Beginning with the early days of Roger Crozier, the Buffalo Sabres have an illustrious history of goaltenders. It’s a franchise with nine Vezina Trophies to its name: a shared trophy for Bob Sauve and Don Edwards, one each for Tom Barrasso and Ryan Miller, and of course the six won by Dominik Hasek at the height of his all-time great career.

BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres host the Los Angeles Kings as winners of four straight games. Buffalo is 16-6-3 at home and 30-17-5 overall. The Sabres have gone 10-3-3 in games they score one or more power-play goals. Los Angeles is 22-16-13 overall and 14-6-6 in road games. The Kings are 17-1-7 when scoring at least three goals.

Expert recap and game analysis of the Buffalo Sabres vs. New York Rangers NHL game from January 8, 2026 on ESPN.

With 44 seconds remaining, empty-net sniper Peyton Krebs buried another long attempt to silence the Canadiens crowd for good. These days, nobody’s more dangerous with an open cage than Krebs, who’s finished the job in back-to-back games and four times this season.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brandon Bussi made 17 saves for his 18th win of the season, Seth Jarvis scored the go-ahead goal on a power play early in the third period and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Monday. Andrei Svechnikov had a ...