GDT/ Hurricanes @ Buffalo Sabres Sunday 1pm THLN, WGR

[mjd1001]

UPL played well.  I still don't trust him yet.

[Big Guava]

This team totally makes sense...

Beat the Canes and Oilers by a combined 9-2 and lose to the Flames and Blues by a combined 9-2.

[...]

Perfect time to trade UPL!

[Sabres73]

That's a win. Could this be the turning point for the season, winning two in a row, and against arguably the best team in the NHL? As has been for years, their biggest nemesis now is consistency, maintaining this over an extended stretch, with good goaltending. Games like the last two make us look like we can beat anyone right now. Oh no! UPL is good now - now what do we do? lol

[Pimlach]

3-1 home-stand.  They lose the alleged easy game.  
 

Weeksie giving the Sabres some props. 
 

UPL came up big.  Really good game by the Quinn-McLoed-Zucker line tonight. Team effort and well done.  

[Believer]

Outstanding performance by all involved.

Congrats Sabres!

[mjd1001]

Big game Wed against Pittsburgh.  For me personally, growing up I always looked forward to any games the day before Thanksgiving or the games on New years eve.

The Wed before Thanksgiving, it was a long weekend from school (now sometimes a long-ish weekend from work), that a win that night just 'feels' better than most other nights.

[oddoublee]

Just now, mjd1001 said:

Big game Wed against Pittsburgh.  For me personally, growing up I always looked forward to any games the day before Thanksgiving or the games on New years eve.

The Wed before Thanksgiving, it was a long weekend from school (now sometimes a long-ish weekend from work), that a win that night just 'feels' better than most other nights.

Just texted my brother about that...really excited for Wednesday's game with a streak on the line.

[OverPowerYou]

3 minutes ago, Sabres73 said:

That's a win. Could this be the turning point for the season, winning two in a row, and against arguably the best team in the NHL? As has been for years, their biggest nemesis now is consistency, maintaining this over an extended stretch, with good goaltending. Games like the last two make us look like we can beat anyone right now. Oh no! UPL is good now - now what do we do? lol

We will be down 4-0 in the 1st period in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. 

[Shoot da Puck]

[thewookie1]

Can anyone make sense of beating the 3 good to great teams and losing to the bad one?

[Broken Ankles]

Shutdown Aho - check

PP goal - check

Quinner goal scored & active in the offensive zone  - check

ENG - check 

Sammy - +2, 3 registered hits - all solid - check

showcase UPL for desperate team - check

[Pimlach]

1 minute ago, thewookie1 said:

Can anyone make sense of beating the 3 good to great teams and losing to the bad one?

Mental preparation, leadership, culture.   We got Zucker back and now Benson - that helps.  

[HumanSlinky39]

4-1 win just like everyone expected.

Nice win, keep it going. On to the next one.

[Slack_in_MA]

Credit where it’s due. UPL played well today.

[Pimlach]

Why does Benson not get an assist on Tage goal?  I’ll have to check replays 

[mjd1001]

2 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Why does Benson not get an assist on Tage goal?  I’ll have to check replays 

He might. Often times on the official scoresheet and NHL.com, they list goals as 'unassisted' for a few minutes before adding the assists.

Its like they want to get the goal scorer up as soon as possible, and iron out the details a few minutes later.

[HILLsabre]

Of course... the game that I couldn't see. Oh well, if they get embarrassed by Pittsburgh blame me ...I'll be watching! Keep the streak alive...

[bg17]

“Beating Carolina 4-1 might seem good, but…”

-perreaultforever

[mjd1001]

Tage 1 goal in the first 7 games...

11 in his last 15 games

[ExWNYer]

14 minutes ago, OverPowerYou said:

We will be down 4-0 in the 1st period in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. 

[GASabresIUFAN]

That this how the Sabres should play every game.  I really like Timmins.  He reminds me every game recently of Toni Lydman (fixed).

Edited 2 minutes ago by GASabresIUFAN

[Sidc3000]

23 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Nah, he was the backup today. 

Ok because they said he was injured on the NHL Network broadcast 

[K-9]

So nice to have Benson back in the lineup. Doesn’t matter who he plays with or in what situations, he plays the game the right way and finds ways to contribute. I think his energy is infectious, too. 

[mjd1001]

Overall good game, but by far the worst line was Tuch/Thompson/Doan for most of the game.

Even strength they had 2 scoring chance for, 7 allowed.  Their shots for/against, Fenwick, Corsi, Expected goals for/against....all were awful.

McLeod, Zucker, Quinn by far the best line of the night in terms of analytics.  Dahlin has the best analytics of all D-men on the game.

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