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None of the forwards played a single shift during the third period, which Tampa Bay entered trailing 4-1.

Rick Jeanneret, the Hall of Fame broadcaster and voice of the for more than 51 years, died Thursday, the team announced. He was 81. “Rick died on Aug. 17, 2023 with his family by his side after a two-year battle with multi-organ failures. He will be loved forever,” the Jeanneret family said in a statement Thursday. Advertisement Jeanneret called Sabres games from 1971 until his retirement in 2022. His last call of the 2021-22 regular season was Buffalo’s final game, a home contest against the…

The ’ 22-16 loss to the on “Monday Night Football” was an ugly one that sent angst through Western New York. mentioned Wednesday that watching the film helps players remember it’s never as good or bad as they thought it was. “In the grand scheme of things, it’s one game, and we’re not going to let it turn into two,” Allen said. Advertisement Some of what went wrong for the can be written off as one bad game against a team that has their number. But which concerns that popped up are legit? Whi…

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The got back to .500 with a , but they’re about to enter a more challenging stretch of the schedule. They’ll play the 2-0 on the road this week before three consecutive games against teams that qualified for the playoffs a season ago (, and ). Advertisement Panic has subsided after the Bills’ uneven loss to the in Week 1, but there are still questions lingering around Buffalo about this team. Matthew Fairburn and Tim Graham dive into those in The Athletic ’s latest Bills…

The and Miami Dolphins played three games last season decided by a combined eight points. The are fresh off a in Week 3. The Bills, meanwhile, have allowed a total of 29 points on defense and just had five turnovers and nine sacks in a . That sets the stage for the game of the week this Sunday. Advertisement and are two of the best teams in the , but they’ll be jockeying for the early edge in the AFC East. Bills coach Sean McDermott has described the Dolphins offense as “revolutionary” and p…

are out now. cornerback is out for the rest of the season with a torn Achilles, coach Sean McDermott announced Monday. Here’s what you need to know: White was after going down on the field with an apparent noncontact injury in the third quarter of The two-time Pro Bowler was aiming for a full season after a knee injury in 2021 limited him to just six games in 2022. In his four games prior to the injury, White recorded 12 tackles, one tackle for loss, one quarterback hit and an end zone interce…

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The are slowly becoming America’s hockey team. Or, at least one American TV network’s hockey team. Liam McHugh, who went to college at the University at Buffalo, likes to tell the story of when he first started working at NBC. They did some travel for the playoffs, and McHugh went to Buffalo for the Sabres-Flyers series in 2011. He thought: “This is great. I’ll probably be up here, like, every year.” Well, the Sabres haven’t made the playoffs since. Advertisement But McHugh will…

BUFFALO, N.Y. — By 7:49 p.m. Wednesday, fans were booing their team off their home ice. At that point, the , with the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference, had already taken a 5-0 lead on the Sabres. This was two games after the Sabres allowed six unanswered goals in an 8-3 loss to the . Advertisement These fans were ready to buy into the idea of a playoff push a few weeks ago, slim as the odds might have been. The Sabres were within 3 points of the final playoff spot when they left for…

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The hit all the right notes in celebrating ’s 1,000th game. His teammates bought him a jet-ski and surprised him by bringing back his hit online show, “Between 2 Stalls.” His teammates all wore red beanies (a favorite wardrobe choice of Skinner’s) during pregame warmups, and Skinner’s family joined him on the ice for a photo op that included general manager Kevyn Adams giving him a silver stick to mark the occasion. Advertisement However, lingering in the back of Skinner’s mind…

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The playoffs start this weekend and the will be watching from home for a 13th straight season. But this is new territory for first-year Sabres defenseman , who spent the first six seasons of his career in the organization. “I don’t think we deserved the playoffs the way we played, but the promising thing is that we were the ones who didn’t play our game consistently,” Clifton said. “So I think you struggled with that because you know it’s in here, and I’m excited to be part of…