each of the two ...
As far as Pat Kaleta is concerned, there’s no problem between him and Ryan Miller.Miller went on an ill-advised rant Su...
With the Sabres taking the day off mandated by the Collective Bargaining Agreement, today would be a good day to discuss wher...
With the NHL trade deadline less than three weeks away, everyone inSabresNation is wondering what General Manager DarcyRegier...
As the April 3rd NHL trading deadline approaches, there’s only one Sabre that has a complete no trade clause.Robyn Rege...
When the Buffalo Sabres sent center Luke Adam to Rochester in early February of last season, you figured he'd be back wit...
After missing 10 games, eight of which were because of injury, Jordan Leopold returned to the Sabres lineup. Lindy Ruff made ...
Marcus Foligno scored twice and Jhonas Enroth came up with 32 saves, lifting the Sabres (10-14-3, 23 pts.) to a 3-1 victory o...
The Sabres tried to pawn off last year’s failure to make the playoffs as injury related. To a point that was true, but ...
How the Sabres got out of the first 20 minutes only down 2-1 is a major miracle.Every player out there with the exception of ...
Thomas Vanek came back after missing two games with an upper body injury and got six shifts for 4:49 of action in the first 2...
Thomas Vanek and T.J. Brennan will return to the Sabres lineup in Carolina. Adam Pardy will be the healthy scratch.Vanek retu...
One of the biggest criticisms of Lindy Ruff was that he struggled to figure out the right roles for the players on his roster...
Sabre F Pat Kaleta has been handed a 5-game suspension for hitting Ranger F Brad Richards from behind during Sunday's sho...
Sabre F Pat Kaleta suspended for his hit from behind on Ranger F Brad Richards Sunday night in New York during the third peri...
With back to back games and three games in four days, the Sabres elected not to have a morning skate. They gathered for a mee...
Not only did Marcus Foligno get back into the lineup after a one game benching, but he went to left wing with Cody Hodgson an...
Welcome yet again into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box, where the Buffalo Sabres are trying to make it three wins in a row...
The Sabres have called up winger Brian Flynn from Rochester. Thomas Vanek didn’t practice on Friday and coach Ron Rolst...
Marcus Foligno was cruising right along last season. In his first career game at Ottawa, he didn’t get a point, but in ...
It was an interesting first period to say the least. In the first 20 minutes, the Sabres blew a two goal lead, but immediatel...
The Sabres got away with winning a game with only two goals, but if they want to put together a streak, scoring must improve....
The buzzword for Ron Rolston and his crew the past few days has been the pace. Rolston has been looking to quicken the pace. ...
Ron Rolston isn’t making any changes to the forwards as the Sabres are in Tampa tonight. That means John Scott sits.Ada...
The Sabres own the worst record in the East and second worst record in the NHL. With this being a shortened schedule, games a...
Thomas Vanek didn’t practice on Monday along with Alex Sulzer, Jordan Leopold and Ville Leino. Leino took the ice after...
The Sabres start wasn’t horrible and it wasn’t anything special.They provided their usual turnover right off the ...
The Sabres' losing streak hit four straight on Saturday with a 4-0 loss to the New York Islanders. Buffalo was booed off ...
As you might assume, many of the Sabres were stunned when Lindy Ruff got on the bus and told him he was no longer their coach...
Ron Rolston says he’s nervous before every game so he’s not expecting his first NHL game behind the bench for the...
On Thursday night, Sabres fans will experience something for the first time in more than 21 years. They'll see how their ...
The answer is way simpler than you think: Do nothing.At practice on Tuesday morning, he was skating with John Scott and Cody ...
Without a practice sandwiched in between their loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday and their game tonight against Winnipeg, the Buff...
I know, some of you are in a panic over Thomas Vanek being pointless in three games. Before that, he had 11 goals and 12 assi...
The Sabres are now dead last in the Eastern Conference and are just one point ahead of Columbus and Los Angeles for the basem...
The solution to the Buffalo Sabres' biggest weakness is out there. Right now. He's available. At this moment. Right n...
Imagine if the Buffalo Sabres best offensive player was out of the lineup for possibly the rest of the regular season. Actual...
