Sabres rally to beat Stars, Gerbe nets SO winner

Nathan Gerbe scored the decisive shootout goal in the fifth round and the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Friday night.

Nathan Gerbe scored the decisive shootout goal in the fifth round and the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Friday night. Derek Roy forced overtime by scoring with 39 seconds left, and Thomas Vanek also scored to help the Sabres improve to 5-0-1 in their last six games. Ryan Miller made 24 saves in helping the Sabres (24...

The Buffalo Sabres recalled right wing Zack Kassian from Rochester on Saturday and demoted center Luke Adam. The 21-year-old Kassian has three goals and three assists with the Sabres this season. Adam, meanwhile, has 10 goals and 10 assists in 52 games but has gone nearly two months without a point. Kassian is expected to be in the lineup for Saturday's game against Tampa Bay.

Thomas Vanek said yesterday that he is feeling much better than he had been last week.Today, after another practice with his teammates, Vanek said that his upper body injury is healing to the point where he will likely be in the lineup for the Dallas Stars game in Buffalo on Friday night. Vanek skated in place of Paul Gaustad today at practice. Goose was not on the ice, and its not known if...

Both the Tampa Bay Lightning and Buffalo Sabres are trying to make a push into playoff contention. Both teams, though, still have a lot of work remaining. The surging squads meet Saturday in Buffalo, where the Sabres will try to extend a pair of point streaks at the expense of the Lightning. Buffalo (24-24-6) is currently in 11th place in the East, eight points behind Toronto...

Nathan Gerbe scored the decisive shootout goal in the fifth round and the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Friday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Nathan Gerbe scored the decisive shootout goal in the fifth round and the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Friday night.

Here are the lines from warm-ups: 23-9-29 42-63-21 22-28-36 26-37-8 Vanek on the fourth line in warm-ups. This is subject to change. **** Andy Strickland of truehockey.com is reporting that contract talks between the sabres and soon-to-be free agent centre Paul Gaustad have stopped. Goose is in the final year of his deal with the Sabres. There are several teams looking for...

Nathan Gerbe scored the decisive shootout goal in the fifth round and the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Friday night. Derek Roy forced overtime by scoring with 39 seconds left, and Thomas Vanek also scored to help the Sabres improve to 5-0-1 in their last six games.

Buffalo, NY – It took until the latter stages of the game, but the Sabres (24-24-6) were finally able to cash in on their countless opportunities as they rallied to defeat the Dallas Stars(28-23-3) 3-2 in a shootout in front of the home crowd at First Niagara Center. Derek Roy was able to force overtime when he put the puck past Dallas goaltender Kari Lehtonen with just 39...

Nathan Gerbe scored the decisive shootout goal in the fifth round and the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Friday night.

Lindy Ruff is selling it. I'm not buying it. The coach said after today's skate that his forst line left winger and leading goal scorer, Thomas Vanek, will play with line mates other than Roy and Pominville tonight against Dallas. I don't like the idea.

Nathan Gerbe scored the decisive shootout goal in the fifth round and the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Friday night.

Nothing makes me happier than watching Boston Bruins tough Milan Lucic guy work over a rat like Patrick Kaleta. Kaleta is one of those players that thinks he is pretty tough when he is out on the taking runs at other teams skilled players. I am actually surprised that Kaleta fought a guy like Milan Lucic. At the end of the night Kaleta catches the ire of Bruins defenseman...

Both the Tampa Bay Lightning and Buffalo Sabres are trying to make a push into playoff contention. Both teams, though, still have a lot of work remaining. The surging squads meet Saturday in Buffalo, where the Sabres will try to extend a pair of point streaks at the expense of the Lightning. Buffalo (24-24-6) is currently in 11th place in the East, eight points behind Toronto...