Buffalo Sabres News

Avery Hayes lit the lamp twice in an unforgettable NHL debut as the Pittsburgh Penguins put a stop to their two-game losing streak with a 5-2 road victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.Fellow rookie Ben Kindel also found the back of the net twice...

The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to salvage the finale of a disappointing five-game homestand Tuesday night against the Buffalo Sabres.The Maple Leafs fell to 0-3-1 on the homestand with Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche when they averted a s...

Jason Zucker scored twice Saturday afternoon and Alex Lyon stopped all 26 shots he faced Saturday afternoon for the Buffalo Sabres, who continued surging with a 5-0 win over the New York Islanders in Elmont, N.Y.The two-goal game was the second of the ...

The New York Islanders spent the last two weeks far away from home confirming their status as a fading playoff contender.The Buffalo Sabres barely had to leave the Eastern time zone to continue one of the most surprising in-season comebacks in memory.T...

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves to help the visiting Buffalo Sabres to a 4-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.Jason Zucker, Beck Malenstyn, Zach Benson and Peyton Krebs scored for the Sabres, who halted a two-game skid and moved within...

The Buffalo Sabres will look to tighten the gap in the upper half of the Atlantic Division standings when they visit the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.Buffalo is fourth in the division, four points behind third-place Montreal with a game in hand on it...

Posting career highs in goals (15), assists (20) and points (35) over 49 games this season -- his first with the Buffalo Sabres -- forward Josh Doan was rewarded with a seven-year contract worth $48.65 million on Wednesday.Doan, 23, was traded from the...

Konsta Helenius scored his first NHL goal and added two assists for the Buffalo Sabres, who held on for a 5-3 win against the host Nashville Predators on Tuesday.It was the second NHL game for Helenius, the No. 14 pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, who made h...

Two of the NHL's hottest teams over the past two months go head-to-head when the Nashville Predators host the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.The Predators were 6-12-4 following an 8-3 loss to the Florida Panthers on Nov. 24, their third straight defeat and ...

Seth Jarvis broke a third-period tie and Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes' 2-1 victory against the Buffalo Sabres on Monday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.Jarvis converted on a power play 2:10 into the third period to gi...

Josh Norris' awful injury luck persisted Sunday as the Buffalo Sabres center was ruled out on a week-to-week basis with an upper-body issue.Norris missed Buffalo's last two games after being cross-checked in the ribs Wednesday, which forced him to depa...

The Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes have been a couple of point-hungry teams of late and will get a chance to feast on each other when they meet Monday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.The Hurricanes are the second team in the NHL to reach 30 wins, beh...

Mats Zuccarello scored a power-play goal in overtime for the Minnesota Wild, who snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the host Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.Zuccarello, Vladimir Tarasenko and Quinn Hughes each had a goal and an assis...

The Buffalo Sabres will look to end their five-game homestand on a successful note when they welcome the Minnesota Wild for a Saturday matinee.The Sabres remain one of the hottest teams in the league. They have won five out of six after Thursday's 5-3 ...

Tage Thompson had a hand in all five goals, scoring three times and adding two assists for the Buffalo Sabres in a 5-3 win against the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.Josh Doan had a goal and an assist, Alex Tuch also scored and Noah Ostl...

The Montreal Canadiens have earned at least a point in five of their past six games heading into a Thursday road matchup against the Buffalo Sabres, but they will need to shake off a tough ending to their most recent performance.The Canadiens took a 2-...

Captain Rasmus Dahlin scored twice on the power play to record the fifth multi-goal performance of his career, fueling the host Buffalo Sabres to a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday.Ryan McLeod collected a goal and an assist and Mat...

Buffalo appears set to return to the NHL's outdoor stage, this time in a brand-new home.League commissioner Gary Bettman was in town Monday to unveil Buffalo as the host of the 2026 NHL Draft and made it clear that the Bills' new Highmark Stadium will ...

The Philadelphia Flyers will look to snap a season high-tying three-game losing streak on Wednesday when they visit the Buffalo Sabres.The Flyers had won five of seven games before dropping three in a row (0-2-1), including getting outscored 12-3 by th...

Anton Lundell netted the tiebreaking goal just past the midway point of the third period and A.J. Greer scored twice as the visiting Florida Panthers cooled off the surging Buffalo Sabres with a 4-3 victory on Monday night.Carter Verhaeghe recorded thr...

Buffalo will be the center of the hockey world next June when the western New York city hosts the NHL Draft for the fourth time.The league announced Monday that the Buffalo Sabres were named the host team for the 2026 draft, to be held June 26-27. The ...

While the Buffalo Sabres look to continue their impressive surge, the Florida Panthers are just trying to string together some wins.With one loss over the last month, the Sabres aim for a seventh consecutive home victory Monday night against the Panthe...

Jack Quinn scored two goals for the Buffalo Sabres in a 5-3 win over the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night.Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist, Bowen Byram and Josh Norris also scored, Peyton Krebs and Zach Benson both had two assists and Ukk...

Two teams that have reversed directions in the past month will go head-to-head when the Buffalo Sabres host the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night.The Sabres have won 12 of their past 13 games following an 11-14-4 start to the season, while the Ducks have...

Jason Zucker scored the game-winning power-play goal with 7:26 remaining in the second period, rookie Colten Ellis made 30 saves in his return from a concussion and the surging Buffalo Sabres earned a 5-2 victory over the host New York Rangers on Thurs...

The Buffalo Sabres went nearly a month without losing a game and are still trying to recover from their slow start.Examples like Tuesday's win over the Vancouver Canucks have been helpful, and the Sabres aim to keep their hot stretch Thursday night wit...

Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 32 of 35 shots as the host Buffalo Sabres held on to beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Tuesday night.Ryan McLeod, Zach Metsa, Josh Doan and Tage Thompson also scored for the Sabres, wh...

Rasmus Dahlin doesn't see any reason why the Buffalo Sabres can't start another winning streak when they host the struggling Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.The Sabres are looking to rebound from a 5-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday w...

The Columbus Blue Jackets ended the visiting Buffalo Sabres' 10-game winning streak with a 5-1 victory on Saturday.Denton Mateychuk, Brendan Gaunce, Dmitri Voronkov, Mathieu Olivier and Cole Sillinger scored for the Blue Jackets, who have won four of t...

The Buffalo Sabres will look to set a franchise record with their 11th straight win when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.Buffalo extended its winning streak to 10 games on Wednesday with a dominant effort in a 4-1 win over the Dallas S...