Sabres fall to Stars, Ruff

The Sabres looked much better in the second period, and came close to tying the game when O’Reilly spun hard inside the blue line before laying the puck off to Rasmus Ristolainen, whose deflected shot hit Niemi. Janny and I got a little time together in the preseason.

Bozak had his first power-play goal of the season, Leo Komarov had Toronto’s first short-handed goal, and James van Riemsdyk also scored to help the Leafs win for the fourth time in five games.

The Dallas Stars are learning how to win games outside of their comfort zone. NHL.com’s Joe Yerdon said that Ruff wanted no part of discussing the significance of a no goal call in Buffalo when asked about it. Spezza then redirected Goligoski’s shot from the slot. “Win 1-0 and not offer up the opposition a chance to get back in the game”.

Just like bad bounces, it is reasonable to expect that the coach’s challenge will even itself out as the season progresses, but it is indeed frustrating to fans in Buffalo at the moment as we see momentum getting killed and points getting snatched away from the Sabres.

Spezza increased Dallas’ lead to 2-0 at 7:35 of the third period with a deflection in front of the Sabres’ net. “In my mind, I’m thinking anywhere from two to three and a half at the most“, Kane said. “I thought he skated well”.

Ryan O’Reilly’s power-play goal with 6:57 to play broke Niemi’s shutout bid.

BOSTON – Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton scored 25 seconds apart in the second period to put the San Jose Sharks ahead for good and they held on to beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 on Tuesday night. The center curled inside the right circle and fired a hard wrist shot to the blocker side to make it 2-1.

Seguin scored an empty-net goal with 1:27 remaining to thwart Buffalo’s comeback attempt.

While Bogosian might play, center Zemgus Girgensons may not. He’s been out since suffering the MCL injury against New Jersey on October 24, less than four weeks ago. LW Travis Moen, D Jamie Oleksiak and D Patrik Nemeth were scratched for the Stars….

Dallas’ equipment crew mistakenly spelled the Finnish player’s name “Nieme”.