Michael Augello Mon, October 19, 2026 at 6:13 PM UTC · 2 min read About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The Buffalo Sabres returned to home after a mildly successful road trip involving Atlantic Division foes, earning four of a possible six points in an overtime and shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens and a 5-4 overtime victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The club practiced at KeyBank Center on Monday morning and had defenseman Rasmus Dahlin back.
The Sabres team captain was injured one week ago against Florida on an offensive zone faceoff early in the second period while winding up for a slapshot on Panthers goalie Akira Schmid. After a week of treatment on the unspecified injury, Dahlin feels ready to go.
"I knew it wasn't gonna be long. Let's just say that. I didn't think it was gonna take a full week," Dahlin said after practice. ready. "I think I'll be ready, and we'll see here (on Tuesday) and go from there."
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Buffalo without Dahlin fell behind in all three games against the Canadiens and Leafs, but came back in each contest, something Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff says shows how resilient his club is.
"We we're able to handle some of the adversity we've been in, whether it's getting behind in games, whether it's maybe some key personnel being out. Giving the other team the lead is not easy to always play from (behind) ." Ruff said. " I think we've learned that , if we stick to our game, we can get back in it……We've done the right thing. We've been rewarded, and we've found ways to win games."
Ruff also provided an update on some of the other players who are dinged up.
"He's just got a little bit of an upper body. We kept him off the ice with just did some work with him and (we'll) see how he is."
"Kozak (was) his first time back at practice (after suffering an upper body injury). Just got a look at him today again, too. I thought he did well ."
The Sabres take on Philadelphia on Wednesday before heading on the road to play Washington and the three California clubs.
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