DarthEbriate

Whoa! The Sabres don't get called on a trip. Then Ovie is sent to the box for a..... blown stick. Let's turn this terrible call into a 2-goal lead and send these guys home for the summer.

I didn't like that 2-goal lead anyway.

Caps announcer says the Sabres hadn't had scoring like this since the early '90s, clearly forgetting the mid-00s. Dang.

And yes, I know it's hockey 101. But he's so smooth at it, such perfect touch and placement, and he draws the defender first. There've been many a Sabres defenseman who just banks that off the boards and Tuch has to go for a change or get the puck back in the Caps zone and already be pinned to the boards by 2 Caps.

What a bank pass by Power to set Tuch off to the races. Lovely, lovely. Lotta love in here.

Krebs learned! He set up the hit, then evaded it, and feeds the shot! Lovely, lovely, lovely.

He waited to give them the most time possible before calling it. It's the right move.

That 2-goal Sabres lead heading into the third was instant Death Star mode.

Gahhh. That went right through UPL.

Could've easily been 5-2 after two based on chances, but overall a good period. Remember the Alamo Death Star. Don't let up!

Ouch.

Skinner's under their, um, skin. He's going to get a tap-in from TNT and Tuch after Tage draws all the eyes his way.

Not particularly as anything more than a 7/8 if the top 5 are stalwarts. But... he can outskate an ancient Ovie.

I think Irwin was the guy that JBot said, "We got him! We got Irwin." Or something to that effect.

24 games.

Good work by the top line. Nearly got one on a couple occasions. Keep it going, gents!

For his poor decision not to clear, that was a great board battle and holdup at the blue line by Greenway to turn that puck back into a Mitts possession for another chance. He wins on the boards. (And yes, with his size and muscle, he should.)

Greenway, that's got to come out of the zone. You're putting Dahlin and Power in a world of hurt there.

The Sabres are due for a goal on their next shot to go 4 for 8

Good drive by Thompson. Jensen had to take him down or it was turning into a Tuch shot.

We're fine. We're all fine here... now. How are you?

I think he's more hampered by his day-to-day injury. And not as much as if he were playing with Pilut.

If the refs are watching two guys battle and they both go down, they're going to let it go this time of year. They'd have called a trip or a high-stick, but the scrumming and grabbing is OK. The key is keep battling, as Mitts did, no matter what. Don't dive, don't give up, keep moving your feet. And they'll let you play.

The most fun lead in Sabres hockey! Who's ready for an entertaining 2nd?

Boushh turns on the jets to negate a good chance.