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| Connolly, Gaustad lift Sabres over Maple Leafs |
NHL Hockey |
03/27/2009 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - Tim Connolly scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres held off a late surge from Toronto to emerge with a 5-3 win at HSBC Arena. Jochen Hecht and Paul Gaustad both registered a goal and an assist for Buffalo, which snapped a four-game losing streak on Wednesday, rallying from a two-goal third-period deficit to defeat Florida 5-3. Back in the crease after a 13-game absence due to a sprained left ankle, Ryan Miller made 33 saves to notch his 30th win of the season. The Sabres remained |
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| Miller expected to return for Sabres' clash with Maple Leafs |
NHL Hockey |
03/27/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Sabres are expected to have a key part of their team back on the ice tonight when they welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs for a Northeast Division battle at HSBC Arena. Ryan Miller, the club's No. 1 goaltender, has been sidelined since suffering a sprained left ankle on February 21 against the New York Rangers. Miller is 29-16-5 this season and he has a superb 15-7-0 career record against the Maple Leafs. The Sabres are just 4-7-2 since the Miller injury and have seen their playof |
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| Surging clubs meet as Rangers host Sens at MSG |
NHL Hockey |
03/22/2009 |
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| and nine assists during the tear. The Sens recorded their three most recent wins on home ice, but will kick off a six-game road trip tonight. Ottawa is just 11-18-4 as the guest this year. The Rangers are coming off Saturday's win over the visiting Buffalo Sabres. Henrik Lundqvist made 37 saves to help the Blueshirts record the 5-3 decision at Madison Square Garden. Ryan Callahan tallied two goals while Nikolai Zherdev, Chris Drury and Markus Naslund each had a goal for the Rangers. Callahan has recorded a p |
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| Resurgent Blueshirts continue winning ways |
NHL Hockey |
03/21/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Henrik Lundqvist made 37 saves to help the resurgent New York Rangers to a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres at Madison Square Garden. Ryan Callahan tallied two goals while Nikolai Zherdev, Chris Drury and Markus Naslund each had a goal for the Rangers, who have won three straight and seven of their last nine games. "They kept putting a lot of pucks on the net," said Lundqvist. "You have to be sharp. We put them in a bad spot early. It was a fun game to play, there was a lot of |
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| Rangers try to keep rolling in home tilt against struggling Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
03/21/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Rangers will shoot for a third consecutive victory when they host the struggling Buffalo Sabres in tonight's Empire State clash at Madison Square Garden. Despite its recent hardships, Buffalo has won all three meetings against the Rangers this year and can sweep the season series with another victory tonight. The Sabres have taken seven of 11 overall from the Blueshirts and have won three of five and six of nine in New York City. The Rangers are coming off victories over Phila |
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| Briere leads Flyers past Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
03/21/2009 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - Danny Briere scored two goals late in the second period to help the Philadelphia Flyers edge the Buffalo Sabres, 6-4, at HSBC Arena. Mike Richards had a goal and two assists while Simon Gagne, Jeff Carter and Mike Knuble each lit the lamp for the Flyers, who had dropped three of four coming into the contest. Martin Biron made 39 saves in the win. "He sure played good tonight," said Philadelphia coach John Stevens about Biron's play. "He looks like he's getting back to the level |
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| Ottawa uses three power-play goals to down Buffalo |
NHL Hockey |
03/17/2009 |
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| Ottawa, ON (MySportsbook) - Brendan Bell scored two of the three Ottawa power-play goals as the Senators held off the Buffalo Sabres, 4-2, at Scotiabank Place. Daniel Alfredsson chipped in with a goal and an assist, while Dany Heatley also lit the lamp for Ottawa, which was coming off a 4-3 shootout win over Pittsburgh on Saturday. The Senators have won six of seven overall. Filip Kuba dished out three helpers in the win. Brian Elliott stopped 11-of-13 shots between the pipes for Ottawa. Jason Pominville h |
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| Sabres hoping to end struggles in Ottawa |
NHL Hockey |
03/17/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Sabres will attempt to halt a five-game road losing streak in a city where they haven't had much luck as of late. Buffalo wraps its season series with the Ottawa Senators tonight at Scotiabank Place. Buffalo has been unable to keep its opponents off the scoreboard on its road skid, getting outscored 21-9 over the five games while falling to 14-15-5 as the visiting team this year. The Sabres haven't won on the road since a victory in Toronto on February 17. Wins have also been h |
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| Thrashers LW Kovalchuk out against Buffalo |
NHL Hockey |
03/14/2009 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - Atlanta Thrashers left wing and team captain Ilya Kovalchuk is out for Saturday's game against the Buffalo Sabres with an upper-body injury. The team's leading scorer, Kovalchuk has 36 goals and 42 assists on the season. He left in the first period of the team's 4-3 win over Edmonton in Thursday's game. "Ilya Kovalchuk aggravated a lingering upper body injury that he has skated with in recent games," team general manager Don Waddell said in a statement. "It's not serious but he |
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| Thrashers without Kovalchuk for test with Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
03/14/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Thrashers will be without their top offensive weapon tonight when they visit the Buffalo Sabres and HSBC Arena. The Thrashers notched a 4-3 overtime win against Edmonton on Thursday to post their fourth victory in a row. That is one shy of the season-best five consecutive wins they recorded from November 2-14. However, leading scorer Ilya Kovalchuk left the game in the first period with an upper-body injury and won't play tonight after returning to Atlanta for evaluation. He le |
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