Game #76 Preview & Open Thread: Sabres vs. Bruins

Buffalo Sabres (33-36-6) vs. Boston Bruins (31-37-9) Puck Drop: 6:00 PM ET | KeyBank Center | Buffalo, NY TV: MSG-B Radio: WGR 550 Know Your Opponent Boston Bruins Record: 31-37-9 | 71 PTS Division Ranking: 7th in the Atlantic Last Game: 5-1 win over Carolina PP: 15.1% (29th) – (Sabres 18.5%, 25th) * PK: 76.6% (23rd) – (Sabres 76.7%, 22nd) * What To Watch 1. Snapped Out of It The Bruins snapped a 10-game losing streak on Saturday night with a decisive 5-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Today
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Sabres Hang Tough, Earn a Point
UPL Played Strong, Goal Support Not There Score: Buffalo Sabres 2-3 SO Florida Panthers Shots: BUF 28-34 FLA Buffalo Sabres Goals: Dahlin (17) PP Peterka (26) PP Florida Panthers Goals: Verhaeghe (19) Jesse Puljujarvi (4) NOTE: No photos from tonight’s game were available to use for this article.
Sat, Apr 12
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Game 79 Preview & Open Thread: Sabres vs. Panthers
Game #79 Buffalo Sabres (35-37-6) vs Florida Panthers (46-29-4) Puck Drop: 6:00 PM ET | Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, FL TV: MSG-B, ESPN+ Know Your Opponent Florida Panthers Record: 46-29-4 | 96 PTS Last Game: 4-1 win over Red Wings Division Ranking: 7th, Metropolitan PP: 10th, 24.0% (55/229 opps) [Sabres: 25th, 18.1% (40/221 opps)] PK: 9th, 81.2% (190/234 killed) [Sabres: 24th, 76.3% (177/232 killed)] What to Watch 1. Bounce Right Back After a deflating defeat to Columbus on Thursday night, the Sabres will be looking to get right back into the win column.
Fri, Apr 11
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Strong Start, Poor Finish
Sabres fail to keep lead in Columbus as just four games remain Score: Sabres 2 | Blue Jackets 3 Shots: BUF 41 | CBJ 30 Sabres Goals: JJ Peterka (25), Rasmus Dahlin (16) Blue Jackets Goals: James van Riemsdyk (15), Zach Aston-Reese (6), Boone Jenner (7-PP) Plus-1: An Early Cushion Though it took over half of the opening period to see some scoring action, Buffalo earned their spot on the scoreboard first.
Thu, Apr 10
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Game #78 Preview & Open Thread: Sabres vs. Blue Jackets
Streaking Sabres Try on Some Jackets For Size Buffalo Sabres (35-36-6) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (35-33-9) Puck Drop: 7:00 pm Eastern Time | Nationwide Arena | Columbus, Ohio TV: MSG, ESPN + Know Your Opponent Columbus Blue Jackets Record: 35-33-9 | 79 PTS Last Game: 5-2 win over Ottawa Division Ranking: 6th in the Metro Division PP: 19.2% (22nd) Sabres 18.2% (26th) PK: 76.0% (25th) Sabres 76.6% (23rd) What To Watch 1. Keep Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ The Buffalo Sabres have won 5 straight games and 8 of their last 10.
Wed, Apr 9
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Bittersweet Victory
Shots: BUF 18 | CAR 33 Goals: Thompson (Unassisted) Tuch (Byram, McLeod) Peterka (Quinn) Carolina Hurricanes Goals: Minus 1: 14 Years and Counting There was never much hope at a miracle run for the playoffs following the Sabres disastrous 13 game winless streak, but that hope has been officially dashed.
Tue, Apr 8
Mon, Apr 7
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Buffalo Sabres Open Thread | Week of 4/7
Just two weeks left in the regular season, and the Sabres have six games left to play.
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Thompson Gets 3 as Sabres Beat Bruins
Score: Buffalo Sabres 6 | Boston Bruins 3 Shots: BUF 37 | BOS 20 Buffalo Sabres Goals: Tage Thompson (41, 42, 43), Alex Tuch (33), Rasmus Dahlin (15), Jason Zucker (21) Boston Bruins: Elias Lindholm (16), Morgan Geekie (29), Casey Mittelstadt (14) Minus 1: The First Period Sunday’s game did not start off well for the Sabres, as the Bruins absolutely dominated the first period.