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GDT: Buffalo @ San Jose, 10:30 pm est, 2-26-2016


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Yooooouuuuurrrrrr Buuuuuffffaaaallllloooooo Sabres will head on...down? to San Jose this Friday night to take on the ageless wonders that are the San Jose Sharks. Buffalo last played Wednesday night, suffering a 1-0 shutout loss at the hands of the Mighty Ducks, a loss that saw Anaheim improve their recent stretch to 6-0. The Sabres couldn't get much of anything rolling on Wednesday night. The Ducks' blueprint model of hard, physical play down low and endless cycling in the offensive zone forced Buffalo to spend much of the game inside their own zone; what limited opportunities the Sabres did get they failed to captialize, whether it was a Foligno power move to the net that Anderson saved with his toe or Evander Kane neutering another 3-1. The Sabres, 0-2 since their heart-and-soul (ROR) went out with a foot injury, are truly missing the minutes and situations O'Reilly excels at. Let's hope tonight that Buffalo can turn it around, and maybe we'll see Eichel get back on the point wagon tonight after being held pointless over his last 2. Also, if Risto would come back, October Risto that is, that'd be sweet.
 
In the Sharks, the Sabres are running into the same train that they ran into vs. Anaheim on Wednesday night. The Sharks sit 3rd in their division at 70 points, 2 behind Anaheim, and are 6-3-1 in their last 10. Somehow, after a HC change, a long time captain ripped of his letter, an aging core, and early trade rumors swirling around star players, the Sharks have beaten the odds and look playoff bound once again. San Jose looks to keep it's playoff spot alive, and are coming off a 4-3 loss vs. Colorado on Wednesday night.
 
The last meeting between these two teams saw a Sharks' 2-1 OT winner scored by Patrick Marleau after ROR tied the game at 1-1 in the 3rd. Something big to keep in mind here, SJ's record at home is 11-12-3, vs a road record of 21-9-3. Safe to say the Sharks hate their own tank
 
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STATS:
All Stats San Jose @ Buffalo(2-1 OT loss) 
All Team Rankings
Team Comparison Chart 

Thursday Practice report

Sabres team scope: After getting shut out in the opener of a three-game California road trip, 1-0 against the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday, Buffalo will try to get more bodies to the net to disrupt the rhythm of the goaltender, and continue to play strong in front of their own net. "It's something we want to get better at for sure," goalie Robin Lehner told the Sabres website. "But it's a skill. It's a skill, it's not something you just do, it's a skill of getting there, it's a skill of getting in the goalie's face, it's a skill of reading off each other. It's something we've got to work on." Lehner has given up one goal or fewer in four of his past five starts, but is 2-2-1 in that stretch despite a .956 save percentage.


Forwards:
Evander Kane – 23 Sam Reinhart – 56 Justin Bailey
 
28 Zemgus Girgensons – 15 Jack Eichel – 88 Jamie McGinn
 
82 Marcus Foligno – 22 Johan Larsson – 12 Brian Gionta
 
44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 17 David Legwand – 26 Matt Moulson/19 Cal O'Reilly
 
 
Defense:
Josh Gorges – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
 
29 Jake McCabe – 47 Zach Bogosian
 
 25 Carlo Colaiacovo – 3 Mark Pysyk
 
The Ghost of Mike Weber – 46 Cody Franson
 
 
Captain Insano:

40 Robin Lehner
31 Chad Johnson

 

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Bold prediction: we score more goals than we have people watching the game in the 3rd period.

Friday night, we will get some more troops for tonight's tilt.  Plus we always beat the Sharks so you know it's a nearly guaranteed win.

 

WC, love that you incorporated that picture of the Sabres tail.  Just out of curiosity who were the three Sabres all bunched together?

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Friday night, we will get some more troops for tonight's tilt.  Plus we always beat the Sharks so you know it's a nearly guaranteed win.

 

WC, love that you incorporated that picture of the Sabres tail.  Just out of curiosity who were the three Sabres all bunched together?

Excuse me, but it's called the Sabrepede. 

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I for one have been shooting Five Hour Energy drinks for 15 hours. I am ready! No Kane out there for warmups... uh oh

I didn't realize there was another all-star game last night.

 

It was against the Sharks.  Of course we won.

 

We haven't lost to them since 1935.

Yeah but that loss set us back 65 years #neveragain

 

If you're Murray/Bylsma do you sit McGinn out of either of these next two games?

I don't, only because it's an awful message to send to the team. If GMTM is that concerned about injury I think he would have moved him by now.

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Today is a great day so far... tonight is shaping up for a celebration... so I should be inebriated and watching the game.. or something.

 

Go Sabres! 

 

Personally I can't wait until tomorrow when they start at 11pm.  

 

Drunk and posting on SS while watching the game leads to having to read the entire thread again the next morning, just to make sure you didn't do anything too stupid.

 

Here's to an early AM re-read!  :beer:

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