[Open Thread] Buffalo Sabres vs. Carolina Hurricanes
by David Oleksy on Mar 14, 2008 7:06 PM EDT
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Time is running out quickly on the Buffalo Sabres. This weekend will go a long way in determining whether or not they have any realistic chance at making the playoffs. If you want to know just how important the game is tonight, I think it is all summed up here.
Sabres Notes: Mike Weber earned his first career point on Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins...Ales Kotalik has 98 career goals and needs only two for 100 in his career...Toni Lydman has nine points in his last 11 games, including the tying goal on Saturday against Carolina...Derek Roy has two goals and three assists in three games played against Carolina this season...Jason Pominville leads the Sabres with power play points with 22 (2 goals, 20 assists)...Max Afinogenov and Jochen Hecht are both on a three game point streak...Buffalo has only two wins in their last 10 games going 2-5-3 in that time frame...Tonights game will mark the 25th consecutive start for Ryan Miller...Buffalo has the 6th ranked power play at home.
Hurricanes Notes: The Hurricanes are 5-0-0 in their last five games and 8-1-1 in their last 10...The Hurricanes have averaged 36.4 shots a game over their past 10 games...Eric Staal has four goals and eight assists in his last five games to lead the Canes...Canes have the 16th ranked power play but they are 11th on the road...The Canes are 30th in the league in penalty killing but 22nd on the road...Ray Whitney and Eric Staal both have 28 points on the power play, Staal leads the Canes with 12 power play goals.
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Buffalo Leaders
Goals:Thomas Vanek 28
Assists:Jason Pominville 42
Points:Jason Pominville 65
Plus/minus:Jason Pominville +12
PIM:Andrew Peters 100
Hurricanes Leaders
Goals:Eric Staal 34
Assists:Matt Cullen, Eric Staal 36
Points:Eric Staal 70
Plus/minus:Joe Corvo +21
PIM:Scott Walker 86
Projected Sabres lines
Vanek-Roy-Stafford
Kotalik-Hecht-Pominville
Paille-Gaustad-Afinogenov
Kaleta-Mair-Bernier
Tallinder-Lydman
Sekera-Pratt
Weber-Funk
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SCORE!!!!!!!!!!
4-0 for the good guys...who said these guys can't make the playoffs?
i must be on an Avs website
cause I know the sabs didnt score 4 first period goals
Ha
Funny...The Avs suck
by David Oleksy on Mar 14, 2008 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
at least the avs
know how to finish the job, using sabres castoffs like uwe krupp
Well it's 5-0
But I don't think that goal should have counted. You can't hit the goalie and the puck but they always allow that play to happen.
whats with the jeckle and hyde sabres
one day they couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat, but the other they score 5 in 22 mins
The scored three
that counted in the third period against Pittsburgh. It should have been five but two weren't counted.
by David Oleksy on Mar 14, 2008 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Adam Mair
has a goal and two assists...that should explain how this game has gone.
whos the captain this week
anyone taking charge of this club, or is it safe to say that team lacks the locker room leadership
Pominville...
but maybe it should be Kotalik because he just got into a fight. Yep you heard that right, Kotalik got in a fight.
by David Oleksy on Mar 14, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
well if joan's here i gotta go
don't need to hear from an irish lady on st.patty's weekend
miller's
comment's sounded like a kop out to me and when do you stop learning and just play consistent
rumor out west is
diebytheblade has been considering changing their affiliation with the sabres to the phoenix coyotes
interesting
...might this family be making a cross country move?
by HO on Mar 14, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
do we have
to win all the rest of our games now to be in the playoffs
No we don't
but close
by David Oleksy on Mar 14, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
im just lookin for info
as a street writer for the tucson citizen, Im simply lookin for answers to the rumors...Mr. Oleksy and his fine coverage of the Buffalo Sabres are an asset to any organization...that said, having Mr. Oleksy covering the coyotes would be only beneficial to west coast hockey associations
has carolina
always been this dirty of a team i did think they were
They're losing 6-0
what do you expect
by David Oleksy on Mar 14, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
the best thing about this season
is at least the leafs wont make the playoffs again for like the 5th straight year
let's go
even buffalo can't lose this game
darn
i wanted that shutout almost as much as ryan did
had to take
care of my cornbeef what happened
people are
being thrown out left and right do think i've seen a game like this in a long time if ever
What NHL.com said
This was the final sentence of the recap of the game on NHL.com:
Buffalo had 13 penalties, totaling 48 minutes.
Apparently they couldn't bother mentioning that the Whalercanes had 20 penalties totaling 71 minutes including a game misconduct.
You know, it's the constant stream of little things like this that we've seen over the last dozen years or so that really makes you wonder if the league would just rather the Sabres go away and die. Trying to give the impression on the league's own website that the Sabres are a goon team when it was the Sabres' opponent which (uncharacteristically) melted down after the score got out of hand really smacks of bias and favoritism.
It would be funny if this were just an isolated incident.
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