The Buffalo Sabres defeated the New York Islanders 3-2 on Long Island on Saturday night.First PeriodThomas Vanek continued hi...
As the saying goes in sports, the best trades are the ones that help both teams. Early on in this 2013 NHL season, the Cody H...
Thomas Vanek scored twice in the final period, including the game-tying goal in the final seconds of regulation, and the Sabr...
A new mapping system of how NHL players are used may offer some insight as to why the Buffalo Sabres have struggled out of th...
The Buffalo Sabres are in serious trouble. They've dropped to 3-5-1 in a 48 game season and the team – Thomas Vanek...
Not only are the Sabres playing bad hockey with two losses to Carolina and one each to Toronto, Washington and Florida, but t...
After naming Thomas Vanek the third star for the month of January, the NHL has made him the first star for last week.In four ...
The Buffalo Sabres' defense cost them again on Sunday. The Sabres losing 4-3 to the Florida Panthers, who came in scoring...
After playing an absolutely horrendous game in Montreal the Sabres have come home and at least gotten off to a good start.I t...
I’m not quite sure why, but Thomas Vanek doesn’t seem to get enough credit from Sabres fans. He’s a hot top...
On the same day the Sabres opted to keep him with the big club, Mikhail Grigorenko scored the first goal of his NHL career, b...
With the Sabres trying to break a three game losing streak, Lindy Ruff is making three changes to his lineup tonight against ...
Since the season opening five goal explosion in a win over the Philadelphia Flyers, the Buffalo Sabres offense has been, as H...
The Buffalo Sabres dropped their third straight contest on Sunday, and did it without top scorer Thomas Vanek because of a mu...
Overall it was a good period for the Sabres, but it wasn’t for the guys trying to get the team by without Thomas Vanek....
If the Sabres are to beat the Caps they’ll have to do it without their hottest player. Thomas Vanek is out with a muscl...
Should he stay or should he go?After today's game in D.C., the Sabres will have to make their decision on whether or not ...
The Buffalo Sabres were back on the ice for practice following Friday night’s 3-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. Afte...
The Hurricanes scored three straight goals in the 3rd period, good enough for a 3-1 win over the Sabres on Friday. Thomas Van...
The Hurricanes scored two straight goals in the 3rd period, good enough for a 3-1 win over the Sabres on Friday. Thomas Vanek...
Thomas Vanek has played seven seasons for the Buffalo Sabres, never missing more than 11 games in one, and has averaged 33 go...
The Sabres put together a pretty complete game to start the season and it was pretty impressive to watch.Now let me stress, i...
Thomas Vanek was in on each Sabres goal as Buffalo bullied its way past Philadelphia 5-2 in Sunday's season opener. The S...
A 48-game season can be weird. One hot streak can turn a good player into a league MVP and some bad bounces can make a good p...
If the Buffalo Sabres are going to make the playoffs in this shortened NHL season, it’ll be because they found a way to...
While much of the talk at Sabres training camp has been on rookie Mikhail Grigorenko and his chances of earning the job of th...
The Sabres had another double session on Tuesday as training camp continues.Rookie Mikhail Grigorenko gets better every day. ...
The Sabres scrimmage Monday night saw over 10-thousand fans show up. As for what they saw, many playerswere rusty and play wa...
Of course Lindy Ruff is ecstatic that he has a team to coach again, but he also had other folks on his mind, “Obviously...
The Sabres have been skating in Amherst during the lockout, but there were more smiles and there was more purpose today.Parti...
Thomas Vanek had agreed to go home to Austria and play for a month which is up. Vanek played for Graz EC and scored five goal...
There is no question that the ones most hurt by the National Hockey League lockout are fans, arena employees and local busine...
From time to time Thomas Vanek blogs and I thought you might want to know what's on the winger's mind regarding the l...
With a NHL lockout looking more and more likely, the Sabres are still trying to put on a positive face. On Tuesday, 13 player...
While it's possible there could be a move in the works, it appears the current Buffalo Sabres roster is likely the one we...
Darcy Regier and Lindy Ruff have finally seen, that their core group of players that they’ve been trying to count on si...
We have debated it over and over. We've taken thousands of phone calls and deleted hundreds of comments on it. And yet th...
