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  1. VS Television: MSG Radio: WGR 550 am At: KeyBank Center ESPN Game Preview: http://www.espn.com/nhl/preview/_/gameId/401044454 The surprising Montreal Habs are 5-1-2 to start the season and play the Sabres who are coming off a 2 game road winning streak and a successful west coast road trip winning 3 of 5. Antti Niemi is the choice in goal for the Habs which should be an advantage for the Sabres with Carey Price not playing. Having said that Niemi is a Stanley Cup winning goalie and is 2-0 so far this year although with less than a 90 save percentage. Tatar, Domi, Petry, Byron and Drouin lead the Habs in scoring and they should be a good test for Buffalo. Buffalo Sabres information: From Buffalo Sabres Pressbox This is the first of four meetings between the Sabres and Canadiens this season. Last meeting: Montreal defeated Buffalo 3-0 in Buffalo on March 23 Next meeting: Thursday, Nov. 8 in Montreal The Sabres are 2-5-3 in their last 10 games vs. the Canadiens; 3-4-3 at home This is the 280th game all-time between Buffalo and Montreal; Buffalo has a 126-112-41 series record. The Sabres are 72-40-27 at home against the Canadiens all-time. THIS DAY IN SABRES HISTORY The Sabres are 8-11-3 all-time on October 25. October 25, 1991: The Sabres acquire Pat LaFontaine, Randy Wood and Randy Hillier from the Islanders in exchange for Pierre Turgeon, Uwe Krupp, Dave McLlwain and Benoit Hogue. October 25, 1991: The Sabres get 31 saves from Clint Malarchuk as they top the Sharks 3-1 in the first-ever game between the teams, earning the 800th win in franchise history. October 25, 2013: Rasmus Ristolainen scores a goal, recording his first NHL point in a 3-1 victory at Florida. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW A win or overtime loss tonight would give the Sabres their best start through 10 games since they began the 2011-12 season with a 6-4-0 record. Patrik Berglund has six points (4+2) in his last five games against the Canadiens. Zach Bogosian has recorded a point in each of his last two games (1+1) and is seeking his first three-game point streak since March 29 to April 2, 2016 (1+3). Carter Hutton has appeared in four games against Montreal, posting a 1-0-2 record with a .949 save percentage and a 1.37 goals-against average. Linus Ullmark stopped 21 of 22 shots (.954) in his only previous meeting with the Canadiens. 60 MINUTES The Sabres are one of four teams that haven’t played an overtime game yet this season (Dallas, Nashville, New Jersey). Buffalo’s nine games are the longest the team has gone without an overtime game to start the season since 2011-12 (12 games). The Sabres have had each of their last 22 games settled in regulation, dating back to March 15 vs. Toronto. It’s the team’s longest stretch without an overtime game since Buffalo went 22 games without one from Dec. 31, 1989 to Feb. 18, 1990. If tonight’s game is decided in regulation, it will be the team’s longest stretch of games that were not tied after 60 minutes since they played 30 in a row from Nov. 10, 1979 to Jan. 16, 1980. The team’s record for consecutive games that were not tied after regulation is 33 games from Nov. 17, 1972 to Feb. 1, 1973. A FRESH FACE On Oct. 4 vs. Boston, Rasmus Dahlin (18 years, 175 days) became the second-youngest player ever to appear in a game with the Sabres, behind only fellow No. 1 pick Pierre Turgeon (18 years, 41 days on Oct. 8, 1987 vs. Minnesota). Dahlin skated 22:37 in his debut, marking the highest ice time recorded by a Sabres player making his NHL debut and the 21st-highest ice time by any NHL player in his first game since the league began tracking ice time in the 1997-98 season. With his assist on Oct. 11 vs. Colorado, Dahlin became the second-youngest player (18 years, 175 days) in franchise history to record a point, behind only Turgeon (18 years, 44 days on Oct. 11, 1987 vs. Washington). Dahlin scored his first NHL goal on Oct. 13 at Arizona, becoming the second-youngest player (18 years, 183 days) in franchise history to score, behind only Turgeon (Oct. 21, 1987 vs. Hartford). He was the youngest defenseman in 23 years to score an NHL goal. His goal came exactly 34 years after Doug Bodger (18 years, 117 days) became the youngest defenseman in the expansion era (since 1967-68) to score his first NHL goal (Oct. 13, 1984). With the goal, he also became the third-youngest defenseman in NHL history to record a game-winner, trailing only Craig Wolanin of the New Jersey Devils (12/9/85 at Minnesota) and Red Garrett of the New York Rangers (12/25/42 at Detroit). SABRES AMONG LEAGUE-LEADERS (Sabres’ league rankings before 10/24 games) Bogosian:3.8 BkS/GP (T-2nd) Eichel: 38 S (T-6th) Hutton: 209 SV (T-4th) Ristolainen: 27 hits (T-9th), 25:20 TOI/GP (10th) Sheary: 3 PPG (T-6th) Skinner: 5 ESG (T-8th), plus-8 (T-9th) Ullmark: .982 SV% (2nd), 0.50 GAA (2nd), 1 SO (T-2nd) 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 LETS GO BUFFALO
