The Sabres survived despite becoming the first team in NHL shot tracking history (to 1965) to score a goal in a 20-minute period without a shot on goal.

Buffalo Sabres' Peyton Krebs (19) holds off Ottawa Senators' Claude Giroux (28) during third-period NHL hockey game action in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Credit: AP/Sean Kilpatrick

The Capitals are ‘just a little off’ and drop a 4-3 shootout loss on the road against the team with the fewest points in the Eastern Conference.

Alex Nedeljkovic became the second goaltender in Pittsburgh Penguins history to score a goal during a 5-2 victory against the Buffalo Sabres, at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Friday. His score came on an empty net at 17:18 of the third period.

The Seattle Kraken scored five consecutive goals in a span of less than 14 minutes and added an empty-netter as they overcame an early deficit to embarrass the Sabres 6-2 on Saturday afternoon in KeyBank Center.

The Kraken have gone 5-1 versus Buffalo in their three-season history, although Buffalo won the most recent matchup, 6-2, last March in Seattle. This season’s series will conclude at Climate Pledge Arena on Jan. 20, kicking off a four-game western trip for the Sabres.

(Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP) Buffalo Sabres’ Peyton Krebs (19) holds off Ottawa Senators’ Claude Giroux (28) during third-period NHL hockey game action in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves, Jack Quinn scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres spoiled ... 2-0 later in the frame, taking Peyton Krebs' pass at center ice as he ...

The goal Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic scored during a 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night, naturally, was unassisted. He picked up a puck dumped in by Sabres forward Peyton Krebs and threw it the length of the ice for the 19th goalie goal in NHL history.

No one else on the Sabres is as fierce and relentless below the faceoff dots as Benson. He is shorter than most of his opponents, yet he uses that to his advantage by lifting their stick or maneuvering around a cross-check.

Each week, NHL.com will examine topics related to this season's class in the Rookie Watch. This week, the top six face-off wins leaders among NHL rookies (minimum 150 face-offs taken; players ranked according to total face-off wins): Macklin Celebrini,