Buffalo worked hard from start-to-finish, whipping the New York Islanders on Monday, 7-1, and breaking their six-game losing streak and 13-game winless skid. Full Story by: Paul Hamilton at WGR Sports Radio 550

Palmieri got the Islanders on the board to make it a 5-1 game at 19:05 of the third after he tapped home Anthony Duclair’s feed at the blocker-side post off the rush. Full Story By: Stefen Rosner at nhl.com:

The Buffalo Sabres could not overcome an early deficit and two goals being overturned in their 6-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night at KeyBank Center. Full Story by: Pat Malacaro at WGR Sports Radio 550

Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula flew to Montreal on Monday to meet with the team before their game against the Canadiens. The Sabres are struggling through a 10-game winless streak, and Pegula wanted to calm the group down and express his support for the players and management. Full Story By: Matthew Fairburn at nytimes.com:

Patrik Laine scored three power-play goals, and the Montreal Canadiens dealt the Buffalo Sabres their 11th straight loss with a 6-1 win at Bell Centre on Tuesday. Full Story By: Sean Farrell at msn.com:

Surrendering a two-goal lead midway through Saturday’s 5-3 loss in Toronto, the Sabres extended their winless streak to 10 games, the longest in the NHL this season. Full Story By: Kyle Evans at msn.com:

Jack Quinn scored twice and Alex Tuch added another for Buffalo, who led 3-1 midway through the second period. JJ Peterka tallied two assists, while Devon Levi made 36 saves in his first NHL game in a month. Full Story By: Kyle Evans at fingerlakes1.com:

John Tavares scored twice as part of a second-period outburst and added an empty netter for his 14th career hat trick as the Toronto Maple Leafs battled back from a 3-1 deficit to pick up a 5-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday. Full Story By: at Observertoday.com:

In a battle of teams struggling mightily in the Eastern Conference, the New York Rangers outlasted the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Wednesday night, defeating their cross-divisional foes 3-2. Full Story By: Colin Gallant at msn.com:

Adam Fox had a goal and two assist and the New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Wednesday night. Mika Zibanejad got his 300th career go. Full Story By: Joe Yerdon at observertoday.com:

Dylan Cozens scored twice in the third period, but the Vancouver Canucks were able to score last and defeat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Friday afternoon at KeyBank Center. Full Story by: Pat Malacaro at WGR Sports Radio 550

The Sabres received goals from Dylan Cozens and Alex Tuch 99 seconds apart in a late rally to get to overtime but couldn’t come away with another point in a 4-3 loss against the Vancouver Canucks on Friday. Full Story By: Jonah Bronstein at WIVB.com

Dylan Cozens had a goal and an assist, and Zach Benson had two assists for the Sabres (11-10-2), who have lost two in a row after a three-game winning streak. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 18 saves. Full Story By: Heather Engel at NHL.com

Buffalo makes 87 shot attempts but fails to score in a 1-0 loss.

It’s an oversimplification of Wednesday’s 1-0 win by the Minnesota Wild, but one team got a 4-on-1 break for a goal, and the other team didn’t. Full Story By Paul Hamilton at WGR Sports Radio 550

The Buffalo Sabres were unable to solve Filip Gustavsson and the Minnesota Wild, despite 39 shots on goal, in a 1-0 loss on Wednesday night at KeyBank Center. Full Story By: Pat Malacaro at WGR Sports Radio 550

 Filip Gustavsson made 39 saves for the Minnesota Wild in a 1-0 win against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Wednesday.

The Sabres are coming home on a winning streak. And in playoff position a quarter of the way through the season. Alex Tuch’s short-handed goal in the third period lifted Buffalo to its third consecutive victory Saturday night in San Jose. Full Story By Jonah Bronstein at Yahoo Sports