  2. Very upbeat GDT. It's nice to see. Does Phil finally have his lines right?? I was curious about Pominville on Jack's wing and some here did not like the Skinner addition but that line is just plain clicking right now. I also think Sobotka adds some chemistry to the Sheary-Reinhart line. Casey's confidence is rising game after game, he's also more physical than I thought he'd be. For all the grief Larsson-Girgs and Berglund receive they improve the PK by leaps and bounds and they make whatever line they're playing against miserable. Is Bogosian the most popular player on the team?? The team just seems to rally around this guy. Check the bench when he's in a fight, the young guys all have this wide eyed wonderment with him, it's like they know he's got their back. He's actually been playing pretty well with Scandella also. Plus did Phil fall into a great pairing of Dahlin and Nelson. It seems that Dahlin feels like he's the man on that pairing and he's been more aggressive in his play and is starting to take over. His skill level is off the charts for a Dman. Skinner has some attitude to go with his play, is he our Marchand in the making?? Plus our goal keeping is leaps and bounds better than last year. It's nice to be so positive about this team for a change. Also this is for Pi, Skinner is +8 in +/- this year, Bogosian is 2nd on the team with +3, I can't even remember when we've had 2 guys on the positive side of these things. One last thing to A.Amerk, you may be 1-0 but I'm now 4 and 1 baby.
  3. Man I felt terrible for stepping on Andrews GDT yesterday, I swear I looked, I never saw though. Maybe he can be 2nd today but I must say I'm 3-1 when I start one of these things up.
  4. VS TV Coverage: MSG Radio Coverage: WGR55 am Game Played in Honda Center, Anaheim CA The Buffalo Sabres will try to complete a winning road trip while playing the Ducks of Anaheim. In what may have been their best played victory of the season against the Kings, who IMO have taken over the Sabres throne of being the slowest team in the league. The Ducks are coming off a 3-1 loss to Vegas last night so we'll see if they are primed to come back or tired wings are waiting to be buffaloed. The one observance from yesterday's GDT is we all are friendlier when we win. This may be tough if the Bills lose again in Indy this afternoon and the Sabres come out flat. No lineup changes foreseen but with Phil you never know although I'm expecting Hutton back in goal tonight. With a goal by Bogo and a hat trick by Skinner can we also get an unnamed bunker boy when he comes out to take a shower. My gawd man you been in there for like forever. Remember the 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 LETS GO BUFFALO
  5. VS GAME in Los Angeles Staple Center 3:30 ET TV: MSG RADIO: WGR 550 am ESPN Game Preview: http://www.espn.com/nhl/preview/_/gameId/401044424 The Buffalo Sabres will try to stop a 2 game losing streak this afternoon by playing the equally struggling LA Kings. Reportedly Phil was tired of GA's rants about the forward lines so he changed them again at practice yesterday: Skinner-Eichel-Pominville Sheary-Sobotka-Reinhart Rodrigues-Mittelstadt-Okposo Girgensons-Larsson-Berglund Unfortunately to try and keep him quiet for next time he put Pominville on the #1 line. Bogo was a NOGO at practice yesterday with his new pairing partner Ballou so no news on D pairings but according to Vogl the pairings were McCabe and Risto, Scandella and Nelson, Dahlin by himself. Phil you crazy MF'r, you can't seem to help yourself Berglund is back in the lineup so a certain free man was caught practicing his lines.. Also please follow the new unspoken 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 LETS GO BUFFALO
  6. Ullmark will get his chance again this weekend with the back to back. We'll see how he holds up. Either LA or the Ducks will be a good test for him.
