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Two teams struggling this year face off as the Pittsburgh Penguins face the Buffalo Sabres. It is time to continue our NHL  odds series with a Penguins-Sabres prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Penguins enter the game at 9-9-0 on the year. After winning five straight games, the Penguins are 1-3 in the last four games. […]

The Buffalo Sabres needed a spark on Sunday night, as they entered their game against the Chicago Blackhawks having lost three straight games. Chicago, too, needed things to swing their way in their own right. However, it was the Sabres who emerged victorious. And star defenseman Rasmus Dahlin was a major reason for Buffalo’s victory. […]

The Buffalo Sabres look to break a losing streak as they face off with the Winnipeg Jets.  It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Sabres-Jets prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Sabres enter the game sitting at 7-8-1 on the year. Still, they have lost three of their last four games and […]

Patrick Kane’s NHL free agency is swirling up a host of rumors. The former Blackhawks and recent New York Rangers winger is narrowing down a list of teams he hopes to join. The Buffalo Sabres are the latest team to join in the sweepstakes. Patrick Kane’s list of teams grows longer with the Buffalo Sabres […]

The Buffalo Sabres faced the Boston Bruins in an action-packed Atlantic Division matchup. The Sabres fell to the top-of-the-division Bruins 5-2. Buffalo lost more than the team wanted though. Tage Thompson exited the game with an upper-body injury, and his status got a brutal update. Tage Thompson will miss time for Sabres after injury vs. […]

It is an Atlantic Division clash as the Boston Bruins visit the Buffalo Sabres. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Bruins-Sabres prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Bruins come into the game with the best record in the Eastern Conference, and second most points in the NHL. Sitting at 11-1-2 on […]

On Tuesday, the Buffalo Sabres will take the ice against the Boston Bruins. Buffalo has won four of their last seven games but is looking to bounce back from a loss their last time out. However, for captain Kyle Okposo, Tuesday’s game is a milestone. Okposo will take the ice for the 1000th time as […]

The Buffalo Sabres entered the 2023-24 NHL season with a lot of hype around them. Armed with one of the most promising cores in the league, many expected this team to compete for a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And given that this team came within a single point of making it last season, […]

The Minnesota Wild continue their New York road trip as they face the Buffalo Sabres. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Wild-Sabres prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Minnesota Wild enter the game at 5-6-2 on the year. While they have had some struggles this year, they have won two of […]

The NHL season might be alive and well, but there is still one notable free agent who is looking for a new home: Patrick Kane. The Chicago Blackhawks legend, who was traded to the New York Rangers during last season, had a hip procedure in June and now appears to be ready to sign with […]

The Buffalo Sabres head south as they face the Carolina Hurricanes. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Sabres-Hurricanes prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Sabres come into the game sitting at 6-6-0 on the year. Last week they split two games with the Flyers, winning the first 5-2, and then losing […]

The Buffalo Sabres have had a rough go of it to begin the 2023-24 NHL season. Buffalo have had stretches where they’ve outplayed teams and still lost. However, that wasn’t the case on Friday night against the Philadelphia Flyers. And captain Kyle Okposo admitted as much after the game when speaking to reporters. “We didn’t […]

The Philadelphia Flyers visit the Buffalo Sabres as they face for the second time in three days. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Flyers-Sabres prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. This will be the second game in a row that the Sabres and Flyers have faced each other. The first game was […]

The Philadelphia Flyers look to break their losing streak as they host the Buffalo Sabres. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Sabres-Flyers prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Sabres enter the game sitting at 4-5 on the season. They have yet to win two games straight this year, but at the […]

The NHL’s Department of Player Safety suspended Buffalo Sabres defenseman Connor Clifton for two games on Saturday due to an illegal check to the head of New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier, according to Josh Gold-Smith and Kyle Cushman of theScore. Connor Clifton delivered the hit to Nico Hischier’s head with four minutes left in […]

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Connor Clifton will likely be watching the next few games from the press box after he caught New Jersey center Nico Hischier with a high hit in the first period of a 5-4 Devils win on Friday night. Clifton will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Saturday, […]

Patrick Kane is getting closer and closer to a long-awaited National Hockey League return. The greatest American player ever, who is just a year removed from a 92-point campaign with the Chicago Blackhawks, remains a free agent and has made it clear he is preparing to sign with an NHL club. That’s music to the […]

As Patrick Kane inches closer to a return after offseason hip surgery, his next team still remains a question. While there are several suitors who will be gunning for Kane’s signature his former team the Chicago Blackhawks appear to be one of the few out of the running. With the Blackhawks in the midst of […]

sThe Buffalo Sabres hit the road as they visit the Ottawa Senators. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Sabres-Senators prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Sabres enter the game at 2-4 on the year. Last night they played at home against the Montreal Canadiens. Justin Barron opened the game with a […]

The Buffalo Sabres were a popular preseason pick to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And, to be fair, many expect this team to still contend for the postseason as the season goes along. However, Tage Thompson and the Sabres have not had the greatest start to the year. Their loss on Monday to the Montreal […]

