Locked On Sabres - Daily Podcast On The Buffalo Sabres

On the road against the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champions, the Buffalo Sabres got off to a terrible start, down two goals early. Then, Lindy Ruff rallied the troops, kicked their butts into gear, and came back to win. Led by a three-point night by Peyton Krebs, one of the best games of his entire career. The Sabres again proved they're a team that is not going to take an entire night off, e...

Following a loss to Montreal, the Sabres find themselves in the final spot in the East playoff picture. BUT NO NEED TO FEAR! The standings are still looking good both above and below them. However, this has become a big week with the Olympic break coming after just three more games. The Sabres have three tough opponents coming up to try and, at least, keep the cushion at six points between themsel...

Alex Tuch is in the final year of his contract with the Buffalo Sabres, while being the team's second leading scorer, following a hat-trick in the Sabres win over the LA Kings. As the Sabres continue to solidify their position in the playoff picture, and the trade deadline rapidly approaching, Sneaky Joe believes trading Alex Tuch away would be malpractice and the idea is a complete non-starter. W...

The Buffalo Sabres walked into Toronto, looking to put the Maple Leafs down in the playoff race, and they did exactly that with a 7-4 win. The hero of this game? Rasmus Dahlin gets his first career hat-trick and two assists to go with it, as he took the game over. Dahlin, who has dealt with so much personally, showing up for the Sabres has been one of the best stories of the season. A look at his...

For the first time in a very long time, the Buffalo Sabres are a better hockey team than the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Sabres have been getting great goaltending, scoring from their blueline, and a consistent effort from all four lines. Their results have followed suit. Meanwhile up in Toronto, the Leafs are giving up more goals than anyone, can't score on the powerplay, and are sorely missing Mitc...

The Buffalo Sabres have not one hot goalie, not two hot goalies, but THREE hot goalies since their winning ways started in early December. Alex Lyon is now tied for the Sabres franchise record for wins in a row with nine, one away from having it all to himself after shutting out the New York Islanders. Numbers show that since the ten-game win streak began, Lyon and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen have been t...

The Buffalo Sabres had a massive game in the standings against the Canadiens, and they went into Montréal and grabbed two points. Jumping out to another hot start, featuring Jason Zucker, the kid line getting another goal, this time from Zach Benson, and a sixty minute effort from Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen got the job done. The win puts the Sabres within two points of Montréal for a top-three spot in t...

The Buffalo Sabres and Josh Doan have agreed on a new seven year contract worth $6.95M per year! Doan has been one of the best surprises of the season, adding an offensive element to his incredible effort physically and defensively, for a terrific all around player. At just 23-years old, this feels like a great time to get a deal done. The trade looking back for Doan and Michael Kesselring for JJ...

Lindy Ruff put together a kid line of Zach Benson - Noah Ostlund - Konsta Helenius for the last two games, and in Nashville that line went off in the first period. Two Ostlund goals and a three point effort from Helenius, including his first NHL goal, got the Sabres out to a big lead early that they needed having played the night before. Helenius showed off his amazing shot and the line showed the...

The Buffalo Sabres went down to Carolina looking for their first win their in a decade, and looked like they were going to pull it off, before Brandon Bussi had something to say about it. The Hurricanes' hot rookie goaltender stood on his head on several occasions to rob Tage Thompson and other Sabres' from at least two, if not three, sure thing goals. Not to mention the Hurricanes being allowed t...

Buffalo Sabres fans couldn't have had a better night on 2005-06 Reunion Night, with a great ceremony before the game bringing back all the alumni of 20 years ago, and the team on the ice gave them a ton to cheer about afterwards. Tage Thompson was the catalyst for all of that, with a point on every one of the Sabres goals, including a hat-trick. Tage was on fire, scoring on almost every opportunit...

The Buffalo Sabres are hosting 05-06 reunion night celebrating what Sneaky Joe calls the most BELOVED team in Buffalo Sabres history. We head down memory lane remembering Brain Campbell's hit on RJ Umberger, Danny Briere's double OT winner vs Philadelphia, Tim Connolly's heroics against the Senators in Game 1, and plenty of other amazing memories. If this Sabres team could steal one player from th...

The Buffalo Sabres have a lot of things that are working right now. The one thing that is going HORRIBLY wrong is the powerplay. The Sabres powerplay has been at it's best this year when Zach Benson has been on the number-one unit. However, who's spot would Benson take with Josh Doan and Jason Zucker being two of their most reliable players on the man-advantage this year. Should Lindy Ruff conside...