Buffalo Sabres' fans have several months to think about what went wrong. Was it the injuries? Was it a combative relation...
The Sabres show up in Pittsburgh with four picks in the top 44. Buffalo is scheduled to select 12th, 21st, 42nd and 44th. The...
While your mind might be on summer vacation plans this week, here's a not so subtle reminder that this is a big week in t...
After spending a few days watching future NHL players workout in Toronto let’s pick up how one of the current Sabres is...
Buffalo Sabres' fans have several months to think about what went wrong. Was it the injuries? Was it a combative relation...
This past season was Jason Pominville’s first as captain of the Buffalo Sabres.On the ice the winger once again was dur...
Preparation for the NHL Draft has its own wrinkle...you have a pipeline. As the Sabres get set to revamp the roster in June, ...
Thomas Vanek has been skirting this issue since the calendar turned 2012. Was he playing hurt? The truth is finally out.Vanek...
I’ve been hearing grumblings for quite some time now that players are getting tired of the constant negative yelling an...
To me, there was no excuseto not focuson a game in Boston that meant something.Yes, they were eliminated in Philadelphia, but...
Heading into Thursday's game, the Sabres knew they had to tighten up their defense if they had any shot at the playoffs. ...
We all know by now that the Sabres have to finish the regular season without Christian Ehrhoff, Tyler Myers and Jochen Hecht....
Thom Cich reportingThe Buffalo Sabres overcame a 3-0 first period deficit to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 in overtime and...
My focus tonight was going to be on special teams and how the Sabres have not done well on them, but after the first period I...
Normally the Sabres would be looking for revenge against the Leafs after their embarrassing loss in Toronto Saturday, but now...
Lindy Ruff is going back to what’s worked for him the past few months, giving the players rest in back to backs. Ruff c...
Sidney Crosby racked up four points and the Penguins hung on for a 5-3 win over the Sabres on Friday. Buffalo remains tied wi...
It doesn’t get any easier for the Sabres as the Caps held serve winning in Boston.That puts Washington and Buffalo at 8...
It doesn’t get any easier for the Sabres as the Caps held serve winning in Boston.That puts Washington and Buffalo at 8...
As the Buffalo Sabres ramp up for the final five games of the season, the team saw one of their key forwards get back to work...
Over the course of the Darcy Regier/Lindy Ruff era with the Buffalo Sabres, the team has a pretty good track record when it c...
Ryan Miller notched his 3rd shutout in his last 11 starts and Cody Hodgson picked up a pair of goals as Buffalo shut out Mont...
Three of the last four games have ended in shootouts for the Sabres and four straight have gone past regulation time.This sea...
Welcome once again into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box where tonight the Sabres entertain the Montreal Canadiens. Buffalo...
Thomas Vanek missed one game due to a neck injury after the Bruins Johnny Boychuk caught him hard with his head down. Vanek h...
Thom Cich ReportingLet's start off with the good news. The Sabres picked up a big two points against the Sens last night ...
The Buffalo Sabres overcame 3 one-goal deficits to defeat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday night at Scotiaba...
As usual this time of year Lindy Ruff would not reveal his line-up. He said both Thomas Vanek and Pat Kaleta are “iffy&...
The Sabres are in Ottawa to prep for Saturday night's game against the Senators. Thomas Vanek is much better after leavin...
You've probably noticed something watching the Sabres this season. It's kind of subtle so maybe it has zoomed over yo...
You've probably noticed something watching the Sabres this season. It's kind of subtle so maybe it has zoomed over yo...
Lindy Ruff decided to meet with the team at the hotel instead of having a morning skate, just a few went to the arena. Ruff h...
Tonight’s blog focus is going to be Thomas Vanek.I was surprised the slumping winger was still on a line with Derek Roy...
The Sabres are in Buffalo for about 33 hours and get to play one game tonight against Carolina.Ryan Miller will play in his 2...
The Sabres have been flying lately going 11-3-3 in 17 games. They’re 6-0-2 in their last eight. Maybe you’re surp...
So the NFL has itself a scandal. Former Buffalo Bills Head Coach Gregg Williams has been accused of running a bounty system i...
Okay, I'm all in with the chase for eighth. The Sabres win over San Jose was the moment that allowed me to flip the "...
