DarthEbriate

Eakin, Hayden, and Skinner. Not your best forward group for defensive zone coverage.

Skinner out. Get him the hat trick! Damn.

Yes! Out to finish the game... not Eakin. The Asplund-Krebs-Olofsson line. And automatic from downtown, VO.

And I've got to see a replay, because maybe with a helluva flagrant uncalled elbow.

Mitts with a helluva shift

Great fight by Tuch on the boards. Puck pops to Skinner. To the middle. Now let's get a few empties.

Good. Goooooooooood! Let the Party flow through you!

It can never be said enough

I'm baaaaaack!

I was making/eating dinner. Whatever happened is on me. But I'm back. Let's tie this one up!

Third period. We're going in. We're going in full throttle. That ought to keep those Wild off our back.

Freakin' Eakin!

As Thompson gets experience at center and improves defensively, his stick length is going to become such an asset. We're seeing it already. But imagine a Brian Boyle type in his own zone, but with 30G+ potential.

2 more inches to the left, Krebs. Sabres finally waking up at even strength.

Dahlin is going full flow. It's not What a save! Krebs did the hand lift. Couldn't ask for a better 2-on-1 combo than Krebs with the puck to Olofsson... and then back. Great save. ... it's not business in front like Eakin.

Capes are awesome. Haircapes are not as water resistant.

Don't look now, but the Sabres have drawn even in shots. Good shot block, TT.

That's where I think Johnson has the skating ability to cover for his offhand. But Bryson is a good 6/7 option while we ramp up to our new core for the next season or two.

Cozens, Tuch, and Bjork... 3 lines represented on that shift and they just went into all-out scramble mode. Yikes. You know... if VO, Asplund, and Krebs can mesh... that's a really well-round 3rd line. Undersized/undergrit... but if you can get them an o-zone faceoff and find a 4th line of NHL-caliber heavy grinders who are defensive zone monsters next season, that'd be an OK bottom 6.

Kaprizov's vision is elite. Fun to watch.

The Wild came back from 4 one-goal deficits last night and did it another time early this year. The Sabres need to keep pushing the pace and wear them down and out.

Great play, Muel!

1st PP looks great... and the PP2 cleans up a rebound. Rinse and repeat this all night.

Dangerous looking PP

Our 4th line... Good job, Tuch. He's been missing his drive lately, but there it was.