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Drew Stafford scored the only shootout goal after Buffalo tied the game in the final minute of regulation, and the Sabres beat the Bruins 3-2 on Wednesday night in the first pro game in Boston since the marathon bombings on Monday.

Craig Custance looks ahead to the summer to see how Wednesday's trade deadline moves might impact the free agent market and other offseason player movement.

Blog | Conversation | April 04, 2013

Neil Greenberg outlines 10 NHL players who, despite suffering early-season performance drops, likely will turn around their play over the rest of the season. Toronto's Phil Kessel and Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin are among the players ready to rebound.

Story | Conversation | February 20, 2013

In taking responsibility for the Buffalo Sabres' sputtering start, coach Lindy Ruff remains confident the team can dig itself out of an early-season hole.

TORONTO -- The Buffalo Sabres needed just one game of this new, shortened season to send a message to the rest of the league. They intend on not getting pushed around anymore. And the guy sending the message wasn't who you'd expect. Which is ex...

Injuries played a contributing role in the Buffalo Sabres' midseason swoon. And the Sabres are going to have to deal with them again if they intend to complete a late-season playoff push.

Ryan Miller stopped 44 shots, Drew Stafford scored two goals and the surging Buffalo Sabres beat Washington 5-1 Tuesday night to climb over the Capitals into the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Sean Allen looks at some major risers and fallers in his fantasy rankings for the final couple weeks of the season.

Wild-Sabres Preview

Travis Turnbull scored his first NHL goal, with some help from the Rangers, and the Buffalo Sabres earned another big win in their playoff quest by beating New York 4-1 on Friday night.

Ryan Miller made 39 saves for his second shutout in as many nights, and Drew Stafford capitalized on a San Jose turnover to score the only goal in the Buffalo Sabres' 1-0 victory over the Sharks on Thursday night.

The Dallas Stars squandered a 2-0 third period lead and fell 3-2 in a shootout to the Buffalo Sabres Friday night. The Stars fell to 0-8-2 in the second games of back-to-back this season. The Stars got a brilliant performance from goaltender Kari Leh...

Center Ville Leino took a quick glance around the Buffalo Sabres locker room and was encouraged to see the number of familiar veteran faces coming off the ice from practice.

Drew Stafford and Nathan Gerbe scored 2:04 apart late in the third period to spark the slumping Buffalo Sabres to a 4-3 win over the road-weary Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.

Thomas Vanek had two goals and an assist, and Drew Stafford and Tyler Ennis both added a goal and assist to help lift the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night.

The banged-up Buffalo Sabres are healthy enough to afford returning three players to the minors.