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Zucker may soon join in on the fun. He joined the team on the ice for the first time since his injury during the morning skate on Saturday and was a full participant in practice on Sunday. He will travel with the Sabres for their three-game road trip, which opens Monday in St. Louis.
A look at the top Bruins and Sabres performers from a Saturday night head-to-head out at Buffalo's KeyBank Center.
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Great 8: Sabres continue win streak, gaining ground in playoff chase
Tis the season for the surging Sabres, resuming their winning ways after a holiday break and streaking into the thick of the playoff race. Winning without captain Rasmus
The Buffalo Sabres will have four players at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship. But success at the World Junior tournament offers little guarantee prospects of NHL success. While World Junior glory would be great,
Buffalo Sabres forward Alex Tuch is drawing serious trade interest this season. He is in the final year of his contract and is going to be an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2026.
Rosen has been loaned to AHL Rochester by the Sabres, the team announced Sunday. Rosen has been up for three of the Sabres' games in this most recent NHL stint and has been a healthy scratch for two of them. He'll return to the AHL where he's been dominant this season, scoring 12 goals and adding 10 assists in 15 games.
"You won’t find anyone in the NHL more familiar with Chinakhov than Jarmo Kekäläinen, the man who drafted him in Columbus. With Kekäläinen now in charge of the Sabres front office, it’s not unreasonable to expect him to lean on some known quantities as he starts to put his own stamp on the Buffalo roster," Johnston wrote.
Suppose a team takes a five-minute major penalty, and subsequently takes a two-minute minor penalty, resulting in two full minutes of five-on-three action. If the benefitting team scores on the two-man advantage, does the skater who committed the minor penalty get released from the penalty box?
The Bruins have been a leaky team, defensively, all season. Per Stathletes, they’ve allowed the second-most high-danger chances (2.92) and expected goals (3.18) per game in the league. Starting goalie Jeremy Swayman had been bailing them out, but he’s got an .868 save percentage and 3.49 goals-against average in nine December appearances.