Clifton has sat out Tuesday against the Bruins with the illness and has lost a lot of weight, precluding him from playing against the Predators. Clifton has eight assists, 134 hits and 69 blocked shots in 46 contests this season.

According to Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio, Buffalo Sabres defenseman Connor Clifton (illness) will remain out of the lineup on Friday evening when they face the Nashville Predators. The 29-year-old has missed the previous two games and has not recovered from his illness.

On Tuesday, Thompson and Peterka became the first Sabres teammates with hat tricks in the same game since Derek Roy and Drew Stafford on Jan. 18, 2008. They finished the night with plus-six ratings, a feat no Sabres skater had accomplished since Richard Smehlik on Feb. 2, 1998.

Hopkins' second goal of the game snapped a tie with 11:01 left as the Connor McDavid-less Edmonton Oilers overcame a barrage of Buffalo shots in the final two periods to beat the Sabres, 3-2, Saturday at Rogers Place.

Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (16-15-4, 2.97 GAA, .898 save %)

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Shelby Dozier, a 34-year-old former USPS worker, admitted to stealing over $100,000 worth of sports memorabilia from September 2022 to December 2022.

Shelby Dozier, a 34-year-old man from New York City, pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a postal service employee.

Thompson earned his seventh career hat trick by producing three goals – beginning with his 102.5 mph slap shot in the first period – and he added an assist to lead the Sabres to a resounding 7-2 win over the Bruins in KeyBank Center.

Today, 14 champions will be crowned at the Passaic County wrestling tournament. Stay tuned to this page for live updates from West Milford from the first bout to last. The action is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. and wrap up with medal rounds around 2 p.m.

With the Buffalo Sabres’ season all but lost at the halfway point, as their play continues to look steadily worse and worse as each game passes, the time eventually comes that they need to assess the talent pool that they have sitting in the minor leagues.