WNY and Buffalo NY Hockey Coverage
2026-27 Season Edition
Jake McCabe is one of five Sabres on the COVID-19 list. ©2021, Micheline Veluvolu
The NHL on Thursday added Buffalo Sabres defenseman Jake McCabe to its COVID-19 protocol-related absences list.
Earlier in the day, the Sabres announced coach Ralph Krueger, 61, had tested positive for COVID-19 and will enter the NHL’s protocol.
Five Sabres players are now on the COVID-19 list. In addition to McCabe, winger Taylor Hall, defenseman Brandon Montour, winger Tobias Rieder and defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen were added earlier this week.... Read the full article
Tobias Rieder joined Buffalo this season. ©2021, Micheline Veluvolu
The NHL on Wednesday added two more Sabres – defenseman Brandon Montour and winger Tobias Rieder – to its COVID-19 protocol-related absences list.
They join winger Taylor Hall and defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen, who first appeared on the list Tuesday, when the NHL postponed all of Buffalo’s games through Monday.
The Sabres had road games scheduled for Thursday against the New York Islanders and Saturday and Monday versus the Boston Bruins.
Buffalo’s training facilities are closed ... Read the full article
Lindy Ruff (pictured) worked with Sabres coach Ralph Krueger at the 2014 Olympics. ©2021, Dan Hickling, Hickling Images
BUFFALO – In Sunday afternoon’s pregame warm-up, Sabres coach Ralph Krueger showcased the same lines he had utilized the previous day against the New Jersey Devils, with one exception.
Casey Mittelstadt, who was replacing Tage Thompson, skated at left wing beside top center Jack Eichel and Victor Olofsson.
Then when Sunday’s contest started, Krueger changed three of four Sabres’ lines. Only one trio from warm-ups – center Cody Eakin, left wing ... Read the full article
The Sabres assigned Jack Quinn to Rochester on Monday. ©2021, Micheline Veluvolu
Sabres prospect Jack Quinn will miss the Rochester Americans’ season opener Friday because he must quarantine following his arrival from Buffalo, coach Seth Appert said.
The Sabres assigned Quinn, 19, to the AHL club Monday after he spent two and a half weeks on their taxi squad.
The NHL added two Sabres – winger Taylor Hall and defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen – to its COVID-19 protocol-related absences list Tuesday and postponed four of their games. ... Read the full article
Rasmus Ristolainen (right) got close to Miles Wood when New Jersey visited Buffalo. ©2021, Micheline Veluvolu
The NHL late Tuesday afternoon postponed all Buffalo Sabres games through at least Monday after two players – winger Taylor Hall and defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen – were added to the league’s COVID-19 protocol-related absences list.
The team’s training facilities will stay closed until further notice.
The Sabres had road games scheduled for Thursday against the New York Islanders and Saturday and Monday versus the Boston Bruins.
The NHL said a decision on next week’s Sabres ... Read the full article
Eric Staal (12) and Dylan Cozens (24) must wait to play the New York Islanders. ©2021, Micheline Veluvolu
Tonight’s Buffalo Sabres road game against the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum has been postponed because of COVID-19 protocols, the NHL announced this morning.
The Sabres switched their travel plans Monday as Winter Storm Orlena battered the New York City area, moving their flight to this morning.
That changed how the NHL could complete the Sabres’ contact tracing and testing.
“Due to weather conditions yesterday, the Sabres altered their travel schedule so as to ... Read the full article
Casey Mittelstadt has played two games this season. ©2021, Micheline Veluvolu
BUFFALO – Having spent the entire game skating on the fourth line, Casey Mittelstadt hardly seemed like a forward Sabres coach Ralph Krueger would utilize in the waning seconds of a one-goal game.
Mittelstadt, 22, was only making his second appearance this season in Sunday afternoon’s 5-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils. The Sabres had just elevated him from the taxi squad earlier in the day.
Krueger had two former 40-goal scorers – Jeff ... Read the full article
Sam Reinhart has missed the last two games. ©2021, Micheline Veluvolu
The Sabres will be staying at home today and plan to fly to New York on Tuesday morning for their 6 p.m. game against the Islanders.
With Winter Storm Orlena battering parts of the New York City area, most flights in and out the region have been canceled.
The Sabres planned to travel to New York this afternoon. Instead, they practiced inside KeyBank Center.... Read the full article
C.J. Smith participated in Buffalo’s training camp last month. ©2021, Micheline Veluvolu
BUFFALO – The Sabres assigned rookie winger Jack Quinn to the Rochester Americans this morning and recalled forwards Jean-Sebastien Dea and C.J. Smith to the taxi squad.
Quinn, 19, spent the first few weeks of the season on the Sabres’ taxi squad. He recently recovered from an upper-body injury, coach Ralph Krueger said last week.
The Sabres drafted Quinn eighth overall last year. In a normal year, he would likely be playing with his junior ... Read the full article
Cody Eakin (20) tries to get up between New Jersey’s P.K. Subban and goalie Eric Comrie on Sunday afternoon. ©2021, Micheline Veluvolu
BUFFALO – In winning three out of four games last week, the Sabres couldn’t buck some disturbing trends: they kept living dangerously, falling behind and often playing loosely.
Sooner or later, it was going to bite them.
The Sabres, at least by their standards, have enjoyed a decent start this season. Sunday afternoon’s 5-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils inside KeyBank Center dropped them to 4-4-2.
They’re just one point behind the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Read the full article