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Buffalo Sabres vs. Nashville Predators [Game Thread]

Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres, Dec 1, 2008 7:00 PM EST


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Game #24

Buffalo Sabres (11-9-3, 25PTS) vs. Nashville Predators (11-10-2, 24PTS)

7:00 PM EST, HSBC Arena

TV: MSG-B (Buffalo)

Radio: WGR 550 (Buffalo), XM 207 (National)

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08-09 Series : BUF 1-0-0

Opponent Blogs: On the Forecheck

 

This is one of those trap games that I talked about yesterday.  The Preds aren't exactly one of the leagues weaker teams but they are a team that Buffalo should beat at home.  Should and will are two entirely different things.  This is a situation when the Sabres need to play within the system.

The Preds are currently in eighth place in the Western Conference just one point ahead of the LA Kings and Columbus Blue Jackets.  Despite their winning record this season, Nashville is 6-7-1 on the road.

Plenty of roster changes for Buffalo tonight after a 3-2 loss to Montreal on Saturday.  Ales Kotalik is ready to play and will be in the lineup for Buffalo.  He will play on the fourth line with Peters and Mair but he will certainly get power play ice time.  Andrew Peters is expected in the lineup against Nashville who plays a more physical style of play.  That means that everyones favorite wipping boy, Max Afinogenov will once again be a healthy scratch.  A late scratch from the lineup is Craig Rivet...his absence will mean an opportunity for Nathan Paetsch to be in the lineup.

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres


GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2008 - Ryan Miller 18 1031 10 5 2 2 44 2.56 488 444 .910 2

Nashville Predators


GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2008 - Pekka Rinne 5 221 3 0 0 0 13 3.53 97 84 .866 0

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i have a feeling

this is Max’s last year as a sabre

which really sucks

by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 7:12 PM EST reply actions  

Yep

I think you’re right

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:13 PM EST up reply actions  

Wow

Roy was just robbed from point blank

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:12 PM EST reply actions  

that must have hurt

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:17 PM EST reply actions  

i was

worried there rayn almost lost that one

Joan

by Joan O. on Dec 1, 2008 7:18 PM EST reply actions  

wow

miller is confounding…he can make the hardest save look easy but the easy ones allude him

by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 7:19 PM EST reply actions  

typical

of any buffalo player

Joan

by Joan O. on Dec 1, 2008 7:20 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah

didn’t take long for them to tell us that fact after Saturday

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:25 PM EST up reply actions  

They gave him another one

One of Staffords goals on Friday was given to Vanek

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:26 PM EST up reply actions  

not that vanek isn't playing well but you should do an average cost

for every goal scored….I know a players value is measured by more than points but it would still be interesting

by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 7:28 PM EST reply actions  

I've actually thought about it and...

at some point I’ll actually get that done

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:30 PM EST up reply actions  

I know

Peters adds some muscle to this team…but honestly what else does he do…

by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 7:32 PM EST reply actions  

Not much

The problem is that Nashville is a physical chippy team…without Kaleta they probably thought it was necessary to play Peters

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh yeah

It slipped my mind that he was out

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:35 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah

he has been on the ice but nearly invisible

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:36 PM EST up reply actions  

hahaha

I couldn’t have said it better myself

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Miller

didn’t see it

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:40 PM EST reply actions  

Power Play

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:40 PM EST reply actions  

darn darn darn

Joan

by Joan O. on Dec 1, 2008 7:40 PM EST reply actions  

not bad

kind of what you would expect against a team we don’t see that often

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:42 PM EST reply actions  

damn what happend

I had to take my puppy out for a duece

by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 7:46 PM EST reply actions  

LOL...

end of Period…Buffalo on the power play to start the second

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:48 PM EST up reply actions  

another PP

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:01 PM EST reply actions  

are we playing now i lost mt signal

Joan

by Joan O. on Dec 1, 2008 8:05 PM EST reply actions  

what happened?

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:07 PM EST up reply actions  

yeah

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:06 PM EST reply actions  

yeah

not much to speak about this period yet

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:12 PM EST up reply actions  

chances coming now

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:20 PM EST reply actions  

hahaha quote of the night

“the fastest guys skating on the ice are the ones going to the bench for a line change”

gotta love harry
hahahaha

by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 8:27 PM EST reply actions  

I was thinking the same thing

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:28 PM EST up reply actions  

whistles went away

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:31 PM EST reply actions  

Really picked up now

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:32 PM EST reply actions  

Nashville

has been better this period so far

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:56 PM EST reply actions  

Friggin MacArthur

What is he doing clearing the puck up the middle…they haven’t done that all night and than yet again a giveaway ends up in the back of our net.

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:00 PM EST reply actions  

ya know its games like this

that make me miss Peca and Varada…man those guys could forecheck and get the puck out of the corners

by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 9:00 PM EST reply actions  

Holy Lucky

great save but why was he on his stomach to begin with?

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:03 PM EST reply actions  

upon further review

pretty good save!

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:05 PM EST up reply actions  

J.P.

would be nice to have that guy…soft play at the line Vanek to try to clear it

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:07 PM EST reply actions  

No Call?

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:07 PM EST reply actions  

Another terrible third period

this is the second game in a row that they have been terrible in the third period.

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:08 PM EST reply actions  

ahaha what

what was that visectamy quote???

by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 9:09 PM EST reply actions  

I have come to realize

that buffalo teams are like the hot girls in school right before the prom…they will tease you and string you along for a bit…but ultimately they will break your heart

by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 9:10 PM EST reply actions  

yeah

just a bad game…not bad ice

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:12 PM EST up reply actions  

I think he said

“Without question that is a non-approved natural approach to having a vasectomy”

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:11 PM EST reply actions  

Turned it up a bit

The Sabres are getting pressure now…it is probably too little too late

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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:15 PM EST reply actions  

alright

good night all…in the words of charlie brown “Good grief”

by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 9:21 PM EST reply actions  

Good night

we’ll try again Thursday

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:22 PM EST reply actions  

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