The Buffalo Sabres are ahead in the Eastern Conference playoff race, sitting in the first Wild Card position, over their Monday opponent, the Florida Panthers. With all games this week being at home, the Sabres need big performances to build a lead over the likes of Florida, Washington, and to track down Montreal for the third spot in the Atlantic Divison. Sneaky Joe looks at the Panthers matchup,...

The Buffalo Sabres have now won 13 of their last 14 games following their win against the Ducks. The building was packed, loud, and the Sabres gave the fans a lot to cheer about. Jack Quinn leads the way with two goals, the opening goal, and the game-winning goal. Sneaky Joe was impressed all the way around by the Sabres effort. Skating, hits, defense, fights, goals... but only for 55 minutes. The...

Mattias Samuelsson can't stop, won't stop. Against the Rangers, Samuelsson had another incredible game, shutting plays down defensively, setting up Josh Doan to open the scoring, and firing a laser shorthanded to close the game, getting the win for the Sabres. Samuelsson's season continues to be dumbfounding, with some stats showing him being one of the five most valuable players in the entire NHL...

Jarmo Kekäläinen's first monster move as GM of the Columbus Blue Jackets was to acquire Artemi Panarin in a trade. Will history repeat itself? There is reason to believe the New York Rangers would be open to moving their best player, who's contract expires at the end of the season. Could Jarmo and the Buffalo Sabres swoop in for Panarin? There are lots of things that make a trade difficult, includ...

The Buffalo Sabres built up a huge 4-0 lead over the lowly Vancouver Canucks and with just ten minutes to go, but still managed to let them back in the game, in part due to a baaad goal given up by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. Was it a good game from UPL? Sneaky Joe argues that the third goal he gives up is more evidence that he can never fully be trusted, even within a game where he was otherwise awesom...

The Buffalo Sabres face the Vancouver Canucks looking to bounce back from their first loss in weeks and they'll get Jason Zucker back into the lineup, hopefully to get a powerplay going that hasn't scored in six games. Who's spot will Zucker take? Is he enough to save their powerplay? Plus, Noah Ostlund's demotion in the lineup is tough to take, but does show off the Sabres depth up front. The Can...

The Buffalo Sabres went to Columbus win a 10-game win streak and left with a 0-game win streak. How much of the Sabres 5-1 loss was on Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen's shoulders? How much of it was just running into a hot goalie in Jet Greaves? How will the Sabres bounce back with a bunch of home games coming up? Past mistakes show the next few games are huge. Plus, Jason Zucker's return is coming, but is N...

The Buffalo Sabres have three players that are headed to the Olympics in Milan! Tage Thompson, after putting in years of effort becoming a great hockey player and showing out at the World Championships, makes Team USA for the Olympics. Sneaky Joe sees Tage playing wing in the middle-six of the lineup, and likely the team's second powerplay unit. Rasmus Dahlin will play a big role for Sweden, but h...

The Buffalo Sabres walked into Dallas with a nine game win streak and left with a ten game win streak, led by a super performance by Tage Thompson. Tage leads the way with two goals and an assist, including the most impressive wrist shot we've seen from a Sabre all season. Sneaky Joe breaks down Tage's game, along with Noah Ostlund who made a big impact, Bo Byram who scored his ninth goal of the y...

The Buffalo Sabres, without Alex Lyon due to injury, face an elite team in the Dallas Stars, as they look to tie a team record ten wins in a row. With Lyon out, the Sabres turn to Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to carry the load in goal, against a backup goalie for Dallas in Casey DeSmith. Sneaky Joe breaks down the Stars, who are an elite powerplay team led by Wyatt Johnston and Jason Robertson that punish...

The Sabres can't stop winning! The win streak reaches nine games, one off a franchise record, after a 4-2 win over the Blues that the Sabres dominated from the second period on. The line of Zach Benson, Ryan McLeod, and Jack Quinn were especially dominant and put away the game winning goal early in the third period. Rasmus Dahlin's return to the lineup helps, Noah Ostlund continues to contribute a...

The Buffalo Sabres are looking for their ninth win in a row and to jump into a playoff spot against the St. Louis Blues. The Blues have the worst goal differential in the NHL, by a lot, but they might not be a team to sleep on, especially with Joel Hofer starting in goal. The Blues defense core led by Justin Faulk is a deep unit that is a real threat to the Sabres. Are the Sabres the better team o...