Though the Stanley Cup has yet to be hoisted, teams like the Buffalo Sabres have already entered into the dog days of summer. The NHL Draft and free agency lay ahead, but most are waiting in anticipation for the start of the 2024-25 NHL season.
Heading into the 2023-24 season, Tage Thompson was the best thing about the Buffalo Sabres. He was fresh off a season in which it looked like the next NHL star had officially arrived, but the vibe is markedly different one year later.
The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 in the final game of the 2023-2024 season. Our attention will turn towards the offseason, but first, let’s highlight some instant reactions from Monday’s game.
Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson exited Monday’s game vs the Tampa Bay Lightning with a lower-body injury. Thompson logged 03:11 minutes of ice time and had one shot on goal.
The 2024 Under-18 World Championship is the last chance for most of the game’s top prospects to showcase what they’re capable of ahead of the NHL Draft.
The Philadelphia Flyers couldn’t score or keep pucks out of their net once again, dropping their sixth-straight game, this time losing to the Buffalo Sabres, 4-2, in Buffalo.
Tage Thompson broke the limits of our production score against the New Jersey Devils in our latest version of Sabres Grades. He wasn’t the highest-graded player overall, but when you can score four goals in a game you’re more than making up for your faults and giving your team an outstanding chance to win.
After rallying from an early two-goal deficit to win their most recent game and keep their slim playoff hopes alive, the Buffalo Sabres will host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night in the second contest of a back-to-back set.
The Buffalo Sabres found themselves down two early to the New Jersey Devils but managed to flip the script from Wednesday and rally back to win 5-2. Tage Thompson recorded a natural hat trick to give the Sabres the lead and then capped it off with an empty net goal for his fourth of the night.
Tage Thompson scored four goals to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-2 comeback win over the visiting New Jersey Devils on Friday. New Jersey held a 2-0 lead after the first period, but Thompson got Buffalo on the board just 28 seconds into the second frame.
We have just one NHL game tonight and 15 tomorrow as this weird week of hockey scheduling continues. In the spirit of just one matchup, we'll opt for a touch of simplicity.
Here’s a bold take on the surface – playing JJ Peterka, Tage Thompson, and Alex Tuch together is detrimental to the Buffalo Sabres in the long term. Head coach Don Granato formed the line on Thursday against the Edmonton Oilers.
The Buffalo Sabres announced prior to their game against the Nashville Predators that forward Tage Thompson will miss tonight’s game and is considered day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
As we head to the weekend on the ice, we turn back to the player prop market with a trio of shooters to get the puck on net today. All can be played straight, and it's there we go to find some winners this Saturday.
The 2022-23 NHL campaign was a magical one for Buffalo Sabres star Tage Thompson, who registered a career-high 47 goals and 94 points in 78 regular-season games.
Tage Thompson netted back-to-back goals in the first period to put the Buffalo Sabres in the driver’s seat in the team’s victory over the Ottawa Senators Thursday.
The Sabres activated center Tage Thompson on Friday after a very short stint on the non-roster list.
The Buffalo Sabres announced Thursday that Tage Thompson has been assigned to the non-roster list for personal reasons. Thompson was a late scratch Wednesday night, and the team nor any reports have divulged the exact reason for his absence.
The Sabres placed star center Tage Thompson on the non-roster list after he was absent from Wednesday’s 4-1 loss to the Bruins for personal reasons.
Sabres head coach Don Granato announced to reporters Wednesday that center Tage Thompson is listed as week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
The Buffalo Sabres received a significant blow as head coach Don Granato confirmed that forward Tage Thompson will be sidelined for an extended period.
It was eventful night for the 26-year-old as at one point it did look like he could leave the game with a lower-body injury after he was involved in a collision with Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy.
Thompson was injured twice during the game. Once during the first period after losing his footing and going down awkwardly on his leg, he left in some discomfort to the locker room but later returned. Then, he blocked a shot with his wrist during the second period which is ultimately what put him out of the game.
There’s no going around it – the Buffalo Sabres are one of the leakiest teams in the NHL in the early goings of this season, especially at even strength.
April 26, 2011. Every Buffalo Sabres fan remembers that date. It was the last time the Sabres played in the playoffs.
As we begin a new week in the NHL, we turn our attention to some team totals and game overs in what is an incredibly inviting Monday slate. Rather than pinpoint the players who are involved, we'll sit back and cheer on the puck going in the net over and over again.
Bolstered in large part by Thompson’s breakthrough, the Sabres have a chance to return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2010.
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