GDT: Capitals @ Sabres, 7:00pm Nov. 1, 2025, 🎙 📺 ESPN+/MSG

[shrader]

I will never understand why we always have to have this winning percentage argument. All I know is that I sure am glad the Sabres went 3-0-3 over the last 6 instead of 4-2-0. 

[Doohickie]

17 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Gotta get Kozak back.

Yeah, I felt he would be an NHLer this year; he's proven he is in my mind.  

Since he's been out Krebs has done well centering the 4th line.

I think the depth they've called upon from Rochester at the very least hasn't hurt them and often helps them.

[shrader]

Just now, Doohickie said:

Yeah, I felt he would be an NHLer this year; he's proven he is in my mind.  

Since he's been out Krebs has done well centering the 4th line.

I think the depth they've called upon from Rochester at the very least hasn't hurt them and often helps them.

And yet if they are ever 100% healthy, Geerston will still somehow be in the roster. 

[Pimlach]

12 hours ago, Sabres73 said:

I said they're over .500. I didn't talk about their record over the season. They are over .500. There's not any other "way to look at it". It's a fact.

13 out of 24 is 6 points over a .500 in season. 
 

Since 2010 no teams playing in a full NHL season has made the playoffs with that percentage.  But technically it’s .500+ percentage points so it has some kind of feel good factor to some people.    

5-4-3 pace over 82 games put you with teams that are 5-7 pace over 82,  you are watching the playoffs but with a higher draft pick.  

Edited 1 hour ago by Pimlach

[Doohickie]

Just now, shrader said:

And yet if they are ever 100% healthy, Geerston will still somehow be in the roster. 

That's hogwash and you know it.

[Sabres73]

Just now, Pimlach said:

13 out of 24 is 6 points over a .500 in season. 
 

Since 2010 no teams playing in a full NHL season has made the playoffs with that percentage.  But technically it’s .500+ percentage points so it has some kind of feel good factor to some people.    

5-4-3 pace over 82 games put you with teams that are 5-8 pave over 82, your watching the playoffs but with a higher draft pick.  

And I wasn't talking about any of that. My comment was simply we're over .500. Which we are.

[K-9]

Just now, Doohickie said:

Yeah, I felt he would be an NHLer this year; he's proven he is in my mind.  

Since he's been out Krebs has done well centering the 4th line.

I think the depth they've called upon from Rochester at the very least hasn't hurt them and often helps them.

Agree on Krebs. And Malenstyn has been solid as well in his role. Kozak makes that a quintessential NHL 4th line imo.

[PromoTheRobot]

3 minutes ago, shrader said:

I will never understand why we always have to have this winning percentage argument. All I know is that I sure am glad the Sabres went 3-0-3 over the last 6 instead of 4-2-0. 

You know why.

[Brawndo]

 

[Doohickie]

Just now, K-9 said:

Agree on Krebs. And Malenstyn has been solid as well in his role. Kozak makes that a quintessential NHL 4th line imo.

Dunne has been pulling his weight too though.  Not making many mistakes, playing a physical game.

[shrader]

1 minute ago, Doohickie said:

That's hogwash and you know it.

You’re right, they’ll never be 100% healthy. 

[Doohickie]

But yeah, that line is better with Kozak at C and Krebs on the wing.

[clink]

14 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

I will say this:  Even in the sequences where they were fighting it and the Caps were carrying the play, they were a lot harder to play against than in years past.  Better positioning, better sticks on the lanes, more determination on loose pucks and even if they lost them, being disruptive enough that Washington had trouble doing anything with the puck.

It's the subtitles (like, what you've mentioned, above) that are now positives, that have been negatives in (recent) seasons past 

If enough of these become positives, good things will come (I hope 😉) 

[JohnC]

15 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Agree on Krebs. And Malenstyn has been solid as well in his role. Kozak makes that a quintessential NHL 4th line imo.

Keen observation. Malenstyn has a limited but specific role that he does very well. His PK contribution shouldn’t be discounted.

[SwampD]

5-7 is not over .500. 

The Sabres got fewer points than their opponents did in those games. That is losing hockey, but at least it was something.

[Crusader1969]

29 minutes ago, shrader said:

I will never understand why we always have to have this winning percentage argument. All I know is that I sure am glad the Sabres went 3-0-3 over the last 6 instead of 4-2-0. 

Excellent 

[Andrew Amerk]

18 minutes ago, SwampD said:

5-7 is not over .500. 

The Sabres got fewer points than their opponents did in those games. That is losing hockey, but at least it was something.

Whut 

They had 24 available points to achieve. They have gotten 13 points. 

I will not claim to be a math legend, but I believe 13/24 works out to be approximately .542 

Edited 12 hours ago by Andrew Amerk

[PerreaultForever]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Actually Rosen looked quite good. He was involved in the play and went to the net often.

Greenway introduced himself to half of the Caps. 😂

Watching Ovi, especially on the power play, he's a total slug. The reason the Sabres were able to clear the zone on his point was because he barely tried to stop the puck. Ovi only exerts himself when he's getting in position for a one-timer.

I wouldn't call him a slug, he's still a dangerous scorer, but he does have limited usefulness now. Well past his prime. 

[Wyldnwoody44]

6 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

I wouldn't call him a slug, he's still a dangerous scorer, but he does have limited usefulness now. Well past his prime. 

You mean at this age.... He's... Limited? 

No😜

[sabremike]

We had to win, it was National Bison Day:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQg_yk9D9Qo/?igsh=enUxZm4wNmtzcTJt

[ska-T Palmtown]

1 hour ago, Sabres73 said:

I disagree. If you have more points than games played, you're over .500. Full stop. This seems to be a weird hill to die on after a Sabres win.

It is simply conflating two different terms, like the other poster said.

Winning percentage - no, they are 5-7; they have only WON 41.67% of their games - not above 0.500. "simple math" as another poster stated.

Points percentage - yes, they have gotten 13 of 24 possible points; 54.2% of available points thus far. 89 point pace, in a down year for the league, that gets you near the wild card.

The NHL website even calls is "P%", not "W%".

[bg17]

10 hours ago, Pimlach said:

13 out of 24 is 6 points over a .500 in season. 
 

Since 2010 no teams playing in a full NHL season has made the playoffs with that percentage.  But technically it’s .500+ percentage points so it has some kind of feel good factor to some people.    

5-4-3 pace over 82 games put you with teams that are 5-8 pave over 82, your watching the playoffs but with a higher draft pick.  

I want to complain and be disappointed as much as the next guy, but as a general fan of the team I’m going to look at one regulation loss in their last nine games and feel a touch of optimism with the trend. 

Edited 2 hours ago by bg17

[Pimlach]

I enjoyed the game and will take the win and all that.  
 

Happy for Rosen to score and have a  nice game, and UPL came up, big as did the PK.  
 

 

[GoPuckYourself]

3 hours ago, clink said:

What the heck is THIS from???

It looks like Chevy Chase hoarfing down an eightball in a single snort 

Fletch and fletch lives.... Classics.

[PromoTheRobot]