Archives for November 2018

‘Despite playing with only four defensemen and having to kill Johan Larsson’s double minor for high sticking, the Sabres went into the second intermission with the score tied, 3-3, and took the lead 2:29 into the third with Tage Thompson’s shot from the right circle. Buffalo was 10-0-2 in one-goal games this season and the third period had often been its best.’

‘”It’s very difficult in today’s game with the parity in this league to have a streak like that,” Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos said after his team’s morning skate. “When things are going right like they are for them, you just have that mentality every night you’re going to find a way to win. They’re playing with confidence in situations where maybe in the past for them, it didn’t go their way.”‘

‘”It shows us we can win every night we go out there,” captain Jack Eichel said, head held high in the dressing room after the taut thriller. “And I think that should be our mindset, no matter what. … We should expect to win every night we go on the ice. That’s kind of the confidence you build through a winning streak like that.”‘

‘”It’s a little weird to kind of start the season in November, almost December now,” Hunwick said prior to the game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. “I felt like I had a great summer and then to have an injury come up late in the summer … Especially being part of a new organization, you want to be able to come in and put your best foot forward and it’s kind of been a slow process. I’m thankful to be back on the ice with the group.”‘

‘The Lightning, 18-7-1 and now in first place with 37 points, rallied in the third period with goals by Steven Stamkos and Cedric Paquette, whose wrist shot at 14:19 gave Tampa Bay the lead and prevented the Sabres from mounting their sixth third-period comeback of the season.’