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Game #38 Preview & Open Thread: Sabres at Blues

Buffalo Sabres (19-14-4) vs St Louis Blues (15-16-8) Puck Drop: 8:00 pm ET | Enterprise Center, St Louis, MO TV: MSG, ESPN+ Radio: WGR 550 St Louis Blues Record: 15-16-8 | 38 PTS Last Game: 3-2 win against Nashville Predators Division Ranking: 5th, Central PP: 17th, 18.6% (19/102) [Sabres: 15th, 19.6% (22/112)] PK: 25th, 76.8% (76/99) [Sabres: 3rd…

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Sabres on Cloud Nine after beating the Blues

Score: Sabres 4 | Blues 2 Shots: BUF 34 | STL 18 Buffalo Sabres Goals: St Louis Blues Goals: Final Thoughts On the 9th win in a row, our true team gave to us: a come from behind victory. The Sabres battled back and turned in another mostly dominant performance. Alex Lyon looked shaky early after getting caught cheating off the rush on the first goal and…

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X Marks the Spot, Buffalo Wins 4-1

Score: Buffalo Sabres 4-1 Dallas Stars Shots: BUF 31-28 DAL Buffalo Sabres Goals: Doan 11th (Thompson) Byram 9th (Ostlund, Tuch) Thompson 19th (Doan, Byram) Thompson 20th (Ostlund, Power) Dallas Stars Goals: Bourque 6th (Heiskanen) Ten in a row for this young team. TEN! That’s a big X in Roman numerals, my friends. This was not the start Buffalo wanted. Dallas would score on…

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Game 39 Preview & Open Thread: Buffalo Sabres vs. Dallas Stars

Buffalo Sabres (20-14-4) at Dallas Stars (25-7-7) Puck Drop: 8:00 PM | American Airlines Center | Dallas, Texas TV: MSG-B Radio: WGR 550 Know Your Opponent Dallas Stars Record: 25-7-7 | 57 PTS Division Ranking: 2nd in Central Division Last Game: 4-3 Shootout Loss vs Blackhawks PP: 2nd (30.6%) | Sabres Rank: 16th (19.1%) PK: 7th (82.9%

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Game #40 Preview & Open Thread: Buffalo at Columbus

Buffalo Sabres (21-14-4) vs Columbus Blue Jackets(17-16-6) Puck Drop: 3:00 pm Eastern Time | Nationwide Arena | Columbus, Ohio TV: MSG, ESPN+ Radio: WGR 550 Columbus Blue Jackets Record: (17-16-6) | 40 PTS Last Game: Lost to New Jersey 3-2 Division Ranking: 8th Place in the Metro PP: 19th, 18.6% (Sabres: 18th, 18.8%) PK: 30th, 75.0% (Sabres: 2nd…

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Sabres winning streak ends at 10

Score: Buffalo Sabres 1-5 Columbus Blue Jackets Shots: BUF 35-33 CBJ Buffalo Sabres Goals: Doan 12th (Norris, Power) Columbus Blue Jackets Goals: Mateychuk 8th (Jenner, Werenski), Gaunce 2nd (SHG, unassisted), Voronkov 14th (Provorov, Severson), Olivier 4th (Aston-Reese, Severson), Sillinger 5th (ENG, Mateychuk, Werenski) Quick recap, for now. Running shorthanded tonight.

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Buffalo Sabres Open Thread, Wk of 1/5 – New Year, New Sabres?

The Sabres win streak came to a bit of an ignominious end, but it was no surprise that they lost a game they were outworked in. That is the mantra in the NHL nowadays, and even more so in the parity-laden Eastern Conference where there seems to be very little between the bulk of the teams, and the hardest working sides seem to be the ones going home with the points. January will be the make…

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Game 41 Preview & Open Thread: Buffalo Sabres vs. Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks (16-20-5) at Buffalo Sabres (21-15-4) Puck Drop: 7:00 PM | KeyBank Center | Buffalo, New York TV: MSG-B Radio: WGR 550 Know Your Opponent Vancouver Canucks Record: 16-20-5 | 37 PTS Division Ranking: 8th in Pacific Division Last Game: 3-2 Overtime Loss vs Bruins PP: 14th (20.3%) | Sabres Rank: 22nd (18.0%) PK: 30th (73.9%