The Montreal Canadiens leave Canada for the first time as they visit the Buffalo Sabres. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Canadiens-Sabres prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Canadiens enter the game at 2-1-1 so far on the season. After an opening loss in overtime to Toronto, Montreal rebounded […]

Patrick Kane at 34 years old is still one of the top prospects in NHL Free Agency. The Chicago Blackhawks legend turned New York Rangers player still has not decided on his future. Instead, he has been focusing on rehabilitating his injured hip to get ready for the upcoming season. This did not stop teams […]

The Buffalo Sabres have been improving steadily for the last couple of years, but that has been of little comfort to the team’s long-suffering fans. That’s because the Sabres have not made the playoffs since the 2009-10 season, and that’s just a huge dry spell. They were close last year as they finished one point […]

The Colorado Avalanche are the undisputed road warriors of the NHL. The Avalanche’s 4-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday extended their road-winning streak to 14 games. In so doing, Colorado tied the Buffalo Sabres’ 14-regular-season game road winning streak from April to November 2006, per NHL.com. There's no place like the road? You […]

It seems that free agent winger Patrick Kane is nearing a decision for where he is going to play this season after recovering from offseason hip surgery, and a reunion with the New York Rangers is possible, along with the Detroit Red Wings and Buffalo Sabres as suitors, according to Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff. […]

The Buffalo Sabres look to get their first win of the year as they host the Tampa Bay Lightning. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Lighting-Sabres prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Lightning come in sitting at 1-2 on the year. They opened the season with a win over the Nashville […]

The New York Rangers open their season on the road as they face the Buffalo Sabres. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Rangers-Sabres prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Rangers will be learning a new system this year. In the offseason, they brought in Peter Laviolette to run the show. Laviolette […]

Owen Power and Rasmus Dahlin will anchor the Buffalo Sabres’ D-core for the long haul after Power signed a seven-year, $58.5 million contract extension that should keep him in Western New York until at least 2031. The deal comes just two days after Dahlin was inked to an eight-year deal of his own by the […]

There is no NHL division more difficult to compete in than the Atlantic Division. Some of the game’s brightest stars and best teams call the Atlantic home. You have Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs. There’s the loaded Tampa Bay Lightning. You have the defending Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers, as well. If you […]

The 2023-24 NHL season is starting and the race for the Atlantic Division will be tight. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a special winner of the Atlantic Division prediction and pick. Last year, the Boston Bruins won the division after they had the best record in the NFL and broke […]

The Buffalo Sabres know Zach Benson has the potential to be very special. After all, that’s why they made him the 13th overall selection in the 2023 NHL Draft. However, they may not have expected the 18-year-old to be this good this soon. Benson’s training camp performances earned him a spot on the Sabres’ opening […]

The Buffalo Sabres locked up a crucial piece of their future on Monday morning, inking superstar defenseman Rasmus Dahlin to a monster eight-year, $88 million contract extension, the team announced. The 23-year-old enjoyed a breakout campaign in 2022-23, recording 15 goals and 73 points in 78 games as the Sabres came within one win of […]

The Buffalo Sabres were one of the more impressive teams in the NHL last season. Buffalo was easily the most impressive team to miss the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After years of failing to take that proverbial next step, the Sabres finally put together a season to be proud of. Buffalo missed the playoffs by just […]

The best player on the Anaheim Ducks roster remains without a contract after the team and star forward Trevor Zegras were unable to get an extension hammered out ahead of training camp. Zegras remains away from the team as he awaits a new deal; the restricted free agent joins defensemen Jamie Drysdale as the only […]

After narrowly missing the playoffs last season the Buffalo Sabres made several moves in the summer to get them over the hump. One of those additions was veteran defenseman Connor Clifton, who signed a three-year contract with the Sabres after spending the first five seasons of his NHL career with the Boston Bruins. Clifton joins […]

The 2023-2024 NHL season is right around the corner, and the Buffalo Sabres are doing what they can to lock in some players for the long term. Both Rasmus Dahlin and Owen Power, two franchise staple defensemen, have been the center of contract discussions leading up to training camp, although nothing materialized when camps began […]

As another frantic NHL Free Agency period has come and gone, one important unrestricted free agent remains without a new team — three-time Stanley Cup champion Patrick Kane. The 34-year-old continues to rehab from hip surgery this summer, and according to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, there’s one team that has significant interest in the […]

The Buffalo Sabres enter the 2023-24 NHL season with more expectations now than they’ve had in recent years. Buffalo emerged as a true up-and-coming team last year. In fact, they nearly made the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Had they earned two more points, they’d have faced the Boston Bruins and not the Florida Panthers. Sabres fans […]

The Buffalo Sabres are finally heading into an NHL season with some true expectations. After years of hanging around the bottom of the league, Buffalo arrived last season. They missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs by just one point in 2023. Behind a strong core of Devon Levi, Owen Power, and Tage Thompson, the Sabres hope […]