Drew Stafford News

When, where: Tonight, 7, at TD Garden. TV, radio: NESN, WBZ-FM . Goals: Thomas Vanek 5, Clarke MacArthur 5, Tim Connolly 4, Drew Stafford 4. Assists: Derek Roy 9, Connolly 8, Jason Pominville 7. Goaltending: Ryan Miller , Patrick Lalime .

The Philadelphia Flyers will try for their first three-game winning streak since the start of the season when they visit the first-place Buffalo Sabres for a clash at HSBC Arena.

These days, a lot of hockey blogs have been posting about the Corsi Number. This is a number that compares all shots directed at goal for and against a player.

Leafs fall short against Buffalo Ryan Miller #30 of the Buffalo Sabres and Henrik Tallinder #10 defend as Lee Stempniak # 12 and Matt Stajan #14 of the Toronto Maple Leafs look for a rebound at HSBC Arena on October 30, 2009 in Buffalo, New York.

Did you hear all those cheers in the crowd at the St. Pete Times Forum this past Saturday? When defenseman Tyler Myers connected on the lone shootout goal in the sixth shootout round to give the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, one watching on television might have thought that the game was being played here at home, ...

BUF TAM 19:59 0 1 BUF TAM 19:14 1 1 BUF TAM 4:26 Steven Stamkos Unassisted 1 2 19:43 2 2 OT BUF TAM 2 2 Shootout Summary Start of Shootout period Shootout attempt by Steven Stamkos SAVED by Ryan Miller Shootout attempt by Drew Stafford SAVED by Mike Smith Shootout attempt by Ryan Malone SAVED by Ryan Miller Shootout attempt by Jason Pominville ...

There's a distinct difference between the focus of a beat writer or local TV crew and a random dude from The Hockey News ; this I became well aware of after witnessing the Sabres' 4-2 loss to Atlanta on Saturday.

Tyler Myers scored in the sixth round of the shootout after Drew Stafford tied it late in the third period and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Saturday night.

The wait is over. Paille, scratched for the Buffalo Sabres ' first four games, will be in the lineup tonight when the New York Islanders visit HSBC Arena.

The Boston Bruins on Tuesday acquired forward Daniel Paille from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a third-round draft choice and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2010.

Adversity, the Buffalo Sabres said, will be handled differently this season. The days of pitying themselves during tough times, which led to even rougher stretches, are over.

Buffalo, N.Y. -- Atlanta goalie Johan Hedberg can't explain his dominance over the Buffalo Sabres, but he can dissect his team's hot start to the season.

It's the back story that's snipped off the beginning of every highlight. The play before the play.

It wasn't exactly a thing of beauty, but Tyler Myers' first National Hockey League goal looked good on the scoreboard.

Paille's numbers fell off a little last season scoring 12 goals and 15 assists in 73 games.

OTTAWA a ' The potential for mayhem was on the fringes all night. Indeed, the possibility of it probably contributed to the overflow crowd of 20,040. But for the most part, the Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres played hockey Saturday night.

Fantasy Forecast for Wednesday, October 14 TUESDAY'S ROUNDUP: This is getting ridiculous: Andrei Markov, Erik Cole, Johan Franzen, Sheldon Souray, Daniel Sedin -- and now Thomas Vanek.

Thomas Vanek scored twice and Derek Roy had three assists as part of a four-goal second period in leading the Buffalo Sabres to a 6-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night.

Buffalo Sabres forward Drew Stafford has been the subject of trade conjecture on the Internet.

Greetings from HSBC Arena as the Sabres face the Hamilton Steelheads in their first ever visit to Buffalo since moving from .... oops.