Of course this is a game that features two hot teams and two clubs that would like to think they’re still in the playof...
Ryan Miller stopped 36 shots and came up big in the shootout as the Sabres outlasted the Bruins on Friday at the First Niagar...
Brad Boyes never missed a NHL game due to injury until he injured his ankle this season. Boyes is out again with an unknown i...
Brad Boyes never missed a NHL game due to injury until he injured his ankle this season. Boyes is out again with an unknown i...
A visit from the Boston Bruins means a visit by a recent entry to my list of most hated players, Brad Marchand. He reminds me...
Every time it seems it’s time to call the season a wash, the Buffalo Sabres keep a spark of hope alive. This time, the ...
Just as I pronounce the Sabres dead and gone, they’re out to prove me wrong. Buffalo’s gotten some help lately an...
Derek Roy, Jason Pominville, and Christian Ehrhoff each picked up 3 points on Sunday afternoon and the Sabres ripped the visi...
Welcome yet again into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box, high atop ice level at First Niagara Center. We are here a tad bit...
Against Montreal Thomas Vanek took an offensive zone cross checking penalty at 9:25 of the first period. The Canadiens scored...
Against Montreal Thomas Vanek took an offensive zone cross checking penalty at 9:25 of the first period. The Canadiens scored...
The Sabres dropped a 4-3 decision to the Montreal Canadiens at the First Niagara Center on Friday following overtime and a sh...
Two stupid penalties, two goals and instead of leading 2-0, the Sabres are tied at two.Thomas Vanek took an offensive zone cr...
That was one of the better periods I’ve seen the Sabres play this season.Nice recovery by Derek Roy after maybe his wor...
Sabre forward Jochen Hecht had just about hit rock bottom trying to get back on the ice this season. Hecht underwent a proced...
The New Jersey Devils handed the Buffalo Sabres their second strraight loss at First Niagara Center 4-1 on a pair of power pl...
That really wasn’t a bad period to watch, but Thomas Vanek took a late offensive zone tripping penalty and New Jersey m...
For the first time in his career, Buffalo Sabres' rookie Luke Adam experienced failure.He was sent down to the minor leag...
The Sabres tried to pull off a two-goal rally for the second straight night, but fell short on Saturday in a 2-1 loss to the ...
The Sabres seemed to skate well, but really didn’t put too much pressure on Mathieu Garon. Many of their chances dribbl...
The Sabres got a nice come from behind win over Dallas, but they have no time to enjoy it as Tampa Bay has been in town waiti...
Thomas Vanek and Derek Roy scored 3rd period goals as the Sabres came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in...
It wasn’t the Sabres best effort lately. The passing was back to what we’ve seen a lot this year, horrendous at t...
Hello once again from my perch in the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box at First Niagara Center. The Dallas Stars make their fir...
The Sabres will welcome Thomas Vanek back to the lineup after missing three games. He took a high check from Erik Cole in Mon...
Thomas Vanek did some competing drills on Thursday and proclaimed himself ready for action on Friday. The winger said, &ldquo...
The Sabres will have a different voice behind the bench tonight against the Bruins. With three broken ribs, Lindy Ruff can&rs...
Sabre forward Tyler Ennis returned to practice on Friday after missing a day with the flu. Ennis will play against the Island...
You would think by the shots that the Sabres had the better of the play in the first 20 minutes, but they really didn’t...
Hello once again into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box inside of First Niagara Center. It has been far too long, folks, sin...
With Thomas Vanek out and another forward sick, the Sabres have called up Zack Kassian from Rochester. It's not known if ...
The Sabres have most of their players back, but we’re watching the same old thing. The passing was horrendous, the turn...
As far as injuries go the Sabres have come full circle. They started the season with only Jochen Hecht hurt and they play Mon...
Patience is the buzzword surrounding the Buffalo Sabres organization. Team president Ted Black spoke to the media following t...
Luke Adam is trying to make the most out his opportunity with the Buffalo Sabres this season. The rookie started the year cen...
Luke Adam is trying to make the most out his opportunity with the Buffalo Sabres this season. The rookie started the year cen...
Luke Adam is making the most out his opportunity with the Buffalo Sabres this season. The rookie started the year centering a...
