mjd1001

I keep hearing 'but they got a point' or 'they saved a point'...yeah I get it. But the realy is....3 straight games a team in your conference gained a point on you. Get to 95 points is what they need on the season, but you aren't doing that with OT losses after losses.

Tuch led the league in SH goals last season..

When hes back from Injury, I'd much rather have a healthy Kozak in the lineup rather than Greenway. Not because of that penalty he just took....just overall.

Not quite 40%, at least among skaters. Doan is doing well. Timmons not much is expected from, but I'm happy with him meeting those low expectations. Josh Dunne? not really a regular. Norris? He looked pretty good in his 2 periods (TECHNICALLY not a newcomer) Kesserling? way too early to tell, not even 2 full games yet.

About time, Tuch was a clutch player the last few years, not this year. Up until now.

Maybe its just a perception thing by me. When they are losing everything looks bad I guess.

Not sure if any analytics back this up, or if there ARE any analytics to back it up, but... Its seems like the Sabres either take shots from WAY out that have no chance of going in, or they over-pass trying to set up the perfect goal and end up not even getting a shot off. There just doesn't seem to be a middle ground...make a good pass to set up a good scoring chance.

Shots are 36-16. They are likley getting 40 or more while Boston might struggle to get 20. They have to find a way to win this one.

Doan, as I said, his entire game in the offensive zone is going to the net. He's ALWAYS just going straight to the net.

Questionable goaltending game by Lyon and the inability to score on a bad goalie. And McLeod almost single handedly caused/allowed Boston's first 2 goals with bad plays.

Shots early in the 3rd: Sabres 32, Boston 14 Scoring chances: Buffalo 18, Boston 9 Score? Sabres down by multiple goals.

Except for his very first fight in the NHL back in 2018, Tage Thompson has actually handled himself really, REALLY well in fights. If he had less skill and never became a goal scorer, he might have a career as an enforcer in the NHL. He only gets in one per year though, and he's not exactly the guy I want running people. A wrist, hand, or shoulder injury, even a minor one, tanks his whole game.

Greenway has never gotten in more than 3 fights in any given year. He has a total of 12 fights, now in his 9th NHL season.

When I look at goals allowed, the blue-line is not GOOD, but often times they actually are in position and are still getting hung out to dry by the forwards coverage (or lack of) in the defensive zone. With Dahlin's PP goal, they are right near top 10 in the league in PP%. And Doan does go to the front of the net basically all the time, that is his whole game in the offensive zone. I get your point overall though.

Tuch has been invisible this game pretty much.

Spicy Indian food is under-rated. Too bad only 1 other person in my family even touches it besides myself.

Krebs had a rought start to the season, but I think his defensive game/positioning has been really good the past week or two. Of course he's not scoring at all, and that is what this team needs now.

Maybe with the assets they get, they could get the NEXT Dahlin, Power, and UPL.

Bruins team GAA vs the rest of the league this year: 3.91 Bruins team GAA vs the Sabres this year: 0.66

Ok, Korpisalo had one pretty good game last time out, but he has a 3.62 GAA and .870 save percentage even WITH that good game. He was below average last year, and pretty bad the year before. This entire Boston team is tied for the 2nd most goals allowed in the league this year. Yet through 1.5 games, the Sabres have a total of 1 goal against them.

I loved McLeod last year. Before his offseason extension I was pushing pretty hard for them to keep him and pay him decent $$. But not just tonight, this entire year, almost every game I see him play, I see a play or two where he just doesn't show any hockey IQ or awareness. He needs to turn things around. His overall play is hurting the team at this point in the season.

Power and Byram on the PP? 2 D-men on the ice at the same time? I kinda like it.

Watching that Pastrnak goal....not only did McLeod turn it over...but he failed to catch up to Pastrnak all the way up the ice. McLeod is supposedly one of the 10 fastest skaters in the league. Pastrnak has average speed at best.

They are on their way to a 3 game losing streak tonight, with 3 of the next 4 games against teams with a winning record....it may start early this year. I wouldn't bet on it, but there's a CHANCE you could be looking at a 7 game losing streak in just about a week if they don't start scoring.

Dahlin and McLeod are playing the farthest below their last year's performance.