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Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #4: Jiri Kulich

Drafted: 2022 – 1st Round (28th Overall) Position: Center Born: April 14, 2004 – 21 Years Old 2024-2025 stats: NHL – 62 GP – 15-9-24 2024 T25U25 Ranking: 7 Jiri Kulich took another step in his development by earning a full-time role in Buffalo last season. It was a welcome surprise to see him make the team out of training camp. He already had two successful AHL seasons…

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Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #2 Zach Benson

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. 117 readers ranked Buffalo Sabres players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2025. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production to rank each player. Drafted: 2023, BUF (13th overall), 1st round, 13th pick Position: Forward Born: 5/12/2005 (Age: 20) Chilliwack…

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Jedi Council

As another season of Buffalo Sabres hockey approaches, you have to ask yourself this… Are you ready? I mean really, really ready? Because one of two things is going to happen to all of us. The pure joy and elation of finally getting back into the playoffs OR the mind numbing devastation of the 15th consecutive non playoff appearance. Two emotions at wildly opposite ends of the spectrum…

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Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #1, Owen Power

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. 117 readers ranked Buffalo Sabres players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2025. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production to rank each player. Drafted: 2021 – 1st Round (1st Overall) Position: Defense Born: November 22nd, 2002 – 22 Years Old 2024-2025 Stats: 79 GP | 7G…

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Sabres at Blue Jackets: Preview & Open Thread

Buffalo Sabres (0-0-0) vs Columbus Blue jackets (1-0-0) Puck Drop: 7:00 PM Eastern Time | Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohioooooooo! TV: MSG, ESPN+? The preseason is here! Here’s a simplified open thread to comment as you watch or listen to the game. Columbus won yesterday, 4-1 over the Blues. This is the first game for Buffalo in a home and home with the Blue Jackets.

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Buffalo Sabres Open Thread, Wk of 9/22

Buffalo Sabres Training Camp is underway, and there are four preseason games on tap this week. Mon, Sep 22: Preseason Game 1 – Nationwide Arena Game group morning skate – 10 AM, Team White – 11 AM, Team Gold – 12:30 PM Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets – 7 PM Tue, Sep 23: Preseason Game 2 – KeyBank Center Game group morning skate – 10 AM, Team White – 11 AM, Team Gold – 12:30 PM…

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Blue Jackets at Sabres: Preview & Open Thread

Columbus Blue Jackets (1-1-0) vs Buffalo Sabres (1-0-0) Puck Drop: 7:00 PM Eastern Time | KeyBank Center, Buffalo TV: Stream on Sabres.com (Buffalo broadcast market) The Sabres and Blue Jackets are right back at it tonight, this time at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. After a sluggish start, the Sabres turned it up a notch and won going away last night in Columbus. A solid 4-0 shared…

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Sabres at Red Wings: Preview & Open Thread

Buffalo Sabres (2-0-0) vs Detroit Red Wings (1-0-0) Puck Drop: 7:00 PM Eastern Time | Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI TV: MSG, Stream: Sabres.com Radio: WGR 550 The Sabres are giving their top lines a break tonight, so a good chance for some of the bottom six forwards to make an impression. Georgiev gets another shot between the pipes too, but will Ruff give Levi the third period…

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Red Wings at Sabres: Preview & Open Thread

Buffalo Sabres (2-1-0) vs Detroit Red Wings (2-0-0) Puck Drop: 3:00 PM Eastern Time | Keybank Center TV: A big NO but the next game will be on MSG Stream: Sabres.com for Buffalo area residents Radio: WGR 550 The Red Wings sent out a solid preseason lineup in Detroit the other night and took down the Sabres 5-2. Buffalo iced a 3rd and 4th line along with two lines of mostly Amerks and it…

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Buffalo Sabres Open Thread, Wk of 9/29

The Sabres preseason is well underway with Buffalo sweeping Columbus before splitting the home-and-home with Detroit for a 3-1-0 record. Among the younger players to have made a definite impression are 2025 First Round pick Radim Mrtka and 2024 First Round pick Konsta Helenius. Tyson Kozak has also done well, as has Ryan Johnson. Alexandar Georgiev and Alex Lyon have both looked strong…

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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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