BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On a night when the Sabres celebrated Jeff Skinner skating in his 1,000th NHL game, it was the winger who supplanted him on Buffalo’s top line who pointed the way to victory. JJ Peterka scored twice to take the team lead with 28 goals on the season, with an assist on […]
Shane Pinto had a goal and three assists, and the Ottawa Senators enjoyed a five-goal first-period surge in cruising to a 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night. Artem Zub opened the scoring 2:37 in an outing the Senators led 4-0 by the 8:49 mark of the opening period, and Pinto closed the scoring with an empty-net goal. Brady Tkachuk, Boris Katchouk, Jakob Chychrun and Drake Batherson each had a goal and assist in a matchup of two Atlantic Division teams all but mathematically out of playoff contention.
Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and the Buffalo Sabres finally enjoyed the benefits of playing with a lead. Jordan Greenway scored twice in an outing the Sabres led 3-0 after the first period, and Luukkonen stopped 33 shots for his fourth career shutout and fourth this season in a 7-0 rout of the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night. The slow-starting Sabres flipped their script by scoring the opening goal for the first time in eight outings, and holding a lead after 20 minutes for the first time in 11.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In a throwback to last season, the Sabres found their stride in retro fashion, beating the Los Angeles Kings 7-0 on Tuesday night at KeyBank Center. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 33 saves, his busiest of four shutouts this season, and the most by a Sabres goaltender since Ryan Miller had six in […]