Buffalo Sabres vs. Atlanta Thrashers [Game Thread]
by David Oleksy on Nov 7, 2008 6:54 PM EST
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Game #13
Buffalo Sabres (8-2-2, 18PTS) vs. Atlanta Thrashers (4-7-2, 10PTS)
7:30 PM EST, HSBC Arena
TV: MSG-B (Buffalo)
Radio: WGR 550 (Buffalo), XM 206 (National)
Season Series: 0-0-1
07-08: 2-1-1
The Thrashers took two points from the Sabres in the first meeting between these two teams. The Thrashers jumped out to an early two goal lead before the Sabres battled back with a goal late in the second period and another late goal in the third. Neither team scored in the overtime and Atlanta eventually won in a shootout. Patrick Lalime was in goal for the Sabres the last time the two teams met.
Ryan Miller is expected to start for the Sabres after three days off. Miller has not allowed a goal in his last two games rebounding from his worst performance of the season against Tampa Bay. Miller is leading the league in Goals Against Average allowing only 1.62 goals a game.
The Sabres will come in with fresh legs, there last game was a 2-0 shutout of the New Jersey Devils. Buffalo will also have Jochen Hecht back in the lineup for the first time since he had surgery to repair a broken finger on October 14.
The Thrashers come to Buffalo after beating the New York Islanders 4-3 on Thursday night. The Thrashers trailed 3-1 after two periods and scored three third period goals to earn the victory.
Who's Hot
Buffalo Sabres
- Andrej Sekera: 0G-5A-5P in last four games
- Jaro Spacek: 0G-5A-5P in last three games
- Jason Pominville: 2G-1A-3P in last two games
Atlanta Thrashers
- Ex-Sabres Slava Kozlov: 5G-1A-6P in last five games
- Ilya Kovalchuk: 2G-2A-4P in last two games
- Tobias Enstrom: 1G-3A-4P in last two games
- Todd White: 1G-3A-4P in last two games
The word is finally in and Matt Ellis has been waived. If he clears waivers, he will be sent to Portland.
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Stafford
Not sent down but he’s a healthy scratch.
I’m not Lindy Ruff but if they aren’t going to play him…they might as well send him to Portland so he can play.
Don't like the lines
I would have played Connolly with Mair and Afinogenov…C-Mac has been playing so well with Pomminville
Hecht is back
He needed to go somewhere…it was a matter of dropping Connolly down or C-Mac…he chose C-Mac
Kovalchuk
What a lazy play by Kovalchuk…he didn’t even try to get back on sides and than he slowly went to the bench…a lazy selfish play.
Now i've Only Watched half of it
My Stupid Center Ice is blacked out of the Sabres game, Found an HD Stream on the Net Though. Whos got the goals?
He has an advantage
He was able to talk to people regarding the Drew Stafford situation
I knew he signed when he was 20 and that would mean he would have needed to play 160 games and he hasn’t done that yet.
Acess
That pisses me off because I researched that for over an hour and could not find anything about the age being considered 21 even though he signed when he was 20. Damn I’m pissed!
what a Shot
I have the Minnesota Golden Gophers- New Hampshire College Hockey Game on the TV with Center Ice acting wierd tonight, Aaron Ness for the Gophers Just Tried to Pull off a Between the Legs While he was Falling, Hit the Pipe unfortunatly.
He shouldn't have been there
He has no business in the crease so the goalie should be able to do what he wants to him
do you think it's possible
that miller hurt himself on that first save of the game he did really stretch out and i don’t think he’s been that sharp since the rebounds he’s let go are not like him
Joan
did you just watch miller
leave the ice i really don’t think he’s himself if not hurt he’s sick i’m telling you
Joan
the one roy interviewed after the period
i forget now was it spacek
Joan
that's better
they made some shots at least i was begining to think they were just going to keep dumping it and try to sit on the lead not big enough for that
Joan
What an ass that ref is
I hate when the ref displays emotion like that…the league should do something about that because their job is to make calls…players will complain…that’s what players do. To display your emotion as a ref is disgraceful to the game.
What a move
That was awesome and it was probably in but they can’t call it a goal…you can’t see it in the net. It went inside his jersey that is awesome!
that is when i have a problem with refs
they called Rivet earlier and deservedly so, now they let that hook go and it was blatant…his jersey was pulled backwards.
it's been that way
all game especially this period
Joan
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