" (Zach has) been struggling with the lower body (injury) for last couple of games, to the point where he's not able to play." Ruff said after the Sabres morning skate on Saturday. "I would say it's short-term. I'll lay this out there, maybe a week. But I'm not a doctor."

The Sabres captain finished with a goal, an assist and the game-losing giveaway after losing an edge in overtime.

Before the second intermission, after Mark Kastelic scored Boston’s third goal, chaos ensued on and off the ice. An extended scrum broke out with the 10 skaters, and Bowen Byram and Nikita Zadorov had a long talk from the ends of their benches.

Marat Khusnutdinov scored 2:07 into overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Thursday night.

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Lindholm exited Thursday night’s game at the Garden in the second period after a collision with Sabres forward Jordan Greenway.

On Friday night, the Sabres got back to .500 with a 5-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. After starting the season 0-3, Buffalo is now 4-4 on the year.

Over the course of the 2025-26 season, WGR will look back after every five Buffalo Sabres games, inspired by head coach Lindy Ruff’s philosophy of gaining six points out of a possible 10 in every five-game stretch.