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That's one point now lets get the other one now

They are just holding on at this point

Nice!!

Utah has 22 scoring chances? Really?

I don't respect people that do gambling commercials

Come on PP!!

20% is not bad

Nice pass to Kesselring, and did he set up Quinn, too?

Pretty fun game so far, Sabres need to bury a chance

Quinn looking good so far

Someone should have a sign, Thanks JJ, we are so grateful for Doan!

https://sabrenoise.com/4-players-who-need-to-dominate-to-help-short-handed-buffalo-sabres-against-mammoth-01k95ts6m4ba The Utah Mammoth are coming to town on Tuesday to play the Buffalo Sabres, and the Mammoth are playing some of the best hockey around the league. Even with losing their last two games, they are 7-3 over their past 10 and tied for fifth in the league in goal differential at +8. While the Sabres have been good at home, with a 5-2-1 record, this is shaping up to be a tough matchup for them. They have already been dealing with multiple injuries and appear likely to be without Jason Zucker and Jiri Kulich, who were considered doubtful for this game. If the Sabres are going to win this game, they are going to need big performances from some of their top stars, along with a few other players who have gotten off to great starts this season. 4 Buffalo Sabres to watch against the Utah Mammoth Rasmus Dahlin There isn't another player on the Buffalo Sabres who can impact the game, end-to-end, and in almost every situation. Rasmus Dahlin is their best defenseman, a threat in the offensive zone, and a big part of their power play when he is at his best. The challenge is that Dahlin hasn't been at his best to begin the season with only one goal and a +/- of -8. He appeared to turn a corner against the Boston Bruins with his second multi-point game of the season, but then had an ugly turnover in overtime that cost Buffalo the game. If Dahlin can put together one of those elite performances he is certainly capable of, it will drastically boost the Buffalo Sabres' chances to secure the win. Tage Thompson Tage Thompson is another player who got off to a slow start for the Buffalo Sabres but has been playing much better as of late, with six points in the past five games. The Sabres don't have a better shooter than Thompson, and it would be surprising if Buffalo won this game and Tage Thompson didn't have at least one goal. The biggest challenge for Thompson is that he is going to have to do it almost all himself and do it from center. For most of the season, he has been on the wing, but without Josh Norris, Zach Benson, and potentially Kulich, it will likely leave him with Jordan Greenway and maybe Jack Quinn. The Mammoth is going to have a ton of attention dedicated to Thompson so it won't be easy. However, he is good enough to work through these and make some big plays for Buffalo. Alex Tuch While it may be considered the 'second' line for the Buffalo Sabres, there is no question that Josh Doan-Ryan McLeod-Alex Tuch have been their best this season. This group has delivered on a consistent basis with an xGoal% of 61.9% and a team-leading xGoal of 6, which is 2.5 more than the next line on the Sabres of Benson-Kulich-Thompson. Tuch has been a big part of their success, and he is currently leading the team in points with 12, and leads the team in goals (4) and assists (7) in 5v5. The Sabres are going to probably do everything they can to keep this line unchanged, and if they do, this group has to deliver with Tuch leading the way. Josh Doan The final player is another on that line in Josh Doan, but he is on this list because of what he does when the Sabres are on the power play. He has been a big part of their success and is tied for the team lead in power-play goals with two, while also adding a power-play assist. The Mammoth have been good in a lot of areas, but penalty kill hasn't really been one of them and they currently rank 22nd in penalty kill percentage at 75%. If there is one area that can keep this game close is if the Sabres can capitalize on the man advantage with Doan leading the way.

Is there a statistic showing zone time possion on PPs? Do the Sabres do a better job of not giving up the blue line causing other team to fall back and waste time regrouping? Lord knows we have had our problems getting into the zone and setting up.

Not sure why he scares you and he is part of the regular PK unit, not just when someone like Tuch is taking a penalty Love seeing the young players rounding into solid two way players

The defence overall has been much improved

Jack Quinn has been a key penalty killer. What does that tell us? 🤷‍♀️

A wrist shot is a really specialized process, not entirely different from pitching a baseball. I was practicing with a goalie years ago and he would start to move to where I was going to shoot before I was even shooting. Obviously I was not going to score like that. Then I watched how Jack Eichel shoots and he has this sweeping wrist shot that begins way back behind him and gets released in front of him and I emulated that and it worked really well. Not so much for speed of shot but for deception. I was skating in over blueline and let fly a wrister, not super hard, but low to stick side and goalie never moved. He just could not pick up where shot was going coming off the blade and my body language did not give it away. I also could choose where to shoot all the way up until release. I bring this up because now they are using AI and computer biomechanic programs with players wearing sensors to map out their shots and offer improvements. In baseball pitchers it has improved performance a lot. That video I posted also made a big deal about how athlete's bodies are more specialized. Do NHL scouts measures players arms or whatever body part they feel is important for them to have great shots? I'd be surprised if they didn't. Maybe Zac Benson's arms are not "shooters" arms or something and that's why he fell in draft. And I'd be shocked if stick technology has not been improved to help shooting. Maybe in this period of hockey history shooters have regained the edge and goalies will get new skills and equipment or whatever to take back the edge.

This is a great Ted talk about how and why athletes do better over time. I can’t help but think it might apply here, though I totally admit I have no evidence. We all know that goalie equipment got way better from the early 1980’s when Bob Sauve was playing. That made goalies better by the 90’s. Just wonder if the sticks shooters are using have also taken a recent bigger step forward. I know they have gotten better in the past but has there been a recent step forward in stick technology? On top of that, has training in shooting improved? I know baseball players have programs for biomechanics that improve them, hockey players surely must also

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Good god

No word on who is in the crease?