Sabres defenseman Robyn Regehr joins Christian Ehrhoff back in the Sabres lineup tonight. That leaves only Tyler Ennis, Paul ...
The Sabres will get their prized free agent signing from the spring back Tuesday in New Jersey. Christian Ehrhoff has missed ...
Not too bad of a period for the Sabres and finally they get a lead on a team that has been shutting out their opponents on a ...
After Pat Kaleta left the Winnipeg game it looked like he'd be out awhile. He blocked a shot and couldn't walk. It's still so...
With tonight being a NBC Sports Network game, it has to start at 7:35, which is 6:35 here in Chicago. With that in mind, Lind...
With tonight being a NBC Sports Network game, it has to start at 7:30, which is 6:30 here in Chicago. With that in mind, Lind...
You just can not turn the puck over against the Detroit Red Wings or you’re are going to leave the first period down 3-...
Things could go from bad to worse for the Buffalo Sabres this week when you take into account they are playing three of the b...
Even with as poorly as some of the Sabres played in Long Island, with three games in four nights and two late nights of trave...
Jason Pominville, recently selected to take part in the All-Star game, scored a 2nd period goal onFriday against the Maple Le...
There's no arguing that the Buffalo Sabres have been hit by the injury bug almost as much as any other team in the National H...
Lindy Ruff understands where owner Terry Pegula is coming from with injuries, but now the head coach says that excuse is over...
The Sabres host a red hot team tonight as Toronto comes in with four straight wins. Before that the Leafs had only won 4 of 1...
The Sabres got another of the injured back at practice. Christian Ehrhoff was on a non contact basis as he recovers from a ri...
I’m not sure if you can quote Yogi Berra for a story about hockey but what why not give it a shot. “Its deja-vous...
The Sabres have officially hit the halfway mark of the 2011-12 season, playing 41 games and going 18-18-5 with 41 points and ...
The Winnipeg Jets beat the Buffalo Sabres in overtime onSaturday night 2-1. Head inside for more.The Sabres received another ...
The Sabres are playing a team that has lost two straight games by four goals and yet, it’s 0-0 after one.Guess what, th...
Welcome yet again into the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box at First Niagara Center. Tonight the Winnipeg Jets make their secon...
The Sabres just can’t seem to finish their chances, AGAIN. They had six or seven Grade-A scoring chances and left the p...
Jason Pominville left practice Monday with the flu and did not skate this morning. Despite that Lindy Ruff expects him to pla...
Luke Adam started the season centering Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville. It went well to start with had two goals and two as...
In a non descript period it was Martin Brodeur who was the total difference on offense and defense. Brodeur sent a long pass ...
For weeks the first question to Lindy Ruff before a game has been who’s coming up from Rochester and who’s health...
It wasn't always pretty, but the Buffalo Sabres survived for a 5-4 shootout win over the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night...
At least for 20 minutes of play the Sabres did a good job of clearing their heads during the Christmas break as they came out...
Hello once again from the Ted Darling Memorial Press Box at First Niagara Canter. It seems like an eternity to me, but once a...
WGR's Joe Buscaglia is at Sabres practice and reports that Thomas Vanek is missing once again. The Sabres forward left last n...
The Sabres gave up some really good looks as the period went on and Ryan Miller had to be stellar. It started when Cody McCor...
Thomas Vanek has missed the Sabres last two practices with an upper body injury, but he has been able to play the games. The ...
It was kind of a weird morning skate where if you try to deduce who’s not playing, you could be very wrong.The lines th...
The Sabres got in late this morning from Ottawa so practice wasn’t until the afternoon in Toronto. Thomas Vanek and Pau...
With two more guys out and two new players up from Rochester, Lindy Ruff is forced to shuffle his lines again.Derek Roy will ...
Thomas Vanek missed practice on Monday, but Lindy Ruff says he’s probable with an upper body injury. Ruff says he&rsquo...
As Lindy Ruff says if you don’t get really good goaltending, you won’t win in this league and tonight he’s ...
The Buffalo Sabres taking on the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Consol Energy Center.First Period:2:17 - 1-0 PenguinsPenguins for...
In what may have been the best home effort of the season season, both on the ice and in the stands, the Sabres took down the ...
