April 2, 2012 The weekend was a dreary one for Sabres fans hoping for one final push to get into the playoffs. Things looked great until Friday and Saturday came along and dealt the Sabres two losses. However, don't count them out yet.
April 1, 2012 Back to back losses have put the Sabres in a big hole with just a week left in the regular season. After Friday's tough loss to the Pittsurgh Penguins on home ice the Sabres followed that with a lackluster effort in Toronto, falling to the Leafs 4-3. Combined with Washington's shootout win over Montreal the Sabres now trail the Capitals by two points for the final playoff spot with only three games left for both teams.
March 30, 2012 The Pittsburgh Penguins prevailed in Friday night's game in Buffalo against the Sabres 5-3. The Penguins cashed in a pair of power play goals to end the Sabres five-game winning streak and with it takes away the Sabres playoff advantage
March 30, 2012 They're all big games here on out for the Buffalo Sabres and tonight's game matches two of the hottest teams in the league when the Sabres host the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Sabres are back into a tie with the Washington Capitals for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference entering tonight's game after the Caps beat the Bruins in a shootout 3-2. But the Sabres can move back ahead of the Caps with a win or even if they reach overtime.
March 29, 2012 Clay mentioned it yesterday that he got a Tweet that said the odds for the Buffalo Sabres to win the Stanley Cup stand at 38 to 1. Just last month the odds were 200 to 1. I looked into it and there are all kinds of places where you can place a bet on almost anything and some places have those odds as high as 15 to 1. Almost all of them have the Pittsburgh Penguins with the best odds of winning the whole thing at about 4 to 1.
March 27, 2012 The Buffalo Sabres came up big in the biggest game of the year, to this point. The Sabres built a 3-0 lead and rolled to a 5-1 win over the Washington Capitals Tuesday night in Washington. Drew Stafford scored twice while Cody McCormick, Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville added singles. Ryan Miller stopped 44 shots leading the Sabres to their fifth straight win.
March 24, 2012 The Buffalo Sabres continue to battle for a playoff spot and helped their own cause by beating the New York Rangers in New York Friday night 4 to 1. Drew Stafford led the way with a pair of goals while linemate Tyler Ennis and Travis Turnbull, playing in his second game for the Sabres scored the other Buffalo goals
March 22, 2012 Since January the Buffalo Sabres have been battling up from the bottom of the standings and last night finally pulled into a tie with the Washington Capitals for the 8th and final playoff spot. Rookie Cody Hodgson scored twice - his first goals as a Sabre - while Ryan Miller stopped 34 shots for his 6th shutout of the season in a 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens.
March 15, 2012 For the second straight game the Buffalo Sabres gave up the tying goal in the closing seconds, but this time it cost them the game. The Colorado Avalanche pulled their goaltender for an extra skater with 1:30 left to play and the Avs needed almost all of it to finally break thru with the tying goal, scoring with just 1.9 seconds left in the third period. After a scoreless overtime, the Avs won it in a shootout for a stunning 5-4 victory.
March 13, 2012 It was the Tyler and Tyler show at First Niagara Center Monday night. Tyler Ennis scored twice in regulation while Tyler Myers scored in overtime to give the Sabres a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens for Buffalo's fifth straight win on home ice. It moves the Sabres to within two points of Washington for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 12 games left to play.
March 9, 2012 The Sabres played a solid 40 minutes in Boston Thursday night. The final 20 minutes cost them though. The Sabres were holding on to a 1-0 lead late in the second period when a turnover off the stick of newly aquired Cody Hodgson went to a Bruin and a deflected shot tied the game. Then in the third period the Bruins were the better team putting on heavy pressure on the Sabres until finally breaking thru for a pair of goals in a 3-1 win.
March 8, 2012 The Sabres came thru with an important victory Wednesday night in their drive to the playoffs. Jason Pominville's power play goal in overtime gave the Sabres a 3-2 win over Carolina to move the Sabres to within two points of the final playoff spot with 15 games left to play.