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Don't you have a waitress to stalk?

On that 1 of 3. ;)

1 of 3. Not exactly 60%. And not sure if it was him or Olofsson that was off. Thought it was Mitts , Rayzor was blaming it on Olofsson.

Umm, the 2 immediately consecutive ones were the Krebs line & then the Cozens line. Mittelstadt had nothing to do with either. Or were you referring to Fitzgerald? ;)

So, they aren't expected to give up any and because they're giving up so few goals against multiplying that really low expected goals against by a big number still results in a low expected goals for. Very LOG Line like indeed. If they can get to the point that they're playing the other teams' top lines and still doing that, that's helping to win a lot of games.

Pretty sure the attempt to add "human drama" is an attempt to get non-sport fans to watch. Doubt it works.

So, does Lyubushkin battle through the leg injury or do they only have 1 of the top 5 D-men and that 1 a rookie? Seems more appropriate for being in Carolina than Tampa. Have seen that movie before.

Best guess is Hinostroza continues to sit tonight, but really don't know.

Which is why it's important to get after Elliott early. If he's on, it'll be a long night. If he isn't, it'll be fun.

Time for Comrie to show us what he has. If the Sabres can get a couple of goals early, Elliott won't be on his game. Looking forward to this one as it could go as you say or the boys could actually pull it off. Or somewhere inbetween.

Wondering that, too.

Any word on whether the lineup stays the same or if Lyubushkin &/or Hinostroza get back in?

Would agree that the majority don't but surely some do. Should a person's entire life be defined by what they did at 12 or 13? Keep him on a short leash and make sure he realizes he burned through pretty much all his mulligans w/ that one act so he will not get the benefit of the doubt in any future action remotely sociopathic. That said, glad he isn't the Sabres issue.

Considering it appears you were the one to lock it, ...

Puck retrieval is definitely important as the 1st goal last night proved. But winning faceoffs CLEANLY in the offensive or defensive zone is more important than that IMHO. That's where defenders get forced into chasing and set plays can actually kind of work because the puck carrier has space and time and new holes almost automatically open up as the defenders chase & react. Thing is, the public faceoff stats don't seem to track that because clean wins happen so infrequently. Probably an issue w/ defining a clean win too, though if you've watched hockey, even if you can't define it, you know it when you see one.

And Dahlin with the meaningless goal.

Amerks up 4-3 off a blast by Weisbach. Biro w/ a nice drop pass to him. Less than 5 minutes left. And now 5-3 Prow from Sheahan & Murray. Just under 4 to go.

Amerks tie it on the PP off a great rush by Rousek. Getting outshot 26-14, but tied 4 minutes into the 3rd.

Bjork w/ a snipe in the last minute of the 2nd. 3-2 bad guys through 2.

3-1 in the 2nd. Walsh w/ a PP goal for the bad guys.

2 - Zip Utica. Make that 2-1 Jobst with the answer.

Utica up 1 zip off a turnover. 24 scored. (Can't make out his name P-i-P. Amerks getting outshot 9-2 1/2 way through the 1st. (Asuming the graphic is correct. Not always a good assumption.)

Amerks have 1st game of a home & home vs Uterus tonight. Sheahan's 1st game as an Amerk this year & the kid that was playing in Iowa in the ECHL also getting his 1st Amerks game on a PTO. Daws in net for the Comets. Tage's kid brother also playing for them. Just started watching it on tape delay. No score 4 minutes in.

The audio feed being about 0.25 sec ahead of the video is distracting. It was annoying when the Sabres were doing it in covid seasons & it still is. Though knowing the puck was in took the drama out of whether it would trickle in. Wonder if VO's 2nd goal will be an empty netter again.

To the bolded, yes. And one of these years he'll get his wish and Girgensons will be gone. But until it actually happens, won't expect it.