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Penguins at Sabres: Preview & Open Thread

Buffalo Sabres (3-1-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins (2-1-1) Puck Drop: 7:00 PM Eastern Time | Keybank Center TV: MSG Radio: WGR 550 The Buffalo Sabres will close out the 2025 preseason with a home and home series against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Blue and Gold will host the Flightless Birds at Keybank Center tonight. Then they travel to the Keystone State for a matchup with them again on Friday.

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Sabres at Penguins: Preview & Open Thread

Buffalo Sabres (3-2-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins (3-1-1) Puck Drop: 7:00 PM Eastern Time | PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh TV: MSG (Pittsburgh feed) No ESPN+ but apparently on NHL Network Radio: WGR 550 Jordan Greenway, Alex Tuch and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen all came into training camp hurting or still recovering from off season issues. Over the course of five games and many practices…

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Predict the 2025-26 Buffalo Sabres

The big question – Will the Sabres make the playoffs? – and more as we try to predict the year ahead. The preseason is done, the rosters are set (mostly) and we’re ready to play some hockey! Of course, in Sabreland there is one and only one goal, and that is to make the playoffs and break a drought that has already reached epic proportions. The DBTB team put their heads together to make…

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Buffalo Sabres Open Thread, Wk of 10/6

This is it, we’re entering another Buffalo Sabres season. Whether it will end once again in futility or finally break the playoff drought remains to be seen, but the optimism level going into the season definitely feels lower than recent years. The Sabres haven’t gone all out in the offseason in the free agent or trade markets so already a lot of the fanbase are frustrated…

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So the Sabres made the playoffs, now what?

Fast forward to Memorial Day 2026. The Buffalo Sabres have just been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs after a heroic run that saw them stretch defending champions Florida Panthers to seven games in the Second Round of the playoffs. The quick and nimble Sabres had sewn up the first Eastern Conference wildcard berth with three games to play in the regular season…

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Sabres foiled by Rangers in season-opening loss

Score: Buffalo Sabres 0-4 New York Rangers Shots: BUF 33-36 NYR Buffalo Sabres Goals: N/A New York Rangers Goals: Lafreniere (1), Soucy (1), Miller (1), Fox (1) One of the keys to the game for the Sabres was to get a good start. They did not. The Rangers immediately looked like a team that had already played a game as they were more focused and coordinated to start the…

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Game #1 Preview & Open Thread: Rangers vs. Sabres

New York Rangers (0-1-0) vs. Buffalo Sabres (0-0-0) Puck Drop: 7:00 pm Eastern Time | KeyBank Center | Buffalo, N.Y. TV: MSG, ESPN+ Record: 0-1-0 | 0 PTS Last Game: 3-0 loss to Pittsburgh Division Ranking: 5th in the Metro Division last year PP: 17.6% (28th last season) Sabres 18.8% (24th last season) PK: 80.3% (11th last season) Sabres 76.3%

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Game 2 Preview & Open Thread: Sabres vs. Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres (0-1-0) at Boston Bruins (2-0-0) Puck Drop: 7:00 PM | TD Garden | Boston, Massachusetts TV: MSG-B Radio: WGR 550 Know Your Opponent Boston Bruins Record: 2-0-0 | 4 PTS Division Ranking: T1st in Atlantic Division Last Game: 4-3 Overtime Win vs Chicago PP: 8th (28.6%) | Sabres Rank: T23rd (0%) PK: T1st (100%) | Sabres Rank: T1st (100%)…

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Sabres Score First Goal of Season But Fall to Bruins, 3-1

Buffalo Sabres Goals: Jason Zucker (1) Boston Bruins Goals: Pavel Zacha (1), Mark Kastelic (1), Sean Kuraly (1-EN) Unfortunately, the Sabres put themselves in a position to play defense for a majority of the first period to fend off the pressure of Boston’s powerful offense. Every time it looked as though the Sabres might set up some kind of scoring chance, the home team would take…

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Buffalo Sabres Open Thread, Wk of 10/13

Amidst a slew of injuries, illnesses and incomprehensible incompetence, the Buffalo Sabres are off to a terrible start to the 2025-26 season. It might be too early to say or might not, but this campaign could be doomed right from the get-go and an angry fanbase awaits with sharpened knives and lit torchforks for General Manager Kevin Adams and head coach Lindy Ruff too. Mon, Oct 13th…

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Mid-Day Snooze

Score: Sabres 1 |Avalanche 3 Shots: BUF 29 | COL 37 Buffalo Sabres Goals: Colorado Avalanche Goals: Minus 1: Third Period Malaise Buffalo had a tough matchup against one of the best teams in the league while missing key players out of the lineup. A couple breakdowns in the second period put them in an unenviable position of attempting a multi-goal third period…

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Game #4 Preview & Open Thread: Sabres vs Senators

Buffalo Sabres (0-3-0) vs Ottawa Senators (1-2-0) Puck Drop: 7:00 PM ET | KeyBank Center, Buffalo NY TV: MSG, ESPN+ Ottawa Senators Record: 1-2-0 | 2 PTS Last Game: 4-1 loss to the Nashville Predators Division Ranking: 7th, Atlantic PP: 17th, 18.2% (2/11 opps) [Sabres: 29th, 0% (0/11 opps)] PK: 28th, 64.3% (9/14 killed) [Sabres: 3rd, 100% (11/11…

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NOtt-a-wa Chance, Sabres Blast the Senators

Score: Buffalo Sabres 8-4 Ottawa Senators Shots: BUF 27-36 OTT Buffalo Sabres Goals: Quinn 1st (Byram, Dahlin) McLeod 1st (Benson, Power) Tuch 1st (Bryson, Doan) Zucker 2nd (Dahlin, Benson) Zucker 3rd (Doan, Thompson) McLeod 2nd (Tuch, Doan) Quinn 2nd (Krebs) Kulich 1st (Thompson, Benson) Ottawa Senators Goals: Stützle 1st (Zetterlund, Spence) Sanderson 1st (Greig, Cozens) Pinto 5th (Spence…

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T McGee’s Latest 2026 Mock Draft

DBTB – We are well and truly into the Draft Year now, my friends. The CHL is underway, even the NCAA – a notorious late starter – has begun their slate of games. Some leagues are more than a dozen games deep in places like Sweden and Russia, while new faces are starting to emerge, while some expected customers are rising or falling based on their early performance. And we’re starting to…

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Game #5 Preview & Open Thread: Panthers vs. Sabres

Puck Drop: 1:00 PM EST | KeyBank Center | Buffalo, NY TV: MSG-B Florida Panthers Record: 3-3-0 | 6 PTS Last Game: 4-1 Loss vs. New Jersey Devils Division Ranking: 5th in Atlantic Division PP: 4th (31.6%) PK: T4th (93.3%) 1. Take Advantage The Panthers started the season the opposite of the Sabres: looking strong with a three-game winning…

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Saturdays are for the Powerplay

Score: Sabres 3 | Panthers 0 Shots: BUF 31 | FLA 32 Buffalo Sabres Goals: Florida Panthers Goals: Better luck next time! Plus 1: Special Teams Working Buffalo’s powerplay has been a point of contention for years. It has consistently underperformed and cost the team significant regular season points. Today the script was flipped, and it was the engine behind the…

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