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The Sabres will finish the season Friday without Pat Kaleta and Ville Leino. Kaleta hurt his hand blocking a shot while Leino...
After both goaltenders played poorly Friday against the Rangers, it’s Jhonas Enroth getting the start tonight against t...
The Sabres won’t have Pat Kaleta in the lineup Monday against Winnipeg. Ron Rolston would not rule him out for the week...
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...
The Sabres started fast getting some good chances on Martin Brodeur.They seemed like they were jumping hard on a team that pl...
The Devils played at home last night losing to Toronto while the Sabres were off. You always hear the cliché that you ...
Today is so much different than most trade deadline days for the Sabres.Buffalo is in total sell mode, where in the past, the...
Ron Rolston is not a screamer and he’s not a yeller, but he’s also a no nonsense coach. So far healthy scratches ...
They pulled out the 5-4 win, but the Sabres still made a few mistakes on Thursday, especially in the first period. The team s...
As far as Pat Kaleta is concerned, there’s no problem between him and Ryan Miller.Miller went on an ill-advised rant Su...
The Sabres played one of their best periods of the season Saturday at home against Ottawa and left with a 2-0 lead. It only t...
The Sabres have called up Mark Pysyk from Rochester. The will be the 21 year olds first NHL game.Buffalo selected him in the ...
Thomas Vanek and T.J. Brennan will return to the Sabres lineup in Carolina. Adam Pardy will be the healthy scratch.Vanek retu...
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...
Pat Kaleta is well deserving of the suspension he receives from the NHL. He blatantly hit Brad Richards with a cross check fr...
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...
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....
Many have been questioning why Ron Rolston sees so much more wrong with the Sabres than Lindy Ruff did. Rolston said that&rsq...
On Thursday night, Sabres fans will experience something for the first time in more than 21 years. They'll see how their ...
Without a practice sandwiched in between their loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday and their game tonight against Winnipeg, the Buff...
The Sabres will get another injured player back as Robyn Regehr comes back after missing seven games with a high ankle sprain...
Andrei Sekera, Robyn Regehr and Pat Kaleta all went through full practices in Uniondale on Friday.The team left Buffalo just ...
With a head injury from a hit by Toronto’s Mike Brown, Pat Kaleta is going to be out awhile.Lindy Ruff said, “Pat...
The Sabres have been skating in Amherst during the lockout, but there were more smiles and there was more purpose today.Parti...
With a NHL lockout looking more and more likely, the Sabres are still trying to put on a positive face. On Tuesday, 13 player...
Ever since the season ended I had wondered if Pat Kaleta would get any more than a one year deal from the Sabres or maybe eve...
The Sabres show up in Pittsburgh with four picks in the top 44. Buffalo is scheduled to select 12th, 21st, 42nd and 44th. The...
The Sabres must give qualifying offers to their restricted free agents or they will become unrestricted on July 1st. One rest...
So how are the Sabres looking when it comes to flexibility for the 2012 off season? Is there room to sign a big name free age...
To me, there was no excuseto not focuson a game in Boston that meant something.Yes, they were eliminated in Philadelphia, but...
Normally the Sabres would be looking for revenge against the Leafs after their embarrassing loss in Toronto Saturday, but now...
What do you do when you have to face a group of centermen like Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal. Take their numb...
Ville Leino hasn’t lived up to what the Sabres said they were getting and what the fans were expecting. Heading into Fr...
Only a handful of the Sabres came to the morning skate as Lindy Ruff and some players stayed at the hotel.It’s been awh...
With the NFL suspension of New Orleans head coach Sean Payton for a full season due to financial bounties his defensive coord...
Tyler Myers returns to the Sabres line-up after serving a three game suspension. Still don’t know which defenseman is g...
Just like many periods this season, the Sabres had many chances, but couldn’t beat the other team’s back-up goali...
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...
Tonight in Winnipeg, Sabres/Jets, the 8th and final playoff spot up for grabs to the winner (Sabres must win in regulation), ...
Ryan Miller has been recognized for his red hot streak leading the Sabres to the brink of a playoff spot. Miller is the NHL&r...
The Sabres had three goals in the first five minutes, but the focus of tonight, the traded played only figured into one of th...
Tyler Myers may be happy Lindy Ruff cancelled the morning skate as he could be a little sore. Myers got into his first NHL fi...
With this being Cody Hodgson’s first game as a Sabre most of tonight’s blog will be about him.I think it was a ve...
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...
It was a nice period by the Sabres, but where have we seen this before? Many times in the last three years this club has quic...
That was one of the better periods I’ve seen the Sabres play this season.Nice recovery by Derek Roy after maybe his wor...
Pat Kaleta has seen more ice time because the Sabres have been using him and Paul Gaustad against the other team’s best...
The Sabres will welcome Thomas Vanek back to the lineup after missing three games. He took a high check from Erik Cole in Mon...
With Lindy Ruff in the Press Box and not behind the bench, it was a different kind of period.The Sabres didn’t have too...
The first period was absolutely unbelievable! Buffalo made three huge mistakes, played most of the period in the Islanders zo...
If Paul Gaustad wanted to come back early from his upper body injury, he would have to move to LW. So far it’s worked v...
