With this, the Sabres should have one big wish for Christmas this year – trading for a proven top-six forward before the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline passes.

The Sabres outshot the Islanders 8-5 in the first period. While on the power play, Zucker extended the Sabres lead to 3-0 at 6:53 of the second. His one-timer from the high slot off a feed from Quinn at the top of the left circle beat Sorokin high glove side.

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In an historic loss to the Buffalo Sabres, the New York Islanders hit what could be rock bottom for HC Patrick Roy and his team.

The New York Islanders lost 7-1 to the Buffalo Sabres on Monday at UBS Arena. The Sabres scored early and controlled the game.

For all the ceiling the Islanders had shown just two days prior, here came the thud that has acted as a metronome to the season’s first 35 games.

Islanders play one more game before the holiday break. It's against the Sabres and it might make or break their season.

The Sabres are bad again. The Islanders are buffaloed. The Rangers are on an island. You get the picture – it’s a big, jumbled mess in the state of New York right now.

Two of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference face off as the Buffalo Sabres visit the New York Islanders. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Sabres-Islanders prediction and pick. The Sabres come into the game at 11-19-4 on the year,

including multi-goal efforts against Dallas and New York. The only time Nylander didn’t score two goals in a game last week was when he had two assists, which came against the Sabres. His three-point night in Buffalo on Friday was his third three-point ...

For the first few weeks of the season, the Buffalo Sabres appeared primed to end one of the NHL's most ignoble streaks.