Category: Buffalo Sabres

Phil Housley still remembers high-fiving Sabres fans at Memorial Auditorium in opening his Hall of Fame career in Buffalo during the 1980s. Now, Housley is looking forward to bringing that type of excitement back to Buffalo – this time as the Sabres head coach. Some 35 years to the day since the then-18-year-old was selected by the Sabres with the... more

The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed goalie Linus Ullmark to a two-year, $1.5 million contract extension. Ullmark completed the final year of his rookie contract and was eligible to become a restricted free agent next month. Though spending much of the past two seasons being groomed in the minors, Ullmark has an 8-11-2 record in 21 NHL career games. WHEC: Read... more

Discipline, structure, communication, character. Call it “The Pegula Doctrine.’’ Terry Pegula, the likable gas tycoon with the means to own four professional sports teams in western New York and who means well, managed to string those powerful words together on five separate occasions during a 14-minute news conference Friday at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. Democrat & Chronicle: Read More more

The Sabres might be going back to the Winter Classic. Newsday in New York is reporting the NHL is close to finalizing an agreement to take the Winter Classic to New York City for the first time. Citi Field, where the Mets play baseball, would host the Sabres and Rangers in the annual New Year’s Day game. WROC: Read More more

The Buffalo Sabres’ 6-4-1 mark in the month of February earns them a well-deserved break to get ready for NHL’s stretch run and has them right in the playoff hunt for the first time this late in the season in a while… Democrat & Chronicle: Read More more

Robin Lehner stopped 16 shots in the third period and 37 overall, and the Buffalo Sabres snapped the St. Louis Blues’ six-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory on Saturday. WHEC: Read More more

Evander Kane and Justin Bailey scored 1:42 apart around the first intermission, leading the Buffalo Sabres to a 4-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night… WHEC: Read More more

Jack Eichel scored two goals in a 2:08 span of the second period and assisted on another goal to lead the Buffalo Sabres in a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night… more

Tuukka Rask rebounded from his first loss with 32 saves for his second shutout, Brad Marchand and David Krejci scored power-play goals in the second period, and the Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-0 on Monday night… WHEC – Sports: Read More more

Buffalo Sabres starting goalie Robin Lehner is sidelined with an illness, which means backup goalie Anders Nilsson will make his season debut at Philadelphia on Tuesday night… more

Buffalo Sabres forward Evander Kane was taken to the hospital for evaluation after he slammed heavily into the end boards late in the second period of Buffalo’s season-opening 4-1 loss to Montreal on Thursday night… WHEC – Sports: Read More more

Seventeen players have been released from the Buffalo Sabres’ training camp roster, according to the team’s press office. This means that 33 players remain on this roster. The Buffalo Sabres say a dozen players were loaned to the Rochester Americans. WHEC – Sports: Read More more

On Monday KeyBank officially unveiled the newly renamed home of the Buffalo Sabres, KeyBank Center… more