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After the great save by Dahlin!

Cozens!!!!!

They seem to be really making a lot of strides on defensive positioning, getting sticks in the passing lanes and how to force teams to stay to the outside on them the last few weeks.

Fantastic extended penalty kill and 5 on 3 kill...didn't really give Boston many good chances...most of the shots were from outside.

If they are cut there isn't a choice

Imploding

JFC...c'mon JJP... inexcusable penalty at this point in the game.

Too aggressive at the blueline

That was a joke penalty call

Pretty obvious why Boston is #2 on the penalty kill...they are suffocating.

That wasn't on him...the puck went to another Sabre who then failed to clear. He kept Marchand pinned against the board during that time.

How is that not a penalty shot??

His defensive game has been much better the past few weeks. Much like the team overall has been honestly. Been a while since they allowed more than 3 goals and that was only last game when they were up 5-0. That play against Marchand against the boards in the Sabres end where he basically erased him into the boards and got the puck away from him was a great defensive play.

They've had two gross power plays. The other came inside the first minute of the first period on a too many men on the ice call against the Bruins

Mostly because the Sabres don't have a big lead where they will "Defend the Alamo" and basically dump the puck out over and over while the other team comes at them time and time again all period long.

20 minutes. Let's bring it home boys!

Can we just start declining penalties?

Is it weird I am really liking Krebs game over the past couple of weeks?

Not a bad period overall. They gave up some chances but Boston is too good to think you are going to shut them down completely. Thought they did a fairly good job in the Bruins zone and neutral zone of really pestering the Bruins and not letting them get easy chances to break out.

Is there a team in the league that has more "almost clears" than the Sabres do? It's like they are right there to clear the puck within 2 or 3 feet of the blueline and almost inexplicably don't clear it many times.

Have to say that I have been really impressed at how UPL has turned his game up the last 3 or 4 games...he was God Awful for the first several games, taking bad angles and letting in soft goals but it seems he has really worked hard on that and has been much better lately

I've said it before...Marchand is probably the one person in this world that if I saw him walking down the street I would just walk up to him, not say a word and just punch him in the face, consequences be damned.

Tage making people look silly in close again...it's unreal how good he is at using his long reach in close to deke people down to the ground and then go around them to get a near empty net

How the hell does this team keep getting older but still stay so good??

Really it seems to be only "can Mule stay healthy". Doesn't seem to matter who else is out, if he plays they usually win 75% of the time.