Sabres 3 – Avalanche 6 (en) Buffalo killed off both penalties and scored on the power play, (D) Byram working on his second full season with Buffalo scored on his former team, (D) Greenway scored his first of the season to get the Sabres within one at 3-2 to end the first period.
The Sabres (C) Thompson scored on the power play for his seventh of the year to tie the game at three apiece late in the second period, but the empty net goal ended the two-game 2025/26 regular season series between these two teams with Colorado sweeping the Sabres.
This Saturday night the Sabres play the Red Wings in Detroit at 7 pm for the final game of this four-game road trip.
Sabres 2 – Mammoth 5 (en) The Sabres killed off both Mammoth power plays, both (RW) Quinn and (D) Byram each earned their fifth assist of the season, and (RW) Rosen had his first multiple-point game by scoring twice giving Buffalo the 2-0 lead nearly seven minutes into the second period.
During the third period as Buffalo took only 3 SOG Utah scored three times to take the 4-2 lead, both (C) Krebs and (C) Dunne each were whistled for game misconducts with 23 seconds left in the period as Buffalo desperately tried to score twice by pulling the goalie towards the end of regulation.
No time to rest as the Sabres continue tonight in Colorado to take on the Avalanche at 9 pm in game three of this five-game road trip.
Here along the Lake I was matched up with the league leading and undefeated asher1961-1 and came away with the weekly matchup victory and literally outscoring every team for the second week in a row.
Our league now has a three-way tie for first place overall 4-1, (all three teams in the West Division), and a two-way tie for first place in the East Division 3-2, so far there are five teams realistically playing for a playoff seeding.
Waiver Wire Transactions
From Sunday morning until this morning, I initially dropped the Lightning’s (C) Cirelli because he was getting hurt and slowly trending down, so I was able to add the Blackhawks (LW) Bertuzzi who has earned monster fantasy points in his last three games and now I have possible line-stacking with Chicago (C) Bedard.
Secondly, I dropped the Capitals (C) Protas who was trending down because he can go three games without earning decent points, he is still worth having on the watch list to bring him back on the roster if needed, which allowed me to pick up the Stars (C) Hintz who has come back from a disclosed injury and is trending up and averaging at least two fantasy points per game.
Finally, I dropped the Jets top blocker in (D) DeMelo, another watch list keeper, but I noticed the Knights (LW) Barbashev is trending up with his scoring and now I can line-stack with (RW) Marner which can produce more points than a single blocking defenseman can earn most of the time.
Current Watch List
To begin with, (LW) Burakovsky is averaging 2 points per game, takes a decent number of shots on goal, has 14 points in 15 games with 7 goals and 7 assists, has a positive plus/minus, and if I did not already have two Blackhawks on my roster he definitely would be on my team.
Even though I have two Knights on my roster (LW) Olofsson makes the list because he currently is on his team’s top power play unit and has more shots on net than most players in the league, although he has not scored as many fantasy points (29) as the elite players, none the less this 30-year-old is having a solid season in Nevada, and I have liked his play since he was with the Sabres.
These two examples are to highlight the importance of keeping a fresh watch list in case of IRs and DTDs, as well as other roster problems, we are allowed to make seven moves each weekly matchup, so take advantage and if you have any, drop your nonproductive point producers to bring on some productive players off your watch list and onto the roster.
Sabres 3 – Hurricanes 6 (en x2) Buffalo’s (D) Power scored his second of the season to tie the game at one during the first period, and both (C) Thompson and (RW) Tuch each scored their sixth of the season to get the Sabres within one at 4-3 early in the third period, but Carolina finished with two empty net goals for the 6-3 win.
Game Two of Buffalo’s five-game road trip is not until Wednesday night at 9 pm versus the Utah Mammoth a team the Sabres are playing twice this season and the two games are within eight days of each other, Buffalo dropped the initial meeting in overtime on the 4th of November.
Sabres 0 – Blues 3 (en) Buffalo played a decent game with enough shots to win and killed off both St. Louis power plays but getting tagged in the first period with a shorthanded goal by St. Louis hurt, going forward the Sabres continued to increase their shots on goal each period, alas to no avail as it was the Blues that scored in the second period for the 2-0 lead.
As the game was winding down and the goaltender pulled the St. Louis Blues scored with 62 seconds remaining in the game for the 3-0 lead and the win.
Buffalo begins a four-game road trip tomorrow night versus the Carolina Hurricanes then three days off until playing the last three games in four nights.
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