Buffalo Sabres forward Patrick Kaleta has played in just one game since November 19, but it looks like he may finally be able...
Ville Leino did not practice on Wednesday and is lost to the club for quite some time. Leino did finish the game, but Lindy R...
Mike Weber is excited he's returning to the lineup and Lindy Ruff is not pulling 20 year oldBrayden McNabb.All seven "D&...
Mistakes have cost the Sabres dearly all season long at the First Niagara Center and Saturday night, the team continued its t...
The Sabres for about ten minutes were playing just like they did last night, tight with not much offense generated. The Range...
His spirit was willing but his body was telling him it had enough. With that, Mike Grier took the hint and announced his reti...
The Buffalo Sabres blew a three-goal lead Wednesday, but tied the game late against the Philadelphia Flyers late to force ove...
It was a full rink at the Northtowns Center in Amherst as the Buffalo Sabres get ready for their next battle Wednesday night ...
The Red Wings got off to a blistering start against the Sabres on Friday, scoring three times in the opening period en route ...
The Sabres have another awful start under their belts and they’re already in a three goal hole.It started right away wh...
Ryan Miller passed his Neuropsych test and is ready to at least dress for a game. He’ll backup Jhonas Enroth against De...
Just past the quarter pole of the National Hockey League season, its time to take a look at some positives and negatives of t...
The Sabres got a few power play chances in that period and need to be better. Derek Roy was absolutely awful with the extra m...
The Sabres beat the Washington Capitals on Saturday with nine players out of the lineup. Tonight they'll meet the New York Is...
Missing nine regulars, including RobynRegehr and Drew Stafford who both suffered injuries onFriday inColumbus, the Sabres rec...
The Sabres have only won one of four games. Last time out against Boston they played their best first period in years standin...
The Buffalo Sabres played a much more physical game in their second matchup of the year with the Boston Bruins. There were pl...
Now that’s how it’s done! Right there, the Sabres carried through on what they said they would.The fight between ...
It's been a long-time coming for Buffalo Sabres forward Jochen Hecht.Sidelined since April 26 -- Game 7 against Philadelphia ...
One of the reasons the Sabres are 4-5-0 in this building is they’ve had a lot of poor starts. That didn’t happen ...
The Sabres wrap up a stretch of six games in nine nights tonight against Phoenix. Buffalo is 3-2-0 in that stretch. Lindy Ruf...
The Sabres have spent about 28 minutes chasing, giving the puck away and generating very little offense, yet they still lead ...
Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville sit atop the Buffalo Sabres statistics sheet and are among the league leaders in points as ...
If you’re a positive person, the Sabres walk into Carolina with five wins in seven games. If you’re a negative pe...
The NHL has decided not to suspend or fine Tyler Myers for his hit to the head of Dainius Zubrus of the Devils. Zubrus stayed...
Special teams was the whole period as New Jersey leads 2-1. The Sabres put some pressure on during an early power play, but a...
The Buffalo Sabres got on the ice for their first practice home since their latest trip to Boston and Montreal.A step forward...
Well that was a fun period! The Sabres got off to a good start playing a responsible style and getting a few chances.Ryan Mil...
Derek Roy continued his hot streak with a goal and two assists, and Ville Leino found the net for the first time since the se...
Four Buffalo Sabres playersare on this year's NHL All-Star ballot.Ryan Miller, Thomas Vanek, Tyler Myers and Jason Pominville...
The Sabres erased an early two-goal deficit on Tuesday and came back to tie the score four different times before beating the...
Buffalo, N.Y. (wgr550.com) -The focus this week, and understandably so, has been on Ryan Miller but he is one of too many Sab...
TheSabres gave up another lead on home ice against thePanthers on Saturday. Florida struck twice in the final period to beat ...
The Sabres fell 3-2 to the Flyers 3-2 at First Niagara Center. Things couldn't have started any worse for the Sabres. The Fly...
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After running what Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff called the hardest practice in three years, the team took Tuesday and...
Jay McKee always stood out.During his playing days, the 6-foot-4 defenseman was enormous and tough as hell. He also played a ...
The Sabres had some new-look lines at Monday's practice. Luke Adam was moved to the wing and was placed with Derek Roy and Dr...
