Author: Buffalo Winter

10th Consecutive Win for Buffalo

Sabres 4 – Stars 1 The Buffalo Sabres are the second wild card seeded team in the Eastern Conference after winning ten in a row which includes an unprecedented seven road victories.

The game started off on the wrong skate as the Stars quickly took the 1-0 lead just 15 seconds after the opening faceoff and carried it into the second period as both teams combined for 28 SOG during the first period alone.

The second period belongs to Buffalo, and they proved it again last night taking a 2-1 lead on goals by Sabres (RW) Doan and (D) Byram with (C) Thompson and (C) Ostlund earning the primary assists then these four players continued their offensive contributions in the third period.

During the third period Buffalo (C) Thompson scored twice with (RW) Doan, (C) Ostlund, and (D) Byram earning assists as the Sabres took a 4-1 stranglehold on Dallas with eight and half minutes remaining in the game Buffalo also held Dallas to 7 SOG during the period and Sabres (G) Luukkonen was a brick wall throughout the game assisting in Buffalo beating Dallas 4-1 on the road.

The Buffalo Sabres next travel to Ohio preparing for a road contest versus the Columbus Blue Jackets this Saturday afternoon at 3 pm EST, endeavoring to continue their current winning streak.

Sabres win ninth consecutive game

Sabres 4 – Blues 2 (en) The Buffalo Sabres have earned a nine-game winning streak that also includes six road victories, the Sabres last victorious six-game road streak was accomplished in 1976 led by the French Connection during Christmas.

Buffalo began the game on a high note, controlling play and scoring first, but the Blues bounced back with two goals in five minutes before the first period was half over, then St Louis went on the power play against one of the premier penalty killers in the NHL and could not score.

During the second period with Buffalo down two goals, the Sabres (RW) Tuch scored twice with his first score ruled a “no-goal” because he directed it with his skate, but his second goal counted and tied the game at two heading into the third period.

Before the third period was two minutes old, Sabres (LW) Benson demonstrated superior eye-hand coordination while at the side of the St Louis net as he batted in the puck giving Buffalo the 3-2 lead early in the period.

The Sabres held the Blues to only two shots on goal during the third period and Sabres (C) Krebs scored the empty net goal with 76 seconds remaining in the game for the 4-2 victory.

New Year’s Eve finds the Buffalo Sabres dueling the Dallas Stars in Texas at 8 pm EST, and afterwards there should be enough time to celebrate the countdown to Midnight.

8th consecutive victory

Sabres 4 – Bruins 1 (en) The Buffalo Sabres have won their eighth game in a row bringing them into a tie with the Florida Panthers for the second wild card seeding in the Eastern Conference.

Playing without their Captain the Sabres wanted to beat the Bruins for him, Buffalo (D) Dahlin went home to Sweden for the Christmas break and was given more time for personal reasons.

The Sabres began the game controlling most of the play and outshooting Boston 13 to 9 but came out of the first period down 1-0, then during a strong second period Buffalo again launches 13 SOG scoring three times for the 3-1 lead after two periods of play.

Buffalo (G) Luukkonen was at his best in the third period stopping all 11 Bruins SOG to preserve the two-goal lead and after a few near misses its (C) Norris scoring the “Happy Net” goal for the Sabres 4-1 victory.

The Buffalo Sabres begin a three-game road trip this Monday night at 8 pm EST versus the St Louis Blues.

Buffalo earns 7th consecutive victory

Sabres 3 – Senators 2 (OT) Since November of last season, Buffalo has beaten Ottawa six straight regular season games and with last night’s overtime win the Sabres continue their current winning streak that puts them four games over 500% and solidly within reach of a wild card seeding.

The game’s initial two penalties during the first period earned by Sabres (D) Kesselring and Senators (LW) Tkachuk, Buffalo for high-sticking and Ottawa for roughing which resulted in the Ottawa player bleeding, but alas the officials could not determine with certainty if the blood was caused by the high stick or the scuffle that ensued.

Earning the first star of the game, Buffalo (D) Byram scored twice including the overtime winner along with an assist for three points, contributing to the win, Buffalo (G) Lyon allowed just two goals, one even strength and one power play tally during 26 Ottawa SOG which earned the Sabres goaltender a .923% save percentage and the game’s third star.

The Buffalo Sabres and the NHL will take a 3-day Christmas Holiday before returning to action with 13 games Saturday the 27th, the Buffalo Sabres will host the Boston Bruins at 7 pm EST.

Sabres Win 6th Consecutive Game

Sabres 3 – Devils 1 (en) The Devils were expecting to beat the Sabres since they were at home with (C) Hughes returning to the New Jersey active roster after missing a substantial number of games due to a “non-hockey” injury absorbing a “cut” during a dinner and he scored the first goal of the game giving the Devils a first period 1-0 lead.

Then Buffalo came out skating and shooting in the second period scoring twice, Sabres (C) Norris who has earned 10 points in the last eight games scored a nifty goal as the New Jersey netminder made an initial save but left a juicy rebound that was calmly poked past the goaltender’s pad and into the net to tie the game at one apiece.

The Sabres (LW) Benson scored after receiving a pass from (C) McLeod who took a hit along the dasher boards to complete the pass to (LW) Benson who convincingly faked a pass before ripping a greasy snapper glove side to give Buffalo the 2-1 lead with four minutes remaining in the second period.

Sabres (G) Luukkonen was an absolute brick wall with a highlight reel glove save and earned a .963% save percentage allowing just one even strength goal on 24 New Jersey SOG to preserve the victory.

Buffalo heads to Canada’s capital, Ottawa for a Tuesday night 7pm EST matchup before enjoying three days off for Christmas.