WildCard Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 (edited) The Buffalo Sabres continue their road trip tonight in Sunrise, Florida as they take on division rivals the Florida Panthers in a key Thursday night showdown. The Sabres, 5-2 in their past 7 games, look to continue the hot streak and vault into the playoff picture, as a win tonight could see them in 4th in the Atlantic Division (even typing that idiotic name pisses me off). Coming off a huge win in Tampa Tuesday night, which saw Eichel collect his first road goal, assist, and points; Franson his first goal as a Sabre; Foligno his first goal of the season; Chad Johnson's streak of making at least one miraculous save extended, and the Sabres first win against the Lightning, the Sabres will look to continue take advantage of a Barkov-less Panthers team that has been struggling lately. Florida is 1 point ahead of the Sabres. As mentioned, Florida is in some rough shape, It's been 3 weeks without their top center, the young Alexander Barkov, and boy do they miss him. Florida (3-4-3 in their last 10), is coming off a 4-3 win vs the Flames, have scored less than 2 goals in 5/6 games, has given up 20 goals in those last 6 games as well, and had lost 5 straight prior to beating the Flames. The Sabres lost in Florida in the only match-up this season thus far, falling 3-2 on goals from McCabe and Ennis. Look for Luongo to start, I will post the Sabres starting goalie once I know in the a.m. Barkov is expected to resume skating today after suffering a broken hand, but is day-to-day. Mike Weber is out, and back in Buffalo with an LBI. Game Preview Stats: Game 1: 3-2 Loss Team Comparison Chart All Team Rankings Wednesday's Practice Report For Bylsma, the biggest difference between the first eight games and the last seven has been the team’s attitude. “We’re starting to develop a belief that we can win and how we’re going to win,” he said. “Early in the season, we played well. We did some good things. But we might not have had the belief that we could win hockey games.” The lines below are from the previous game, no line combinations were released Wednesday, I will update these as well in the a.m. Forwards: 26 Matt Moulson – 90 Ryan O'Reilly – 12 Brian Gionta 88 Jamie McGinn – 15 Jack Eichel – 63 Tyler Ennis 22 Johan Larsson – 28 Zemgus Girgensons – 23 Sam Reinhart 44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 17 David Legwand – 82 Marcus Foligno Defense: 4 Josh Gorges – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 29 Jake McCabe – 46 Cody Franson 25 Carlo Colaiacovo– 3 Mark Pysyk 6 - Mike Weber 35 Linus Ullmark 31 Chad Johnson Edited November 12, 2015 by WildCard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Thanks Wildcard. GO SABRES ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Luongo kills us doesn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Top right corner: man these "seat" costumes we rented look great, you can't even tell we're here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Hey Panthers- we're comin' for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODO Hockey Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Nice post! Wish i could stay up late tonight and watch the game but cant. Hoping to see Ullmark in goal, but it will probably be chad since he got a win last time. I think sabers win big tonight!! <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustache of God Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 As mentioned, Florida is in some rough shape, It's been 3 weeks without their top center, the young Alexander Barkov, and boy do they miss him. Florida (3-4-3 in their last 10), is coming off a 4-3 win vs the Flames, have scored less than 2 goals in 5/6 games, has given up 20 goals in those last 6 games as well, and had lost 5 straight prior to beating the Flames. I'm conditioned to read this and think "well, against the Sabres it seems like a perfect time for a team to snap out of their funk and open up the floodgates." Nowadays, not so much. I grow weary of these measly 2 point games from Eichel, lemme see 3 points. As miraculous as some of his saves has been, Ocho Cinco probably won't be able to sustain that kind of play and I'd prefer to see Ullmark start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Let's do this. Thanks for another awesome GDT, WildCard. These are kickass. Much more succinct and stylistic than 26's wall of links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted November 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 (edited) Nice post! Wish i could stay up late tonight and watch the game but cant. Hoping to see Ullmark in goal, but it will probably be chad since he got a win last time. I think sabers win big tonight!! <3 Thanks Wildcard. GO SABRES ! Let's do this. Thanks for another awesome GDT, WildCard. These are kickass. Much more succinct and stylistic than 26's wall of links. No problem guys, I'm just glad you enjoy them. :beer: By the way, +1 on the pictures of hunting Panthers :lol: Edited November 12, 2015 by WildCard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Luongo kills us doesn't he? 24GP 15-6-0 .939 SV% Last seven: 7-0 .960 SV% Time to put an end to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted November 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 24GP 15-6-0 .939 SV% Last seven: 7-0 .960 SV% Time to put an end to this! I was looking for those stats, where did you find them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I was looking for those stats, where did you find them? http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8466141&view=splits http://espn.go.com/nhl/player/splits/_/id/551/roberto-luongo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Let's do this. Thanks for another awesome GDT, WildCard. These are kickass. Much more succinct and stylistic than 26's wall of links. I think we thought the same thought, ya think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I think we thought the same thought, ya think? Y'know, I think maybe yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted November 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I'm disappointed there's no mullet on that panther, qwk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 There is. That panther has no tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 There is. That panther has no tail. :lol: Super excited for this game tonight. Hopefully we can break through on Luongo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 There is. That panther has no tail. That's one backed up cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsif Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Super stache on the panther......... Movember! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 No AM Skate today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Another 12am GDT from WildCard. He's "on fleek," as the kids say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Midnight on the nose, eh? Playing with fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Another 12am GDT from WildCard. He's "on fleek," as the kids say. Maybe kids in 1970. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I was a kid in 1970 and I don't know wtf "fleek" is. Now get off my lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods-racer Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 No! You get the fleek of my lawn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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