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| Sabres, Connolly agree to two-year extension |
NHL Hockey |
03/04/2009 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Sabres have agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension with forward Tim Connolly. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Connolly has appeared in just 29 games this season and has 11 goals with 15 assists. He has 66 points in 77 games over the past two seasons, but has missed considerable time with various injuries. In 304 games since joining Buffalo before the 2001-02 season, Connolly has 57 goals with 135 assists for 192 points. Connolly was selecte |
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| Sabres get G Tellqvist from Coyotes |
NHL Hockey |
03/04/2009 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Sabres shored up their goaltending situation on Wednesday, acquiring Mikael Tellqvist from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for a 2010 fourth-round draft pick. Tellqvist has served as the Coyotes' backup netminder to Ilya Bryzgalov this season, posting a 7-5-1 mark in 15 games (13 starts) with a 2.86 goals against average and .907 save percentage. In 107 career games -- 90 of those starts -- with Phoenix and Toronto, the 29- year-old Tellqvist is 43-40-8 with two tie |
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| Habs shoot for fifth straight win in matchup with Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
03/04/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The red-hot Montreal Canadiens will try to match their longest winning streak of the season when they visit the struggling Buffalo Sabres for tonight's Northeast Division clash at HSBC Arena. The Canadiens have won four in a row on the heels of a three-game slide and another victory tonight will equal the club's five-game winning streak from October 11-20. Prior to this winning streak, the Canadiens had gone 3-11-1 in their previous 15 games. Montreal comes into tonight's test as the fifth |
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| Danis records another shutout as Isles top Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
03/01/2009 |
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| Uniondale, NY (MySportsbook) - Yann Danis stopped 31 shots to secure his second consecutive home shutout and Sean Bergenheim scored twice as the New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres, 2-0, at Nassau Coliseum. Jack Hillen, Kyle Okposo, and Frans Nielsen each had an assist for the Islanders, who bounced back from a 5-4 defeat in a shootout against Toronto on Thursday. Danis made a career-high 40 saves to earn his second career shutout in a 4-0 win over the Devils one week ago. "It feels really good here |
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| Sabres limp into road test against Isles |
NHL Hockey |
02/28/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Sabres are going through tough times right now, while the New York Islanders have endured their share of hardships all season long. The injury-plagued Sabres will try for a much-needed victory over the Islanders, owners of the NHL's worst record, when the two teams face off this evening at Nassau Coliseum. Buffalo has lost two straight and three of its last four games and came up short in a key matchup at Carolina on Thursday. After tying the contest midway through the third pe |
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| Jokinen secures SO winner as 'Canes top Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
02/26/2009 |
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| Raleigh, NC (MySportsbook) - Jussi Jokinen scored the game-winner in the shootout and give the Carolina Hurricanes a big victory, 2-1, over the Buffalo Sabres at RBC Center. In the second round, Jokinen used a stutter-step and then snapped a wrister into the left corner of the net past Patrick Lalime. Jason Pominville then bounced a wrister off the crossbar, but Lalime kept his team in the game with an arm save on Matt Cullen's shot. Tim Connolly had the last chance for Buffalo and he went to the backhand, |
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| Sabres, Hurricanes clash in Raleigh |
NHL Hockey |
02/26/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Two teams fighting for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference face off tonight in Raleigh, where the Carolina Hurricanes host the Buffalo Sabres in a key matchup from the RBC Center. Only one point currently separates the Sabres and Hurricanes in the standings, with Buffalo entering this crucial clash tied with Florida for the East's final two playoff seeds. The Sabres come into Raleigh hobbling, however, as both its starting goaltender and leading goal scorer will be unavailable fo |
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| Brown's first of season helps Ducks dodge Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
02/25/2009 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - Mike Brown got the eventual game-winning goal late in the second period to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena. Teemu Selanne and Todd Marchant also scored for the Ducks, who have won two straight following a three-game skid. J.S. Giguere made 34 saves in the win. The Ducks will continue their season-high six-game road trip in Boston on Thursday. "It's nice to put the puck in the net, but more importantly it's nice to get a win," said M |
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| Capitals welcome Flyers to Verizon Center |
NHL Hockey |
02/24/2009 |
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| ending February 22. Richards tallied a league-high eight points last week in two games while extending his short-handed goal streak to three games. He recorded a career-high five points -- two goals, three assists -- in the Flyers' 6-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres last Thursday. The Flyers are on the road for just one game before heading home for their next two games. Philadelphia is 14-9-6 as the road club this year and has won three of its last four as the visitor. The Caps and Flyers have split two meeting |
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| Sabres, Lalime take on Ducks |
NHL Hockey |
02/24/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - With No. 1 goaltender Ryan Miller out indefinitely with an ankle sprain, the Buffalo Sabres will try to continue their quest for a playoff spot when they host the Anaheim Ducks for tonight's interconference battle at HSBC Arena. Miller went down to the injury early in the third period of Saturday's win over the visiting New York Rangers. The veteran goaltender is considered to be day-to-day at this stage, but the severity of the sprain is still unclear. A workhorse, Miller has posted a 29- |
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