Paul Hamilton

If you go by points, only Nashville has fewer points than the Sabres. If you go by points percentage, the Preds and San Jose Sharks are worse than Buffalo at .394. When this 12-game winless streak started, (0-9-3) Buffalo was in a playoff spot.

As the Buffalo Sabres prepare to play the New York islanders on Monday before the three-day NHL Holiday Break, they can look back and see it’s been exactly one month since the Sabres have won a hockey game. On Nov. 23, won in San Jose 4-2.

The Sabres get to go into their Holiday Break without a losing streak and without a winless streak. Buffalo worked hard whipping the Islanders 7-1 and breaking their six-game losing streak and 13-game winless skid. It was their first win in a month

The Buffalo Sabres are back from the three-day NHL holiday break to host the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. Visiting teams were not allowed to travel on Thursday, so the Blackhawks left for Buffalo Friday morning.

For the third straight game, the Buffalo Sabres defended extremely well and it transitioned into fast offense and a win over Chicago. Alex Tuch came into the game with one goal in 12 games and he hadn’t scored at home since Nov. 29.

For a third-straight game, the Buffalo Sabres defended extremely well, and it transitioned into fast offense and a 6-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Paul Hamilton shares his postgame thoughts:

The Buffalo Sabres had a practice in Buffalo on Saturday before leaving for St. Louis to play the Blues on Sunday. Mattias Samuelsson was given a maintenance day, but Lindy Ruff said he expects him to play. Nic Aube-Kubel is sick and is questionable.

I’ve heard Lindy Ruff say that good teams find ways to win hockey games when they don’t have their “A” game and that’s exactly what the Sabres did in their win over the St. Louis Blues. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stole the game making 35 saves on 37 shots.

With seven assists in three games, Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin has been named the NHL’s Second Star of the week. On Dec. 23 against the New York Islanders the Sabres captain tied a team record for defensemen picking up four assists

For the fourth time this year the Sabres failed to win their fourth game in a row losing to Dallas. Buffalo has not won four in a row since Jan. of 2023. The biggest thing in this game is the Sabres couldn’t get going because the passing wasn’t good