Workers could be seen Thursday on the roof of KeyBank Center in Buffalo (drone video of work above) and a team spokesperson confirmed work is underway on the renovations. Earlier this year the Buffalo Sabres announced upgrades would be made to the KeyBank Center for the 2024-25 season. The upgrades that were announced were a new state-of-the-art videoboard and a new roof. The team previously announced it hired Pike Construction Services to oversee the installation of the new roof. WATCH: Buffalo Sabres announce new roof and state-of-the-art videoboard coming to KeyBank Center for 2024-25 seaso ..read more

The Buffalo Sabres held a press conference Tuesday to introduce new head coach Lindy Ruff. It was a homecoming for Ruff, who previously served as head coach of the Sabres from 1997 to 2013 and is the winningest coach in Sabres history. "Lindy knows how to win, and he knows how to take a team to another level," Sabres owner Terry Pegula said. "He may be the most competitive person I've met in my life. He's also not going to ask anyone to do something he wouldn't do himself." Ruff also holds the franchise record in the following categories: Regular-season games coached (1,165) Playoff games coac ..read more

From the moment his name was rumored to be the next head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, Lindy Ruff became a fan favorite to take back the reigns in Western New York. But Ruff didn't need a second stint with the Sabres to be a fan favorite because fans have always remembered him as the last coach that got their team into the postseason. WATCH: Winningest coach in Buffalo Sabres history to return as team announces Lindy Ruff as new head coach Winningest coach in Buffalo Sabres history to return as team announces Lindy Ruff as new head coach During locker cleanout last week the possibility of Ruff ..read more

The winningest coach in Buffalo Sabres history will be back behind the bench next season as the team announced Lindy Ruff as the new head coach. Ruff previously served as head coach of the Sabres from 1997 to 2013. He has served as head coach of the Dallas Stars and New Jersey Devils since his departure. His 864 career regular-season wins rank fifth all-time and second among active coaches in league history. His 935 combined wins in the regular season and playoffs are tied for fourth in league history. Sabres GM Kevyn Adams said the following in an article on the team's website: I am thrilled ..read more

Since the announcement of former Sabres Head Coach Don Granato being let go by the organization, the name Lindy Ruff has been circulating. Wednesday, during locker room clean out the possibility of Ruff returning to the Sabres was welcomed by the players. "I got to meet him for the first time this year," said Alex Tuch. "I didn't even think about that; Lindy is a great, smart coach. I have always been a huge fan of his." Ruff is becoming an even more popular choice, given that he is available for a team that wants to get right to work. In addition, he checks the 'experience' box, which General ..read more

It's human nature to immediately start thinking about what's next. I bet within minutes of learning that the Buffalo Sabres were firing Don Granato, plenty of fans immediately started thinking about who the team should target as their next coach. We'll get to that, but before we do I just want to make it clear that Don Granato was not the only problem with the Sabres this season. This is the right decision because the front office needed to do something, but Granato isn't the only reason why most of their players forgot how to score. He's not the reason why the team never replaced Jack Quinn a ..read more

The Buffalo Sabres are parting ways with Head Coach Don Granato, announcing Tuesday they have fired Granato after four seasons with the team. Granato was an assistant coach under Ralph Krueger. He took over as head coach during the 2020-2021 season. During his time with the Sabres, Granato had a 122-125-27 record. This move comes one day after the Sabres finished up another disappointing regular season. They finished with a record of 39-37-6 for 84 points. The team has missed the playoffs for 13 straight seasons, the longest drought in the NHL and tied for the longest drought in North American ..read more

Dylan Cozens scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres concluded another disappointing season with a 4-2 win over the playoff-bound Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night. Jordan Greenway and Zach Benson also scored for the Sabres, who will miss the playoffs for an NHL-record 13th consecutive season. Lightning captain Steven Stamkos reached the 40-goal mark for the seventh time in his NHL career, Erik Cernak scored midway through the third period and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 31 saves for Tampa Bay, which is assured of finishing as the first wild card in the Eastern Conference. The Lightning, 0-2-1 in th ..read more

Sam Reinhart got his 55th goal of the season with 1:02 left in overtime, and the Florida Panthers clinched home ice for at least Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs by beating the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in the next-to-last regular-season game for both teams on Saturday. Reinhart took a pass from Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov and delivered the winner. Anton Lundell and Kevin Stenlund also scored for Florida, and Matthew Tkachuk had an assist his 60th of the season, the third straight year hes had that many. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots for Florida. Tyson Jost and Jack Quinn scored for Buf ..read more

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 22 shots and the Buffalo Sabres played the role of playoff spoilers with a 4-2 win over the Capitals on Thursday night, dropping Washington out of the top eight in the Eastern Conference standings. Alex Tuch, Zach Benson, Jack Quinn and Dylan Cozens, with an empty-netter, scored for the Sabres playing their last home game of the season, and two days after they extended their NHL-record playoff drought to a 13th season following a 3-2 loss at Dallas. Pittsburgh, courtesy of a 6-5 overtime win over Detroit, vaulted ahead of Washington into the East's eighth and final ..read more