For Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, the challenge is simple: Help the Sabres get back to the playoffs.

Casey Mittelstadt has a team-worst minus-12 rating for Colorado. The former Sabre entered the weekend with just one goal in ...

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Luukkonen made 28 saves in a 1-0 loss to Minnesota on Wednesday. UPL was brilliant all night long -- he had to be because he got zero help from his teammates. The only goal he allowed was a one-timer ...