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Ruff focuses on finishing job to fix the Sabres next year after 600th win as Buffalo's coach

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Humbling as it is, Buffalo's Lindy Ruff didn't spend much time celebrating after becoming the NHL's second coach to win 600 games with one franchise.

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Sabres hire Lindy Ruff as coach. He guided Buffalo to the playoffs in 2011

Read full article: Sabres hire Lindy Ruff as coach. He guided Buffalo to the playoffs in 2011

Lindy Ruff is returning to Buffalo for a second stint as coach of the Sabres.

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Buffalo Sabres fire head coach Don Granato after extending playoff drought to 13th season

Read full article: Buffalo Sabres fire head coach Don Granato after extending playoff drought to 13th season

The Buffalo Sabres have fired head coach Don Granato, making him the seventh coach to be ousted during what’s grown into an NHL-record 13-season playoff drought.

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The suddenly surging Buffalo Sabres have inched their way back into playoff race with 8-3-1 run

Read full article: The suddenly surging Buffalo Sabres have inched their way back into playoff race with 8-3-1 run

Counted out a mere month ago, the Buffalo Sabres have suddenly inched back into the playoff race following an 8-3-1 run.

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Focus falls on Sabres coach Don Granato after Buffalo is embarrassed in 9-4 loss to Columbus

Read full article: Focus falls on Sabres coach Don Granato after Buffalo is embarrassed in 9-4 loss to Columbus

The focus of blame in Buffalo is falling on coach Don Granato after the floundering Sabres were left embarrassed in a 9-4 loss to Columbus.

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Golden Knights' Eichel quiets crowd in 2nd visit to Buffalo

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Jack Eichel turned the emotional hurt he experienced following his first trip to Buffalo in March by finding relief in facing his former team for a second time since being traded to the Vegas Golden Knights.

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Coyle gets OT winner as Bruins rally past Sabres, 4-3

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Charlie Coyle scored on a wrist shot from the slot 34 seconds into overtime and Boston completed a 4-3 comeback victory over the Buffalo Sabres in the Bruins’ first game in 16 days.

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NHL brings back taxi squads in effort to keep season going

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The NHL will emerge from an extended holiday break with taxi squads and other roster revisions to guard against more disruptions to the season.

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NHL admits it made wrong call in disallowing Sabres' goal

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The NHL says it made the wrong call in disallowing what would have been the Buffalo Sabres’ tying goal in the final minute of a 2-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Friday night.

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Sabres' Jack Eichel fails physical, stripped of captaincy

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The Buffalo Sabres have stripped Jack Eichel of his captaincy.

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Sabres remove interim tag, name Don Granato head coach

Read full article: Sabres remove interim tag, name Don Granato head coach

The Buffalo Sabres have removed the interim tag from Don Granato and named him the team's full-time coach.

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Last-place Sabres win draft lottery; Kraken get No. 2 pick

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The Buffalo Sabres won the NHL draft lottery and the expansion Seattle Kraken jumped up the order to take the No. 2 pick Wednesday night.

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Debate over surgery has Eichel questioning future in Buffalo

Read full article: Debate over surgery has Eichel questioning future in Buffalo

Sabres captain Jack Eichel is questioning his future in Buffalo by saying there is a disconnect with the team over whether to have surgery to repair a herniated disk.

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Sabres' Eichel ruled out for rest of season with neck injury

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Buffalo Sabres captain Jack Eichel will miss the rest of the season with a herniated disc in his neck.

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Sabres end 18-game skid with 6-1 win over Flyers

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Buffalo Sabres celebrate a goal by center Curtis Lazar (27) during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)BUFFALO, N.Y. – Linus Ullmark stopped 31 shots and the Buffalo Sabres snapped an 18-game skid — the NHL’s longest in 17 years — with a 6-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night. It was the first win for Buffalo since a 4-1 victory at New Jersey on Feb. 23, and ended an 0-15-3 streak. The Sabres also snapped a 0-9-2 home skid, one short of matching a franchise record set during the 1990-91 season. After Philadelphia’s Ivan Provorov scored 3:50 into the second period, Buffalo responded by closing the period with goals from Fogarty and Casey Mittelstadt.

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The Latest: Sabres to have limited number of fans at 4 games

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The Sabres added another option of proof of a negative antigen COVID-19 test within six hours of the doors opening. The Sabres had fans in attendance only once this season. No other players or coaches were affected by the coach’s positive test. ___Buffalo Sabres interim coach Don Granato and assistant Matt Ellis are headed back to work after being cleared from the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. Ad___The Michigan Wolverines are out of the NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament because of positive COVID-19 test results within the team's Tier 1 testing group.

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The Latest: Sabres coaches placed in NHL COVID protocol

Read full article: The Latest: Sabres coaches placed in NHL COVID protocol

(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___Buffalo Sabres interim coach Don Granato and assistant Matt Ellis have been placed in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. The development leaves general manager Kevyn Adams taking over behind the bench for Buffalo’s game at Pittsburgh on Thursday night. This marks the second time the Sabres have been hit by COVID-19 in two months. Buffalo’s season was paused for two weeks in early February after nine players and then-coach Ralph Krueger were placed in the protocol. The university said the team went through seven rounds of testing in the seven days leading up to its departure for Albany on Wednesday.

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