Guarding cage Thursday

The Buffalo Sabres visit the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night in an Eastern Conference matchup at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh.

Luukkonen stopped 16 shots in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Ducks.

First back to Sabres practice from the 4 Nations Face-Off on Wednesday was goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, who spent the last 10 days ... broke up the group by yelling out “Dennis Gilbert, Buffalo, New York” in homage to the famous scene in “Miracle ...

The Sabres look to carry their home-ice momentum on the road. The Buffalo Sabres head to Raleigh's Lenovo Center for a Thursday night matchup with the Carolina Hurricanes. Buffalo, 6-1-0 in its last seven games and riding high after Tuesday’s third-period comeback against Anaheim, looks to keep it rolling against a slumping-of-late Hurricanes team.

We see the standings every day, so we know what this season has become for the Sabres. It’s uglier ... OT breakaway against Detroit. If only Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen could have made saves in the ...

The Sabres trailed 2-0 entering the third period despite possessing a 17-12 lead in shots. JJ Peterka scored to put them on the board early in the period, followed quickly by the tying goal from Alex Tuch. Dylan Cozens assisted on all three Sabres goals.