Sabres vow to persevere despite injuries
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The Buffalo Sabres have refused to use injuries as an excuse this season and they&#039;re not about to start now &amp;#151; even after losing yet another defenseman.
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Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff knows the best way for the Sabres to hold on to the advantage of starting the season 10-0 is to avoid a losing streak. Even a two-game losing streak.
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The wins continue piling up for Daniel Briere and the Eastern Conference-leading Buffalo Sabres. And so do the injuries. Briere scored 62 seconds into overtime to seal a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night in a game the Sabres lost flashy forward Maxim Afinogenov and rookie Jiri Novotny.
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The Buffalo Sabres are fine with close games, as long as they keep winning them. Chris Drury had a goal and an assist and Daniel Briere had two assists to help Buffalo extend its season-opening winning streak to three with a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.
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There was blood and bedlam on the ice in Buffalo. The goalies were throwing punches at each other, coaches were arguing and a player was heading to the locker room with a nasty gash on his forehead. Emotions were running high between the Sabres and Ottawa Senators, and that was long before the teams went to a shootout Thursday night.
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Compared to other concussions he has suffered, the head-rattler Marco Sturm sustained in last Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres doesn't qualify as particularly bad.
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Jochen Hechtâs goal broke a tie late in the third period and Ryan Miller made 20 saves Friday in the Buffalo Sabresâ 3-2 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.
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The Ottawa Senators clearly entered this season determined to avoid a letdown after losing the Stanley Cup final. So far, they've got an NHL record and a team one, too, to show for their effort.
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----- BUFFALO, New York (Ticker) - The Buffalo Sabres locked up a piece of their future Friday, agreeing to terms with left wing Thomas Vanek on a three-year contract.
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The Buffalo Sabres practiced on a rink specially constructed in the middle of the football stadium for a regular-season game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.
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Buffalo Bills tight-end Kevin Everett  continued his astonishing recovery from a near-lethal neck  injury on Wednesday, but doctors cautioned that a long road  still lies ahead.
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Eric Staal, Jeff Hamilton, Cory Stillman and Bret Hedican score third-period goals to help Carolina end a recent streak of futility against the Sabres with a 6-2 win.
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Chris Drury would've been OK if the Buffalo Sabres left Madison Square Garden with only one point. With a quick flick of his stick, the co-captain and his teammates didn't have to settle.
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The Sabres' Chris Drury is helped off the ice with a severe cut across his forehead following a blind-side hit that sparks a major melee in Buffalo's 6-5 shootout victory over the Senators.
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Patrik Elias and Zach Parise scored shootout goals in the Devilsâ 3-2 victory at Buffalo on Saturday, extending the Sabresâ winless streak to nine games.
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Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik's health is continuing to improve after his neck was slashed by a team mate's skate.
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Daniel Briere set up all three Buffalo goals as the Sabres took a comfortable lead and then held on in the final minute for a 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.