  7. Some interesting stats Skinner-Rodrigues and Beaulieu lead the team in +/- at +2 Jack is last at -6 followed closely by Risto, Sheary and Reinhart at -5 Berglund our new whipping boy it seems has as many equal strenght assists as Reinhart and Sheary..... 1 and both of them on Jack's goal Bogosian broke the Vegas bank by playing the entire game Tuesday and playing just over 16 minutes at +/- of 0 He also led the team in blocked shots and hits In comparison last game Dahlin was -2 and Risto was -3 Someone mentioned Rodrigues but did you know Sobotka is averaging a minute more of TOI than Skinner also
  8. Actually I beat Brawndo, so I'm all good, besides that the Mods can go ahead and kill this one.
  9. Just announced!!
  10. Actually Steve was 56, died in 2011, PA was 2 years older than Steve, dang time flies Link.... they both died in October....... they both used iphone 5S....... hint use a headset.
  11. I'm not necessarily against any line changes but it seems counter productive to keep changing linemates every other game when the only guys on the forward lines that have played together is Samson and Jack. Logically I don't see any chemistry developing that way.
  12. Big word, I'm impressed, I even had to google it to make sure I understood the meaning.
  13. FIFY....
  14. Haters in denial.....................
  15. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Welcome aboard Sue!!!
  16. I should have put in a couple of smiley faces so it didn't come across as obnoxious. You obviously don't like Berglund if after 5 games your lumping him in as Larsson. He's been more of a finishing Center than he's ever been an assist man or playmaker.
  17. Ok you have my OCD kicking in, who is 2nd??
  18. Well you obviously didn't read the lineup and game preview in a previous post. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them read.
  19. The Bogo line: MONEY LINE TOTAL PUCK LINE Westgate Bogo: -500 6.0m TOI Bogo Hurt 1st Period 2nd Period Finishes Game Caesar's Bogo: -450 10.0m TOI +/- 10m TOI William Hill Bogo: -500 8.0m TOI Bogo Hurt 1st Period 2nd Period Finishes Game Game Preview with lineups: https://www.diebytheblade.com/2018/10/16/17981808/preview-buffalo-sabres-look-to-sweep-season-series-in-vegas-golden-knights
  20. The betting lines in this game which I thought appropriate because we are in Vegas afterall. MONEY LINE TOTAL PUCK LINE Westgate VGS: -190 6.0 O/U BUF: +1.5 VGS: -1.5 Caesar's N/A N/A N/A William Hill VGS: -190 6.0 O/U BUF: +1.5 VGS: -1.5 Does Bogosian make an appearance today?? I wonder what the betting lines on that would be?? LETS GO BUFFALO
  21. My Mammy??? [Content deleted by moderator.]
  22. It's early, OMG no charts please
  23. I saw "First Man" this weekend, my wife was born in Merritt Island (Cape Canaveral) and was around for all the initial Gemini and Apollo launches. Movie is more about Neil Armstrong than the moon landing although that's a major part of the story also. A definite go see movie, my recommendation would be see it an an IMAX theatre. It won't be the same at home on a TV.
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