Dustin Wolf had been talked about as the goalie of the future for the Calgary Flames. The future is now. The 23-year-old has been stellar in his first full NHL season, going 16-7-2 with two shutouts,

Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and two assists to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.

The Sabres were properly pleased with their 5-on-5 play but were as aghast as they should have been with their power play – which went 0 for 6 in the

The Sabres earned a commanding 58-40 lead in 5-on-5 shot attempts and drew seven minor penalties, the first of which saw Jonathan Huberdeau open the scoring on a shorthanded breakaway. Rasmus Dahlin had attempted to break up a clearing attempt, but the puck banked off his stick and toward Huberdeau as he exited the Calgary zone.

Last year's No. 1, the Sabres still have a good pool, with five legit prospects and quantity that runs deep into the teens.

With the Flames on the penalty kill with about eight minutes remaining, Wolf came up clutch with a pair of denials in a three-second span. Even as JJ Peterka’s sharp-angle attempt rattled off his mask, he was unfazed — and exactly where he needed to be — to road-block Alex Tuch’s crack at the rebound.

Dustin Wolf is gunning to change that. With his 32-save performance against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday, the 23-year-old netminder improved to 17-7-2 with a .918 save percentage through 26 ...

Tage Thompson and J.J. Peterka on Tuesday each had a hat-trick and an assist to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 7-2 win against the Boston Bruins. Thompson and Peterka became the first pair to score a hat-trick in the same game for the Sabres since 2008.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka each had a hat trick and an assist to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 7-2 win against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. Thompson and Peterka became the first pair to score a hat trick in the same game for the Sabres since 2008.

The Buffalo Sabres lost to the Calgary Flames on Thursday, 5-2, but in reality, it was a one-goal game because of two empty net goals. Paul Hamilton has more:

The Calgary Flames' short-term goal is to find a way to knock off the host Minnesota Wild on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.

The Calgary Flames handed the Buffalo Sabres a 5-2 loss, and in the process expanded their wild card lead to three points. The win moved their record to 23-16-7