Buffalo Sabres News

Jhonas Enroth was being coy this morning on whether he was going to get his first NHL start.

The 12 forwards who will play for the Buffalo Sabres tonight have 73 points. The 12 forwards expected to dress for the Philadelphia Flyers have 72.

After recording a 5-0-1 record against Montreal through the 2008-09 regular season, the Boston Bruins have now dropped four of their last five games with a 2-1 shootout loss against the Canadiens on Thursday night.

Mike Richards #18 of the Philadelphia Flyers skates against the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game Six of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Round of the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Wachovia Center on April 25, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

With one skate in the crease, Dallas Stars' right winger Brett Hull shoots the Stanley Cup winning goal past the sprawling Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek in the third overtime period of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Buffalo, N.Y., on June 20, 1999.

Ryan Miller made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season and 14th overall, and Thomas Vanek had a goal and assist in the Buffalo Sabres' 3-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night.

The Buffalo Sabres hit the ice following their 3-0 win over the New York Islanders last night.

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.

After failing to score in the team's first 11 games, Derek Roy didn't seem to have any weight lifted off his shoulders after his goal proved the game winner in Wednesday's 3-0 victory over the New York Islanders at HSBC Arena.

Sabres call up Enroth Jhonas Enroth, seen giving up an overtime goal to Canada's Wayne Simmonds while playing for Sweden at the 2008 world junior hockey championship, has been called up by the Buffalo Sabres.

The Sabres skated Tuesday afternoon at HSBC Arena with a full compliment of players back from battling various problems.

Tim Kennedy's daily beatings have temporarily stopped. The Buffalo Sabres' rookie center has been undergoing a barrage of poundings in the faceoff circle at the end of every practice or morning skate.

Toni Lydman went full practice. He told me his groin feels better, but didn't want to open it up all the way today.

Where National Hockey League general managers gather, trade talk follows. Their meetings in Toronto next week right after the Hall of Fame fluff ends is in range of U.S. Thanksgiving -- the quarter mark of the schedule, when many teams have seen enough to make a change.

In my earlier article today I had made mention of the flu affecting certain players of the Buffalo Sabres team.

It seems as every team is now at battle with the flu early this season, and the Buffalo Sabres are no different.

Martin Biron made 38 saves for his first shutout of the season and Jeff Tambellini recorded his first career hat trick as the New York Islanders downed the Buffalo Sabres, 5-0, at Nassau Coliseum.

The New Jersey Devils didn't show up for the first period and that's all the Buffalo Sabres needed to remain unbeaten on the road.

The Devils played their first game this season without Jay Pandolfo. The Devils faced the Buffalo Sabres Wednesday night at the Prudential Center.

Thumbing through the coaches handbook for the quintessential example of a bad turnover? Toronto's Niklas Hagman had just the thing for you Friday night.