WildCard Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) The Buffalo Sabres stroll into Pittsburgh on Thursday night with perhaps a little more bounce in their step after a thrilling OT winner in Philly on Tuesday night. Pittsburgh is also feeling good, coming off a 3-1 win against the EC giants that are the Washington Capitals, and even managing to find some chemistry with Malkin and Kessel. The Sabres fore-check will look to pin the Pens dynamic forwards in their zone to neutralize them, and Chad Johnson should have a hell of a game ahead of him. However, a very interesting stat, as wjag (I believe) pointed out, is the Sabres actually have 4 more goals than the apparently dominate Pens offense, pointing to chemistry issues for the Penguins. HDDDB will look to exact some revenge on the team that canned him two years back in his first bout against the Penguins as a HC. "“I look at the empty seats, I know 50 faces [that will be] in the stands tomorrow and where they sit,” the Sabres coach said. “I know where my family sat when they were here. There’s certainly going to be some emotions...Being here for a year last year, I probably became a little bit emotionally detached from the team and the city,” he said. “Coming in last night it felt different than probably the previous 400 days that I’ve been in Pittsburgh" -HDDDB Game Preview WEDNESDAY'S PRACTICE (NOTE: Reinhart & Ennis had a maintenance day, both are expected to start)Forwards:44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 90 Ryan O'Reilly – 59 Tim Schaller (Ennis) 22 Johan Larsson – 15 Jack Eichel – Assistant Coach Dave Barr (Reinhart) 26 Matt Moulson – 28 Zemgus Girgensons – 12 Brian Gionta 82 Marcus Foligno – 17 David Legwand – 88 Jamie McGinn Defensemen: 4 Josh Gorges, 55 Rasmus Ristolainen, 29 Jake McCabe, 46 Cody Franson, 25 Carlo Colaiacovo, 3Mark Pysyk, 6 Mike Weber 31 Chad Johnson35 Linus Ullmark Edited October 29, 2015 by WildCard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Catching them on the second day of a back-to-back including travel back from DC may mean a weary team. Still, if the Sabres have a chance they're going to have to jump on them early and often and keep them off balance. The Pens will undoubtedly get their shots at the net and with their skill the Sabres better score a few of their own. The Caps outshot the Pens, but Fleury stole a game for them. The Sabres need to pound him with shots and hope he can't steal two in a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Haha, I chuckled for an unreasonable amount of time after reading "– Assistant Coach Dave Barr" as the 2nd line RW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyldnwoody44 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Let's see if we can put together 60 full minutes and wilt the flower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Must gin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Fleury has started all 9 of their games this season. Maybe we see the backup, Zatkoff?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Ugh. Sydney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Looking forward to seeing how Eichel matches up against Sid and Geno tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsb Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 With a little luck, they hopefully are looking past us after yesterday's nationally televised game versus the Caps. They have only scored 16 goals is 9 games but at the same time they have only given up 17. With the 3 big named players on that team are they really turning into a defensive juggernaut??? Go Sabres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Must gin. This would have been so perfect during the tanks years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 I wonder what the owner's dog thinks of this match-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Don't worry Pittsburgh about the Offense.. The tonic for what ails you is rolling into town tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 I expect Buffalo to win. There is no reason to lose to a Pens team coming off of a hard game in Washington. Buffalo needs to put away games like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 I'm kinda hoping the Sabres' nascent resurgence brings back the guy who used to post here in a blind fury about Pittsburgh. He had to live there because of his in-laws, was deeply unhappy about it and posted some outstanding rants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 I expect Buffalo to win. There is no reason to lose to a Pens team coming off of a hard game in Washington. Buffalo needs to put away games like this. I never "expect" any team I root for to win anything...EVER! I just can't get there. Every win is a pleasant surprise. :bag: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 I expect Buffalo to win. There is no reason to lose to a Pens team coming off of a hard game in Washington. Buffalo needs to put away games like this. I'm not to the point of making such an affirmative statement, but a win is certainly possible. Which is not something we could say last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods-racer Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) WGR pointed out this morning that coming into tonight game the Sabres have the fourth best corsi number and the Pens are ranked 25th(? if memory is correct). The question asked just before I turned them off: When wast the last time Pens-Sabres match-up the Sabres had a better corsi number going in? My guess 2006-07. It's nice to see these little steps up the rung of Sabres hockey improvement. Edited October 29, 2015 by Woods-Racer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 I'm kinda hoping the Sabres' nascent resurgence brings back the guy who used to post here in a blind fury about Pittsburgh. He had to live there because of his in-laws, was deeply unhappy about it and posted some outstanding rants. Who was that? We could probably find him by searching for Shitsburgh.... that was the guy, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 I never "expect" any team I root for to win anything...EVER! I just can't get there. Every win is a pleasant surprise. :bag: This is absolutely hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 WGR pointed out this morning that coming into tonight game the Sabres have the fourth best corsi number and the Pens are ranked 25th(? if memory is correct). They question asked when I turned them off: When wast the last time Pens-Sabres match-up the Sabres had a better corsi number going in. It's nice to see these little steps up the rung of Sabres hockey improvement. Corsi might not matter against a hot goalie. My hope is that after last night Fleury is tired or resting (yeah, I'm not too proud yet and I can hope to get the other team's backup). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 WGR pointed out this morning that coming into tonight game the Sabres have the fourth best corsi number and the Pens are ranked 25th(? if memory is correct). They question asked when I turned them off: When wast the last time Pens-Sabres match-up the Sabres had a better corsi number going in? My guess 2006-07. It's nice to see these little steps up the rung of Sabres hockey improvement. So they actually discussed hockey this morning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods-racer Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 So they actually discussed hockey this morning? For the half hour I was driving, Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) For the half hour I was driving, Yes. Damn sorry I missed that, it was all Bills at the times I was listening today. Edited October 29, 2015 by BRAWNDO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 WGR pointed out this morning that coming into tonight game the Sabres have the fourth best corsi number and the Pens are ranked 25th(? if memory is correct). Is that true? Where are people going for daily updated #fancystats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods-racer Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Is that true? Where are people going for daily updated #fancystats? Sorry Aud, 9th best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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