Andrew Amerk

Mittelstadt Ullmark Skinner Tage Wowie Ichel (sp?) Nelson

Two of the hottest scorers in the NHL will face off when the Montreal Canadiens host the Buffalo Sabres at Bell Centre on Thursday. Max Domi of the Canadiens and Jeff Skinner of the Sabres each have eight goals since Oct. 20, tying Timo Meier of the San Jose Sharks for the most in the league in that span. Both squads were lottery teams last season, but they found themselves holding down the two wild cards in the Eastern Conference entering games Wednesday. The Canadiens (8-5-2) are in the first wild-card position while the Sabres (7-6-2) were in the second spot. Both teams are coming off losses to the New York Rangers. Montreal lost 5-3 to the Rangers on Tuesday and Buffalo dropped a 3-1 decision Sunday. The Canadiens will be looking for forwards Domi and Tomas Tatar to continue to show hot hands. Domi scored his team-leading ninth goal (tied with Brendan Gallagher) while Tatar had two goals, including his first 23 seconds into the game in the loss to the Rangers. The Canadiens, playing the second half of a back-to-back against the Rangers, couldn't hold a 3-1 lead in the third period at Madison Square Garden. Domi has already equaled his goal output from last season with the Arizona Coyotes. He was obtained in a trade that sent Alex Galchenyuk to the Coyotes. Montreal lost forward Joel Armia after a knee-on-knee hit with Rangers defensemen Brendan Smith in the second period Tuesday. Like the Canadiens with Domi, the Sabres are benefiting from an offseason acquistition with Skinner, obtained in a trade for prospect Cliff Pu and three draft picks from the Carolina Hurricanes. He has scored his eight goals since he was put on a line with Jack Eichel and Jason Pominville. Skinner got off to a slow start with no points in his first four games, but has been on fire. He has 16 points in his past 11 games. "The adjustment has gone pretty smoothly here," Skinner told The Buffalo News on Wednesday. "The first three, four games didn't work out the way I wanted them to personally and not as a team, either. But individuals tend to feel their success like the team. All the guys here have been very welcoming and it's been a really smooth transition for me away from the rink as at the rink. And I'm happy we're going pretty well as a team." Skinner had six 20-goal seasons for the Hurricanes. "I can't believe how strong he is on his stick and on his feet," Sabres coach Phil Housley said, according to The Buffalo News. "He doesn't get bounced off pucks. The one thing that's intriguing is the way he's stripping pucks from behind. He never dies on a play and is always trying to find a way to get that puck back, whether it's on the forecheck or reloading back into our own zone." The Sabres have won one of their past five games, a 9-2 blowout of the Ottawa Senators at home on Saturday. They are 1-2-2 in that span. (Normal GDT rules are suspended for this game, per my call, since it is against the Habs. Prison rules apply today.)

I will be at the game Friday. First hockey game for my 1 year old daughter. She’s got Amerks gear ready to rock!

I want a chili dog.

All that I gathered from the article is that some woman valued money over the life of a child.

Won’t happen, but Risto needs to sit for a game or two. How many damn times was he unable to hold the puck in the zone at the point? One of the most common plays that a D needs to make.

“How does a man with discerning taste find a suit?” Then the Napoli’s commercial features a kid that looks 16.

Wow. Really sold that penalty.

I did too, when it was 2-0. Very rare from me. Woke up and it was 3-2.

