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Day 2 of the NHL Draft in Buffalo begins at 11:00am ET with rounds 2–7 to be completed; Pittsburgh Penguins hold two second-round picks (39, 54), a third-round pick (86), and a sixth-round pick (170) after Day 1 saw Liam Ruck drafted 22nd overall by the Penguins. Watch on NHL Network or ESPN+.
The Buffalo Sabres announced their 2026 preseason schedule, a four-game slate that includes two home games at KeyBank Center (Sept. 22 vs. Columbus and Sept. 26 vs. Pittsburgh) and two road games (Sept. 21 at Pittsburgh and Sept. 24 at Detroit); ticket and broadcast details will follow, with 10-game plans on sale. Under the new CBA, preseason is capped at four games and the regular season will be expanded to 84 games.
The 2026 NHL Draft order was revealed, with the Toronto Maple Leafs holding the No. 1 pick for the first time since 2016 in Buffalo; the draft runs June 26-27 in Buffalo, and there will be 223 selections after the Leafs (including seven by Toronto). Notable notes include the Sharks at No. 2, Canucks at No. 3, and Blackhawks at No. 4, with seven teams having multiple first-round picks (Blues, Sharks, Canucks, Rangers, Flames, Kraken, Capitals). Calgary has the most top-100 picks (nine), the Rangers have 11 picks overall, the Blues 12, and the Hurricanes will make the first pick of the Stanley Cup champion at 31. The Golden Knights forfeited a second-round pick (63) and traded their first-round pick (No. 30) elsewhere, while the Minnesota Wild hold their first pick at No. 89 and the Montreal Canadiens own the final pick at No. 224.
The Athletic published a post-lottery mock draft predicting the 2026 NHL Draft’s top 16 picks, with the Toronto Maple Leafs winning the No. 1 slot and targeting Gavin McKenna; San Jose would grab Ivar Stenberg at No. 2, and a slate of defensemen and forwards fills out the rest of the first round as teams plan for the draft in Buffalo on June 26–27.
At a sold-out KeyBank Center, Buffalo erased an early 2-0 deficit to beat Boston 4-3 in Game 1, sparked by Tage Thompson’s late tying goal and Samuelsson’s go-ahead strike, with Tuch adding an empty-netter as the raucous home crowd carried the energy into a hockey-town storyline heading into Game 2.
Jason Benetti will replace an ill Brian Anderson for TNT/CBS coverage of the NCAA Tournament’s first-round games in Buffalo on Thursday, joining Jim Jackson and Allie LaForce. The four games on the slate are Louisville–South Florida, Michigan State–North Dakota State, Michigan–Howard, and Georgia–Saint Louis. Anderson hopes to return for Saturday’s second-round games, and the arrangement highlights Benetti’s growing cross-network résumé as he prepares for NBC’s lead MLB role.
A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar, Nurul Amin Shah Alam, was released from federal immigration custody and dropped off near a Buffalo coffee shop; days later he was found dead about six miles away in freezing weather, prompting a police investigation and calls for accountability. DHS says the shop placement was a 'warm, safe location' instead of direct release from Border Patrol, while Reuters notes he was released because he could not be deported as a refugee. He had previously been in local police custody on assault and weapons charges.
Newly released Buffalo body-camera footage shows the February 2025 arrest of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind refugee, during a tense encounter in which officers tased and restrained him after he brandished two poles; he spent more than a year in custody and was found dead days after being released and handed over to border officials.
A nearly blind Rohingya refugee, Nurul Amin Shah Alam, who had been released from a Buffalo jail and dropped off by U.S. Border Patrol at a coffee shop near his home, was found dead on a downtown Buffalo street; investigators are probing the circumstances as the mayor condemns federal handling as inhumane, while CBP says he chose the coffee shop for safety and showed no signs of distress; his family notes he could not read or speak English and relied on a walking stick.
Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee, was left by U.S. Border Patrol at a Buffalo coffee shop after his release from jail; five days later his body was found about four miles away. An autopsy ruled the death health-related, not exposure or homicide, but city officials, including Mayor Sean Ryan, criticized the handling as “preventable,” prompting an investigation into the events surrounding his final days.
A nearly blind Rohingya refugee named Shah Alam was released from Erie County jail and dropped off by U.S. Border Patrol at a Buffalo coffee shop; five days later his body was found four miles away. The Erie County Medical Examiner ruled the death health-related, with homicide and exposure ruled out, prompting an investigation and broad criticism from Buffalo officials who called the handling “deeply disturbing.” CBP says Alam, a refugee, was not amenable to removal and that he accepted a courtesy ride to a warm location; officials are examining the circumstances surrounding his release and death.
Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind Burmese refugee, was released from Erie County custody and dropped off by U.S. border patrol at a Buffalo Tim Hortons; he disappeared and was later found dead, with homicide detectives investigating the circumstances and timing of his release, and his family saying they were not notified. He had lived in Buffalo for about 15 months following a prior arrest.
The New York Lottery says a $1 million Powerball ticket was sold in Western New York, at a Buffalo-area 7-Eleven on Niagara Falls Boulevard; the February 23 drawing also produced a second-prize ticket, and the $218+ million jackpot remains unclaimed.
Erie County will issue a travel advisory from 10 p.m. Sunday as Western New York braces for a long-duration winter storm expected to bring heavy snow (10–20 inches in the heaviest bands) and dangerous cold with wind chills 10 to 20 below zero, making travel difficult Monday into Tuesday; officials have prepared extensive plowing resources and salt, with MLK Day closures helping snow removal and trash collection continuing as scheduled.
Buffalo’s KeyBank Center will host the 2026 Upper Deck NHL Draft on June 26-27, with Gavin McKenna, a Penn State freshman and the No. 1 North American skater in Central Scouting’s midterm rankings, poised as a likely first-round pick. The event returns to Buffalo in a decentralized format, and several other top prospects—including Ivar Stenberg, Caleb Malhotra, Tynan Lawrence, and others—are expected to go early in the first round.