Right after Pat Kaleta scored into the empty net Tuesday in Montreal to ice the game, he did his arm pumping goal celebration...
With Thomas Vanek out and another forward sick, the Sabres have called up Zack Kassian from Rochester. It's not known if ...
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...
Lindy Ruff said after Thursday’s game in Winnipeg that after blocking a shot, Pat Kaleta couldn’t even walk after...
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...
I have never, ever said this in my broadcasting career so I don’t take it lightly. After watching that non penalty on P...
Pat Kaleta glided into a player here in Buffalo and got a charging penalty of Ladislav Smid of Edmonton. He hit another one i...
Pat Kaleta glided into a player here in Buffalo and got a charging penalty ofLadislav Smid of Edmonton. He hit another one in...
The Sabres were in desperate need of a win as they hosted the Edmonton Oilers at First Niagara Center, and that's just what t...
Jason Pominville left practice Monday with the flu and did not skate this morning. Despite that Lindy Ruff expects him to pla...
The gap is growing and growing, but the Sabres don’t seem to be able to respond, they just get more hurt. With Christia...
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...
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...
The Sabres will not get Pat Kaleta back tonight. He did not skate this morning. Lindy Ruff said, "Pat came in not feelin...
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...
For my money I think once the Sabres start getting secondary scoring, they’ll start playing better. Between Nathan Gerb...
Mike Weber is excited he's returning to the lineup and Lindy Ruff is not pulling 20 year oldBrayden McNabb.All seven "D&...
Lindy Ruff confirmed that the hit by the Flyers Marc-Andre Bourdon caused a concussion to Nathan Gerbe. Ruff said, “Thi...
The Sabres had Jordan Leopold and Nathan Gerbe back at practice on Monday, but were missing Paul Gaustad, Pat Kaleta, Jochen ...
Chris Mueller has played 15 NHL games, but tonight will be his first of the season for Nashville and first against the Buffal...
Ryan Miller is excited to be back in goal for the Sabres. The goaltender missed nine games with a bad neck after being hit by...
Ryan Miller passed his Neuropsych test and is ready to at least dress for a game. He’ll backup Jhonas Enroth against De...
The Sabres practiced on Wednesday without Jordan Leopold, Pat Kaleta, Brad Boyes and Tyler Myers. Ryan Miller went full go (S...
The Sabres beat the Washington Capitals on Saturday with nine players out of the lineup. Tonight they'll meet the New York Is...
The Sabres have only won one of four games. Last time out against Boston they played their best first period in years standin...
Let's get this out of the way right now: Zack Kassian is not coming to the rescue.Saturday night against the Bruins, forward ...
The Sabres met and did not skate in Montreal on Sunday. Both Ryan Miller and Lindy Ruff declined interviews so there's no upd...
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...
It was an optional skate at the Garden Saturday morning and Ryan Miller didn't spend too much of it on the ice. It seems like...
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 played another good defensive period limiting good chances on Ryan Miller. Miller made seven saves with his best o...
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...
The teams started skating well, but mental breakdowns tell me fatigue has set in on both teams.The Kings were careless going ...
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...
All the goals and disallowed goals in that period were from right around the crease. Paul Gaustad, Nathan Gerbe and Pat Kalet...
It's hard to believe, but Buffalo's own Pat Kaleta has been a professional hockey player for five years. It seems like only y...
The Sabres are going to be spending a lot of money on the whole organization this off season. The building, the scouting depa...
WGR's Paul Hamilton has confirmed that forward Pat Kaleta will not play in Game 7 in Philadelphia. Kaleta is battling a hand ...
Lindy Ruff said Mark Mancari is not playing tonight so it looks like Pat Kaleta and Mike Grier are ready. Tyler Ennis also sa...
Anytime Daniel Briere gets on the ice he tries to get in your face to give him some room. It's no different playing Ryan Mill...
Anytime Daniel Briere gets on the ice he tries to get in your face to give him some room. It's no different playing Ryan Mill...
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...
Yes the playoffs have been clinched, but that doesn't stop Lindy Ruff. He wants nothing to change tonight in the final regula...
The only Sabres that had to be down at the arena today were the injured group. Ryan Miller skated with Jordan Leopold, Mike G...
The Sabres got some good news about one of their defenseman. Jordan Leopold does not need surgery to repair his broken finger...
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...
Derek Roy was on skates today to take part in the team picture. You can still see he's laboring quite a bit. When the injury ...
Pat Kaleta's bruised kneehasnot improved. Lindy Ruff said, "Pat's actually worse today so there's no chance I don't thin...
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...
Wow, what a period by Andrej Sekera! He has never played 20 minutes like that since coming into the NHL. Sekera came bolting ...
Ryan Miller didn't even have to put a uniform on in Montreal last night. He worked on ice with Goaltending Coach Jim Corsi an...
Steve Montador is not quite ready to return from a concussion so Chris Butler remains in the lineup. Ryan Miller will have hi...
In Friday's 9-3 pasting of Pittsburgh the Islanders called up some goon from Bridgeport who actually did all his fighting the...
I had told you that in the second period of the Leafs game, Steve Montador took a hit to the head from Jay Rosehill. Lindy Ru...
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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 ...
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