New York had an opportunity to tie the game late in regulation on a four-minute power play, but Mattias Samuelsson scored his seventh of the season short-handed to thwart the Rangers chances of a comeback. Colten Ellis made 30 saves for the win in his first start in over a month.

Two teams that have reversed directions in the past month will go head-to-head when the Buffalo Sabres host the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night. The Sabres have won 12 of their past 13 games following an 11-14-4 start to the season, while the Ducks have lost eight in a row and 12 of 14 after a 19-10-1 start.

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Thursday night to give them 12 victories in their past 13 games.

Ottawa fortifies defense with Sabres prospect Bedkowski, simultaneously moving former first-rounder Amidovski for a draft haul.

But with the benefit of hindsight, it seems the Sabres got this controversial trade right. Doan has been a fantastic addition to the Sabres. As Harman Dayal noted in The Athletic regarding Doan:

What’s occurred over the past decade and a half in Western New York defies such precious, parochial explanation as “rebuilding doesn’t work.” The correlation of forces that have led to Buffalo’s repeated and prolonged failure is multi-faceted and complex, and begins, as these things so often do, in the ownership suite.

Colten Ellis was in awe of Madison Square Garden, so he got there early to look around “The World's Most Famous Arena.”

News10NBC’s affiliate in Buffalo reports that the Buffalo Sabres are in talks with the NHL to host the 2026 NHL Draft. Last year, the NHL shifted to a decentralized structure, meaning all the teams operated from their home locations rather than at the draft itself.

The Buffalo Sabres reached the halfway point of the 2025-26 regular season with their 41st game on Tuesday, a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks.

Former Buffalo Sabres goaltender James Reimer has signed an AHL professional tryout (PTO) with the Ottawa Senators, TSN's Darren Dreger reports. Dreger also shared that Reimer is expected to join Ottawa's roster "in a few days" with an NHL contract.