Kulich’s final faceoff of the night came with 18 seconds remaining and the Sabres clinging to a one-goal lead in a game they desperately needed. His opponent, J.T. Miller, entered the night with a 58.7-percent success rate in the circle. Kulich won the draw and, seconds later, cleared the puck out of the defensive zone.

After missing a couple weeks for the Sabres due to injury, Kulich has been excellent in his return. The 20-year-old forward is carving out a new role on the team, and it's a huge

Thompson scored a goal on five shots and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Canucks. Thompson has two goals and three assists during his four-game point streak. He's had to deal with an evolving top line -- Jiri Kulich replaced Ryan McLeod (upper body) there a couple of games ago,

The message was sent Tuesday and, for once in this utterly bizarre Buffalo Sabres season, it was actually heard.

Seattle has a 7-1 record all-time against the Sabres and has outscored them, 40-24. And remember, this is a fourth-year franchise that has only made the playoffs once and isn't likely to get there this year either.

Jiri Kulich had a goal and two assists and the Buffalo Sabres rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Tuesday night. JJ Peterka also scored and had an assist for the Sabres, while Tage Thompson scored his team-leading 21st of the season.

With trade speculation swirling about Buffalo Sabres center Dylan Cozens, 20-year-old Jiri Kulich impressed coach Lindy Ruff on the first line.

On Botchford Project and Lunar New Year night, the Vancouver Canucks dropped a 3–2 game against the Buffalo Sabres. Phil Di Giuseppe and Elias Pettersson lit the lamp for the Canucks. Tage Thompson, Jiri Kulich,

JJ Peterka had a goal and assist in the third period, and Rasmus Dahlin had two assists for the Sabres (18-24-5), who were coming off a 6-4 loss at the Seattle Kraken on Sunday and won for the second time in five games. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen returned after missing the game in Seattle with an undisclosed injury to make 32 saves for Buffalo.

Vancouver surrendered twof third-period goals by JJ Peterka and a poor Buffalo team playing in the second leg of a back-to-back.

Zzzzzzzzzz Oh shoot, it’s a goal! Ah, yes, it came from Tage Thompson. After an icing call late in the first period, the Sabres won the draw in the Canucks’ end, and wasted little time in getting the puck into the right hands.

Jiri Kulich had a goal and two assists and the Buffalo Sabres rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Tuesday night.