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Buffalo Back in the Win Column After Late Scare Against Canucks

Score: Buffalo Sabres 5-3 Vancouver Canucks Shots: BUF 20-35 VAN Buffalo Sabres Goals: Thompson 21st (Byram, Power) McLeod 8th SHG (Tuch) Tuch 13th (Byram, Norris) Metsa 1st (Malenstyn, Greenway) Doan 13th EN (Dahlin) Vancouver Canucks Goals: DeBrusk 11th PPG (Sherwood, Boeser) Pettersson 11th (Boeser, Hronek) Ohgren 3rd (Pettersson, Karlsson) The Sabres started this one with some…

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Game #42 Preview & Open Thread: Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers

Buffalo Sabres (22-15-4) vs N.Y. Rangers (20-18-6) Puck Drop: 7:00 pm Eastern Time | Madison Square Garden | The Big Apple TV: MSG, ESPN+ Radio: WGR 550 New York Rangers Record: (20-18-6) | 46 PTS Last Game: Lost to Utah 3-2 in OT Division Ranking: 7th place in the Metro PP: 10th, 22.2% (Sabres: 21st, 17.9%) PK: 15th, 80.5% (Sabres: 2nd, 84.8%)…

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Sabres Dispatch Rangers in Third Period Thriller

Score: Buffalo Sabres 5-2 New York Rangers Shots: BUF 21-32 NYR Buffalo Sabres Goals: Josh Doan (14) (Samuelsson, Zucker), Alex Tuch (14) (Byram, Norris), Jason Zucker (10, PPG) (Dahlin, Thompson), Mattias Samuelsson (7, SHG) (McLeod), Ryan McLeod (9, EN) (Unassisted) New York Rangers Goals: Mika Zibanejad (16) (Panarin), Vincent Trocheck (11) (Miller, Panarin) SAMUELSSON!

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Nice to see the Sabres stringing together some solid performances lately. That Vancouver game had me a bit nervous at the end there, but pulling out the 5-3 win was good to see. Thompson, Tuch, and McLeod all contributing - the depth scoring has been encouraging.

The Rangers win was impressive too. Beating them at MSG is never easy, and doing it with a mix of even strength, power play, and shorthanded goals shows some versatility in how they're generating offense. Samuelsson getting that shorthanded goal was a nice surprise.

The penalty kill sitting at 2nd in the league (84.8%) is quietly becoming one of the team's biggest strengths. If they can keep that up through the second half, it'll steal them some points in close games.

January does feel like a pivotal month. The Eastern Conference is so tight right now that a good stretch here could really solidify their playoff positioning. Curious to see if they can maintain the work ethic that's been driving these wins - as the preview mentioned, getting outworked is basically a guaranteed loss in this league right now.

Anyone else keeping an eye on how Dahlin's been quarterbacking the power play lately?
 
Game #43 Preview & Open Thread: Sabres vs Ducks

Buffalo Sabres (23-15-4) vs Anaheim Ducks (21-20-3) Puck Drop: 7:00 pm ET | KeyBank Center, Buffalo NY TV: MSG, ESPN+ Radio: WGR 550 Anaheim Ducks Record: 21-20-3 | 45 PTS Last Game: 5-2 loss against Carolina Hurricanes Division Ranking: 6th, Pacific PP: 23rd, 17.3% (24/139) [Sabres: 20th, 18.4% (23/125)] PK: 25th, 76.9% (113/147) [Sabres: 2nd, 85.

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Are you not Entertained? Sabres put away Ducks 5-3

Score: Ducks 3 | Sabres 5 Shots: ANA 34 | BUF 32 Buffalo Sabres Goals: Anaheim Ducks Goals: Final Thoughts This game was fairly one sided until the final five minutes. Buffalo had generated a majority of the offense and limited the Ducks chances. UPL was locked in and made some great saves as he continues to turn in quality starts. However…

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