“We Got Out-Battled” | Lindy Ruff After Buffalo Sabres Loss To Winnipeg Jets

just after the first period as a group just not hard enough to play against that team. I thought they won, you know, if you look at some of those opportunities in the second period where we had uh loose pucks ran around their net twice uh you know, I thought we got out battled uh on an opportunity to put a puck in an empty net. What’ you think of the first period? I mean, you seem to have the pace you wanted and just couldn’t Well, I think now we haven’t we haven’t we’ve got one even strength rule where we don’t have one last six periods of play. You’re not going to win any road games if you don’t score five on five. After the Minnesota game, the guys were raving about scoring some dirty goals. Is that a mentality they just need to enter the game with that they’re going to go to the paint? They’re going to battle for pucks there. Yeah. Well, you can throw a Minnesota game. I mean, we got uh we had two ugly goals there that, you know, allowed us to tie the game. We I I thought we’d deferred to some cute plays tonight, especially even late in the third period where right in the slot and they passed off some plays. Um but we handed them two goals at the same time. I mean, we gave him a two and0, we gave him a penalty shot. They didn’t give us those opportunities. How much, you know, you look at the top turnover Thompson’s got no goals in six games. Norris struggled defensively. Top guys have to produce. Yeah. No, they they do have to produce. You know, it might be just time to shake up big shake up of the lines and um and try to get something done.

Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff spoke with the media after the team’s 4-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on December 5, 2025 in Winnipeg. He talked about missed opportunities in front of the net, how the team deferred to some “cute” plays, and more.

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6 comments

  3. The same retreaded presser after each loss,no matter which coach is in charge,for a decade and a half.When Will this “Twilight Zone” episode finally end?

  5. Love Lindy but it’s the same issues as last year. Something is not working & nothing has changed. They are now healthy. Get KA out of here & get someone in here to run this team.

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