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Vanek's two goals help Sabres top Devils

NEWARK, N.J. — Thomas Vanek scored two more goals Saturday night, a fact that's hardly earth shattering to anybody who has followed the Buffalo Sabres this season.

Vanek has 24 goals through the first 30 games, a pace that would lead him to 65. He also scored the 10,000th goal in franchise history.

(Updated: 12/13/08 11:58 PM )

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Rivet out at least two weeks

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Craig Rivet revealed today that he's dealing with an injured shoulder and the team's captain is going to be out least two weeks while he tries to rehab the shoulder.

Rivet was originally injured Nov. 29 in Montreal and sat out the next two games. He returned to play in the next three games but said he tweaked the injury in each one. Rivet sat out Friday's loss to Toronto in HSBC Arena and Saturday's win at New Jersey.

(Updated: 12/15/08 1:41 PM )

Lalime gets chance to knock rust off

NEWARK, N.J. — In past years, under the same circumstances, Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff would have been tempted to squeeze one more performance from Ryan Miller. The Sabres had three days between their game Saturday night in New Jersey and the rematch Wednesday night in Buffalo.

After all, what's another 60 minutes?

(Updated: 12/14/08 12:01 AM )

Avery buzz drowned out Blackhawks’ good deed

Two weeks ago, hockey’s buzz was about Sean Avery and his former relationship with actress Elisha Cuthbert, his narcissism, whether the league should suspend him and whether the Dallas Stars should waive him. It was a waste of time on a waste of talent.

The real shame is what we missed.

(Updated: 12/14/08 10:45 AM )

Sabres left hopping mad in 2-1 loss to Leafs

It was tough for the Buffalo Sabres to lose on a goal like that. A soft shot from the blue line bounces like a hyper kid on a trampoline, and all of a sudden one fluke play ruins the night.

But the simple fact is, the Sabres shouldn’t have been in position to get beat by a bouncing puck. They should have bounced the Toronto Maple Leafs out of town 40 minutes earlier. They just missed too many chances.

(Updated: 12/13/08 7:57 AM )

Lydman ends two droughts with one goal

The Buffalo Sabres’ forwards had chance after chance they couldn’t convert. So it was somehow fitting that the team’s only goal Friday night was by a defenseman who had gone nearly nine months without one.

Toni Lydman’s tally at 6:02 of the first period opened the scoring but Toronto’s Vesa Toskala blanked the Sabres for the final 54 minutes of the Maple Leafs’ 2-1 victory in HSBC Arena.

(Updated: 12/13/08 6:40 AM )

Sabres left hopping mad by Leafs

It was tough for the Buffalo Sabres to lose on a goal like that. A soft shot from the blue line bounces like a hyper kid on a trampoline, and all of a sudden one fluke play ruins the night.

But the simple fact is, the Sabres shouldn't have been in position to get beat by a bouncing puck. They should have bounced the Toronto Maple Leafs out of town 40 minutes earlier. They just missed too many chances.

(Updated: 12/13/08 12:03 AM )

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