Sabres used the same formula that they used last season and it resulted in a loss on opening day.
Your best players have to be your best players and elevate to the situation, but on Friday, the Sabres two best players were close to their worst. It took New Jersey 15:38 to take a 2-0 first period lead and 23:29 to have a three goal margin.
Sabres takeaways: Early deficit dooms Sabres in 4-1 loss in Prague to open the season
Same old Sabres.The disjointed effort in their opening game Friday in Prague’s O2 Arena, beginning with another multi-goal deficit in the first period, conjured that reaction from the tortured fan
Devils beat Sabres 4-1 in NHL regular-season opener in Prague
Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves and Paul Cotter had an empty-netter and assist in their debuts with New Jersey as the Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 in the NHL regular-season opener that was played
Devils top Sabres 4-1 in NHL regular-season opener in Prague
Paul Cotter had a goal and an assist in his Devils debut as New Jersey beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Friday in the NHL regular-season opener played in the capital of Czechia (formerly the Czech Republic).
Devils defeat Sabres in opening NHL Global Series game: 3 takeaways
The NHL knew how to get the crowd in Prague fired up ahead of the Global Series game between the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils on Friday. After warmups concluded, Jaromir Jagr, one of the greatest Czech-born NHLers of all time,
The Devils meet the Sabres in the Czech capital to open the NHL regular season
The New Jersey Devils and the Buffalo Sabres will open the NHL regular season with matches on Friday and Saturday in Prague
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Early chances make the difference in season-opening loss to Devils
The difference between the teams in their season opener later that night, Ruff said, was a matter of capitalizing on early ...
New-look Sabres face familiar challenge in attempting to end what’s become a 13-year playoff drought
The Buffalo Sabres have a new coach in Lindy Ruff and a new captain in Rasmus Dahlin. They have an arena with a flashy new ...
Sabres observations: Slow start, sluggish top line and a familiar loss to Devils
The Buffalo Sabres entered their season opener against the New Jersey Devils filled with optimism. New coach Lindy Ruff was ...
Sabres fall behind early, lose opener in Prague
Opening a new season in a foreign land with an old face behind the bench, the Sabres found themselves in a familiar chase.
In return to Buffalo, can Lindy Ruff provide structure that leads Sabres back into postseason?
Coach Lindy Ruff’s return provides 16 years of experience behind the Sabres bench. Can he bring luster back to a franchise ...
Inside Lindy Ruff’s return to the Buffalo Sabres: ‘I see more joy from him without losing the intensity’
The Sabres haven't been to the playoffs since the last time Ruff was the coach. It's now his job to get them back.
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Sabres opener: Projected lineups, how to watch, relevant quotes from morning skate
"Really, we're talking about playing one game at a time. The work we've put into this game will lead somewhere," coach Lindy ...
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Lindy Ruff should end Sabres’ consistency issues
It’s finally going to happen. In Don Granato’s first full season as the head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, they missed the ...
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Aube-Kubel out with lower-body injury suffered in first game with Sabres
Buffalo Sabres winger Nicolas Aube-Kubel suffered a lower-body in Friday’s 4-1 season-opening loss to the New Jersey Devils ...
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Ruff eyes Stanley Cup with Sabres in 3rd stint with team
Ruff played for the Buffalo Sabres from 1979-89 and coached them from 1997-2013. In that time, the Sabres reached the Stanley ...
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Sabres' revamped roster built with Lindy Ruff's plan in mind
Managing, or ignoring, the noise from the outside will be a challenge for the Sabres, the youngest team in the NHL. Nearly ...