They all whack at it but it is held by the goaltender
Last night, the Sabres went to Air Canada Center to try to snap their two-game losing streak. Buffalo started out 2-0, and finished the first period ahead 2-1. The rest was highly quotable, and...
View ArticleReview of a road trip slump
The Sabres completed a road trip last night with a shootout win over the Atlanta Thrashers, winning 4-3. (I still don’t grok the rules—especially scoring—for shootouts. You think I would after the...
View ArticleSixteen shooters
It took sixteen shooters in the overtime shootout period, but the Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres tonight, 4-3. It was the first time I can remember a shootout going into sudden death.Briere,...
View ArticleLeft glove save by Miller
Buffalo pulled out a much-needed shootout win tonight against the Ottawa Senators, 6-5. A few notes on the game:Drury becomes another statistic on the injury list for the Sabres. He was taken out —...
View ArticleNHL.com: Buffalo Sabres trade goaltender Martin Biron to Philadelphia
NHL.com: Buffalo Sabres trade goaltender Martin Biron to Philadelphia. As much as this was expected, given Biron’s salary and coming free-agent status, I still have to shout: “Aaaaaaaaaargh!” I really...
View ArticleI could have stopped at four or five goals
I continued to watch the Sabres on Tuesday night, after the score was already 5-1. I was interested — partly because Toronto has had such a good power play against Buffalo this season, and partly...
View ArticleAnd now a home game slump
It’s aggravating that the Buffalo Sabres have lost three straight at home in HSBC Arena. They just lost 3-2 against the New Jersey Devils tonight, at a game Aaron and Missy attended.The team had...
View ArticleFirst game down on the Florida trip
The Buffalo Sabres are swinging through Florida on a road trip with about a dozen games left in the season. Several teams in the east are pressuring them for the top playoff spot — a spot which, if you...
View ArticleSabres clinch the East
Thanks to Aaron for letting me know that the Sabres had clinched+the+top+spot+in+the+Eastern+Conference+with+their+4-1+win+over+Pittsburgh.This is a tremendous milestone but there is still only one...
View ArticleWatch that
I was breaking my normal NHL playoff superstition rule and listening to sports talk radio on the way in to work today. WGRZ, static-filled as it was for me, took the following call that I could just...
View ArticleWoooooooooooooooooooooooo!
The Senators are not invincible, after all. The battle is still uphill, but Game 5, here we come!
View ArticleAccumulated grit
The New York Rangers signed both Scott Gomez and Chris Drury yesterday, stealing key players from the New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres, respectively. Considering how well the Rangers played against...
View ArticleSportsnet.ca: What hath Bettman wrought?
Sportsnet.ca: Jim Kelley asks What hath Bettman wrought? This, in the wake of the the free agent signings already begun in the summer of 2007 (and the much talked-about contracts given to Daniel Briere...
View ArticleTSN: Oilers sign Vanek to offer, Sabres match
TSN: Oilers sign Vanek to offer, Sabres match.Things are officially getting insane in the NHL. At this price, I would have let Thomas Vanek walk. Take the four draft picks. But then again — with Roy...
View ArticleFirst Bills victory for 2007-2008
The Buffalo Bills just beat the New York Jets 17-14 at home, securing the Bills' first victory of the season. It always feels good to win against the Jets; the only win I've personally experienced in...
View ArticleA new season on ice
The Buffalo Sabres, with a successful year of the lightning slug logo under their belts, take the ice tonight in the first game of the 2007-2008. Let’s see whether the “new” team, minus their...
View ArticleDropped home and home with the Isles
The Sabres lost both games in their season-opening home and home series with the N.Y. Islanders.I really only caught snatches of each game, between putting the boy to bed on Friday and having family...
View ArticleSince September 26, 1994
Tonight was the first Buffalo Bills game to air on Monday Night Football since September 26, 1994. (You would be forgiven for not knowing this, even if you watched the game, since the announcers only...
View ArticleAt least someone from Washington can cut a deficit
The Washington Capitals started the scoring tonight, but they didn’t finish it. Spacek evened up the score, and Afinogenov put the Buffalo Sabres in front.The Sabres then jumped ahead to a 4-1 lead...
View ArticleSneaking in, an overtime goal against Tampa Bay
As happy as I am that the Buffalo Sabres pulled off an overtime victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning yesterday, I'm a bit befuddled. It looked to me as if Paetsch was offsides on the final...
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