TheSabres gave up another lead on home ice against thePanthers on Saturday. Florida struck twice in the final period to beat ...
Watching the Sabres against Columbus is a lot more fun than watching the Sabres against Tampa Bay.We saw 30 shots in the firs...
The Sabres probably deserved a better fate than a 2-2 tie after one. The team came out flying after a lackluster offensive ef...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR550.com) -Luke Adam went into Sabres training just hoping to make the team.Mission accomplished.Now, one wo...
That wasn’t a very good 20 minutes for the Sabres, but at least they got away with it and it’s still 0-0. I was t...
It was a pretty good effort for the Sabres until they blew it in the last 30 seconds of the period. Thomas Vanek turned the p...
With Luke Adam playing so well with Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville, Lindy Ruff decided to move Derek Roy to another line.I...
Buffalo Sabres forward Jochen Hecht has missed a fair amount of time due to a head injury, but the long-time member of the fr...
The Sabres didn't get to Germany until 4:30 in the morning due to the NHL's charter company Air Berlin already having cargo i...
Sorry folks, the plan was to live game blog from Hartwall Areena but wireless internet issues have made than impossible. Inst...
The Sabres will go with Marc Gragnani in game number one against the Ducks over Mike Weber. Matt Ellis and Jochen Hecht will ...
When the Buffalo Sabres hit the ice this afternoon with the "C" sewn on the sweater of Jason Pominville they will b...
The Sabres were on the ice getting ready for tonight's game vs Adler-Mannheim. Jhonas Enroth will be in goal with Jochen Hech...
After a seven hour plane ride to Germany, the Sabres went right from the airport to the arena. It was a drive of over an hour...
After a seven hour plane ride the Sabres went right from the airport to the arena in MannheimAustriaEuropeAustriaBerlinI'm ex...
After a seven hour plane ride the Sabres went right from the airport to the arena in MannheimAustriaEuropeAustriaBerlinI'm ex...
After a seven hour plane ride the Sabres went right from the airport to the arena in MannheimAustriaEuropeAustriaBerlinI'm ex...
After a seven hour plane ride the Sabres went right from the airport to the arena in MannheimAustriaEuropeAustriaBerlinI'm ex...
Right near the end of the Sabres open practice Wednesday night Pat Kaleta came out from behind the net to try to center the p...
That was a much better period for the Sabres than the first period against Carolina. Due to a customs agent which held the te...
This year's NHL draft is going to be quite a bit different than what we've seen lately. There is no Taylor Hall, Steve Stamko...
Fridays in the summer mean fun. Mike Schopp and the Bulldog spent a good amount of time sifting through many Sabres names, an...
Chris Drury will go into the 2011-2012 season as a 35 year old center who played in a whopping 24 games because of injury pro...
Drew Stafford's 4 year/16-million dollar contract has brought out the worst in some of you. Do Ithink it's high, yes, but jus...
The Sabres are going to be spending a lot of money on the whole organization this off season. The building, the scouting depa...
During the season, Lindy Ruff appeared everyTuesday at 8:05 and he was not pleased that the visits were going to stop becuase...
There were only 23 games this season where somebody wore the "C" in a game for the Sabres. Lindy Ruff had four assi...
This was not a perfect game for the Buffalo Sabres by any stretch of the imagination, but boy was Ryan Miller excellent. Mill...
Well that was fun! Six goals and yes....penalties were actually called. See the exciting hockey that can be executed when the...
Not a lot of time this morning to write since it's an early start and I must get to the rink to work on pregame, but it'll be...
Not a lot of time this morning to write since it's an early start and I must get to the rink to work on pregame, but it'll be...
Despite sitting out the season finale, Thomas Vanek has been named the NHL's First Star of the week. Vanek's biggest highligh...
For a record fifth consecutive season the NHL will be playing regular-season games in Europe as part of 2011 Compuware NHL Pr...
Yes the playoffs have been clinched, but that doesn't stop Lindy Ruff. He wants nothing to change tonight in the final regula...
For those of you that can't stand Lindy Ruff, his use of his time out after his team fell behind 2-0 just 4:41 in was what tu...
Jochen Hecht will be back in the lineup after missing nine of 11 games. Mark Mancari is likely to sit. He did not build on hi...