Sorry, @jsb but you’ve lost 2 in a row and I’m 1-0 this season. The two teams with the worst records in the NHL’s Eastern Conference last season will meet in a home-and-home series that starts Thursday night at Canadian Tire Centre. One is showing signs of struggling again and the other is making a move toward respectability. The Buffalo Sabres (6-4-2) will be coming off their best October in seven years when they visit the Ottawa Senators (4-5-2) in the first game of a back-to-back set that concludes Saturday afternoon in Buffalo. The Sabres — who finished in the conference cellar, five points back of the Senators in 2017-18 — have gone five games without a regulation-time loss. “I think if you asked me if we were 6-4-2 after the month of October, we’d be pretty happy with that and where we sit right now,” second-year coach Phil Housley told The Buffalo News after Wednesday’s practice. “In saying that, you always want more … but when you look over the body of work, I really like the way we played, maybe since the game in San Jose (Oct. 18, the last time they didn’t pick up at least a point). “Even though it was a lopsided (5-1) loss, I liked the way we played five-on-five. If you’re asking me if I had to evaluate October, I think we’ve met our expectation moving forward, but we can’t rest on our laurels. We’re playing some tough teams coming up here.” The Senators have not fallen into that category of late. They are coming off a three-game road trip to Colorado, Vegas and Arizona. They were outscored 15-7 and saw their losing streak extend to four games. Particularly irksome to coach Guy Boucher was the first period at Arizona on Tuesday. Goalie Mike Condon was the scapegoat, after giving up three goals on 11 shots that included a floater from the far blue line, and he was placed on waivers the next morning. But Boucher made it clear he was not happy with the team as a whole. “We (had not) seen that in the exhibition games, we (had not) seen that in the first 10 games,” Boucher told Postmedia. “I’m not a big fan of wasting a period.” With Condon expected to clear waivers and get demoted to the minors, the Senators will be relying on 37-year-old goalie Craig Anderson, who has already played in eight straight games. Needed is someone capable to give him a break, with 15 games on Ottawa’s November schedule and seven back-to-backs before the end of December. The Sabres also have 15 November games and, like the Senators, start the month with three in four days. “I think we believe we have a pretty good team here,” winger Jeff Skinner, who leads the Sabres with six goals, told The Buffalo News. “We want to try to work towards getting points every night. That’s the goal. When you go to a game and you have a chance to win and get two points, for us, that’s what we focus on.” Expected lines: Skinner-Eichel-Pominville Sheary-Sobotka-Okposo Elie-Mittelstadt-Reinhart Berglund-Larsson-Girgensons McCabe-Ristolainen Scandella-Bogosian Dahlin-Nelson Remember GDT rules:  No acne jokes No telling Mr. Flagg to STF..... you know the rest Logo hate was grandfathered into the rules so that's ok Please look for previous made GDT's before posting yours Must Win Please do not quote an entire obnoxiously long post (such as this) Please start a new thread if you want to cry some more about ROR trade LETS GO BUFFALO

Are you saying Rumun Ndur is a scratch???

Thanks. I see it now that I watched the NHL.com slowed down showing of it. The sportsnet real time ones I watched at first, I wasn’t seeing it.

That’s what she said.

I don’t want to quote the post, but that was a great summary PA.

As much as I want to rip on Risto and HCPH’s poor choices in that OT, I’m going OT bite my tongue. Maybe later.

Larry Quinn sighting.

Idk if my contacts are smudged, but during a quick camera closeup of Tage in the 1st, it looked like he had a vampire or zombie kind of makeup thing going on... Did anyone else see this? If his face ISNT slightly painted - is there any odd NHL rule against a player going out there and playing with a painted face?

Maybe I’m blind? I didn’t see a hit to the head. ?‍♂️

Slow start for the boys, but they really picked it up at the end of the period. Hope to see less stupid penalties from Buffalo moving forward, and I might lose my marbles if Okposo takes a stupid one like usual tonight. Sabres need to keep the foot on the pedal in the 2nd!

That Calgary logo is blinging. Must win.

No, but the board rips on Lehner amidst severe mental issues, Okposo during suicidal thoughts, CoHo with his issues, Dahlin and Eichel with acne, Myers and marfans, Tin Man Tim...the list goes on.

I honestly don’t care at this point. I’m on a Sabres forum. I was a Bills fan growing up, but between their losing record for 20 years, and the obnoxious rule changes in the league, I no longer avidly follow football or the Bills. I have a passing interest, and to make a pun, the management must not with how woeful the QBs have been for how long now?

This is an excellent observation.

They have a defense?

Sounds like a loss for the Jills?