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On Saturday, Marty Biron kept the Sabres off the scoreboard en route to a shutout victory.

Jhonas Enroth may be days away from his NHL debut. Enroth, the Buffalo Sabres' top goaltending prospect, joined the team for Wednesday's 3-0 victory against the New York Islanders because of an injury to Patrick Lalime.

Jason Pominville smiled every time. While sitting in the hospital, overjoyed with the birth of his first child, Pominville would hear the same line whenever a nurse came to visit.

After failing to score in the team's first 11 games, Derek Roy didn't seem to have any weight lifted off his shoulders after his goal proved the game winner in Wednesday's 3-0 victory over the New York Islanders at HSBC Arena.

The Sabres skated Tuesday afternoon at HSBC Arena with a full compliment of players back from battling various problems.

It seems as every team is now at battle with the flu early this season, and the Buffalo Sabres are no different.

The Buffalo Sabres take their highly-successful act to the Nassau Coliseum this evening, when the red-hot club takes aim at a fifth straight victory in a matchup with the New York Islanders.

I could start off with a joke -- something like, Newark, we make Detroit look nice -- but that would be too cliche.

Patrick Kaleta has not been involved in any transactions this season. Misses as good as a mile for Sabres Buffalo News It's really a simple play.

When he left the visiting bench Saturday, a star-struck teenage girl in a No. 61 jersey nervously called to him for an autograph.

Ruff lets out a little sigh, makes a remark along the lines of, "As I said yesterday," then praises the 19-year-old. Here's a little good news/bad news for Ruff.

It was over for the Panthers less than five minutes into Wednesday's game. They trailed by three goals by that point and the Sabres still weren't done in an absolutely awful first period for the Panthers.

It's really a simple play. One guy has the puck with a teammate 10 feet away. All he has to do is slide a pass to him, and the offensive charge has begun.

Tyler Myers scores his first career NHL goal and the Sabres beat the Islanders 6-3. 10/16 Tyler Myers Postgame Comments Sabres rookie defenseman Tyler Myers talks to Paul Hamilton after scoring his first NHL goal in a win over the Islanders.

Adversity, the Buffalo Sabres said, will be handled differently this season. The days of pitying themselves during tough times, which led to even rougher stretches, are over.

It's the back story that's snipped off the beginning of every highlight. The play before the play.

The streaking Buffalo Sabres will shoot for a fourth straight victory when they host the winless New York Islanders tonight at HSBC Arena.

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Sabres forward Thomas Vanek will be out for what coach Lindy Ruff termed as "weeks" after sustaining an upper body injury in a 6-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings.

Thomas Vanek scored twice and Derek Roy had three assists as part of a four-goal second period in leading the Buffalo Sabres to a 6-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night.