The Sabres didn't give up much defensively until about the last five minutes in the period. Brian Gionta went too high on a 2...
The Sabres come into Montreal with the same line up they used against Nashville. As far as if Steve Montador and Jochen Hecht...
The Sabres have not lost back-to-back games since February 18th and 20th when they fell to the Blues and Capitals at the HSBC...
There's no question Sunday was a tough loss for the Sabres. They blew a two goal lead and only got one point....again. Yes, i...
Drew Stafford makes his return tonight vs the Hurricanes. The winger missed two games with a hamstring injury. Jochen Hecht i...
The Sabres had forward Mark Mancari on the ice for their morning skate in Boston. Mancari has been called back up from Portla...
The Sabres practiced Wednesdayon the campus of Boston University and had forward Thomas Vanek back on the ice. Vanek missed T...
The Buffalo Sabres scored first, but three unanswered goals gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-1 win on Tuesday night at the CO...
FIRST PERIOD:A very good first period for the Sabres. They produced quite a few outnumbered situations, but only scored once....
Good start for the team. They had more than a few good scoring opportunities, but couldn't break through on Cam Ward. The Sab...
Thomas Vanek said on Wednesday that despite missing practice, this isn't the time of year you miss games. He's true to his wo...
Ryan Miller and Thomas Vanek were both missing from Wednesday's Sabre practice. Vanek was limping after taking a puck to the ...
The Sabres continue their climb for 8th place in the Eastern Conference as they held on to win in regulation on the road at M...
Brad Boyes will play his first game as a Sabre in Madison Square Garden tonight. He'll be on a line with Tim Connolly and Tyl...
Lindy Ruff had what he called, "A weather related optional skate" this morning as the Sabres get ready to host Otta...
During Terry Pegula's press conference Tuesday, the new Sabres' owner told fans that Lindy Ruff :ain't going nowhere.” ...
In Friday's 9-3 pasting of Pittsburgh the Islanders called up some goon from Bridgeport who actually did all his fighting the...
Lindy Ruff decided to have the team meet in Fort Lauderdale and not take the 35-40 minute one way bus ride to Sunrise for a m...
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Despite the win in Tampa, the Buffalo Sabres have a number of problems to solve. The main one being, of course, their record....
On Thursday night, Sabres fans will experience something for the first time in more than 21 years. They'll see how their ...
Imagine if the Buffalo Sabres best offensive player was out of the lineup for possibly the rest of the regular season. Actual...
As the saying goes in sports, the best trades are the ones that help both teams. Early on in this 2013 NHL season, the Cody H...
I’m not quite sure why, but Thomas Vanek doesn’t seem to get enough credit from Sabres fans. He’s a hot top...
Since the season opening five goal explosion in a win over the Philadelphia Flyers, the Buffalo Sabres offense has been, as H...
While much of the talk at Sabres training camp has been on rookie Mikhail Grigorenko and his chances of earning the job of th...
While your mind might be on summer vacation plans this week, here's a not so subtle reminder that this is a big week in t...
Okay, I'm all in with the chase for eighth. The Sabres win over San Jose was the moment that allowed me to flip the "...
A visit from the Boston Bruins means a visit by a recent entry to my list of most hated players, Brad Marchand. He reminds me...
Things could go from bad to worse for the Buffalo Sabres this week when you take into account they are playing three of the b...
I’m not sure if you can quote Yogi Berra for a story about hockey but what why not give it a shot. “Its dejaz-vou...
His spirit was willing but his body was telling him it had enough. With that, Mike Grier took the hint and announced his reti...
Penalties, penalties, penalties.It’s what all Sabre fans have been talking about in the aftermath of Saturday’s p...
One of the key story lines in the Sabresgame one victory was the play of the young blueliners.With the Sabres clinging to the...
Back on December 27th, the Sabres lost a game in Calgary 5-2.Approaching the halfway point of the schedule, the defending Nor...
Iknow, Iknow. They're not in yet. By writing what I'm about to write, I'm opening myself up to ridicule if the Sabres fall sh...
Most of the time, people want to get the bad news out of the way so here it goes.Thomas Vanek hasn’t been scoring many ...
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