Thomas Vanek had two goals and an assist and Mikael Tellqvist stopped 34 shots Saturday in the Buffalo Sabres' 6-1 win over Boston. Matt Ellis and Tim Connolly had a goal and an assist apiece for the Sabres (41-32-9), who won three straight to end their regular season but fell short of making the playoffs. Mark

Ryan Miller made 32 saves Wednesday, allowing Buffalo to keep its slim playoff hopes alive with a 3-1 victory over Toronto. The Sabres moved within four points of the eighth-place New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference.

Ilya Kovalchuk scored with 29 seconds left in overtime Wednesday, lifting Atlanta to a 3-2 victory over Buffalo. The Sabres had a three-game winning streak snapped and suffered the loss of a badly -needed point in their chase for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Buffalo is 10th in the East, trailing No.

The Buffalo Sabres, led by Jaroslav Spacek's one goal and one assist Thursday night, recorded a 3-1 victory against the Florida Panthers. Spacek's eighth goal this season staked Buffalo to a 1-0 advantage at 3:04 of the first period, and the assist came on Daniel Paille's goal at 17:05 of the first. Thomas Vanek's 34th (power play) capped the scoring. Patrick Lalime was credited with 30 saves on 31 shots for the Sabres, who have split their last four contests.

Nick Foligno scored his 12th and 13th goals Saturday night to help the Ottawa Senators bag a 6-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Foligno's 12th gave Ottawa a 3-2 lead at 19:28 of the second period and his 13th upped the lead to 5-3 at 15:16 of the third. Daniel Alfredsson also scored twice, once on the power play.