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Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens, Sep 23, 2008 7:00 PM EDT


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Preseason Game #2

Buffalo Sabres (0-1-0-0) vs.

Montreal Canadiens (0-1-0-0)

7:00 PM EST, Roberval Community Arena

TV: None

Radio: WGR 550

Listen Here

 

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Game Day Preview

Players to watch:  Buffalo Sabres:  Nathan Gerbe (35-33-68, BC Eagles-NCAA), Derek Roy (32-49-81), Jason Pominville (27-53-80), Maxim Afinogenov (10-18-28), Tim Connolly (7-33-40), Craig Rivet (5-30-35), Teppo Numminen (1 game played)

Montreal Canadiens: I don't know who will be in their lineup tonight.

Sabres Notes:  Lost their pre-season opener 7-4 in Toronto last night...Marek Zagrapan led the team with one goal and two assists...Henrik Tallinder had a couple of bad giveaways...Jhonas Enroth seen his first NHL action when he relieved Ryan Miller half way through the game...Patrick Lalime is expected to start in goal for the Sabres tonight.

Canadiens Notes:  Lost to Boston last night 8-3...allowed seven goals in the final two periods...Alex Tanguay played his first game in a Habs uniform and had two assists in his debut...Carey Price was not in net for the Habs last night.

What they are saying:

NHL.com Roberval "Hockeyville" Preview

Eyes on the Prize- Montreal Canadiens Blog

Lions in Winter- Montreal Canadiens Blog

Four Habs Fans- Montreal Canadiens Blog

 

Watch the Game Live:  Click Here

A little birdie told me that tonights game and Saturdays game will both be shown on XS Sports.

 

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Camera is so low it's making me dizzy

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by BeastMode on Sep 23, 2008 7:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

1st period recap:

Overall, the thing that stood out was Patrick Lalime’s performance in goal. Montreal has a number of excellent chances but Lalime turned every one of those away, except for a bad angle shot that bounced off of Toni Lydman.

Interesting line combination of Roy-Gerbe-Afinogenov. Tons of speed from those guys and was probably the team’s most effective trio. Gerbe looked a bit too tentative while Max played pretty physical and Roy dominated the puck quite a bit.

Also of note, Tim Connolly is wearing the “C” tonight with I believe Pominville and Roy as assistants.

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by BeastMode on Sep 23, 2008 7:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm home

I’m sure nobody is here but I’m home and watching the game on MSG

by David Oleksy on Sep 23, 2008 8:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

2nd period recap:

The Sabres looked alright the first three-quarters of the second period, playing very responsible in their own end with sold goaltending again from Lalime. Roy played well, drawing two penalties and skating aggressively.

Then the breakdowns with the man advantage. First the Sabres gave up a breakaway to a Kostitsyn that converted it to a short handed goal. two minutes or so later yet another short handed goal given up, that time to Plekanec.

At some point, the breakaways are going to stop, right?

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by BeastMode on Sep 23, 2008 8:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hopefully

I really hope the breakdowns stop immediately

by David Oleksy on Sep 23, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Camera

Man you are right about the camera

by David Oleksy on Sep 23, 2008 9:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ROY

Wow what a goal by Roy…he just went to the backhand and beat Denis

by David Oleksy on Sep 23, 2008 9:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Really nice goal by Roy.

Unfortunately the power play couldn’t follow up to tighten the game.

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by BeastMode on Sep 23, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was hoping

I was hoping that they could close the gap

by David Oleksy on Sep 23, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

WOW!!!

What a shot by Gerbe…I may be rethinking him playing in Portland…that was a bullet

by David Oleksy on Sep 23, 2008 9:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Gerbe Gerbe Gerbe

Phenomenal third period from Gerbe. He was all over the ice and seemed to be out there half the time (even if he wasn’t). If he continues to play like that, you’re right D.O., he won’t be in Portland very long.

Win or lose, I could care less, I love the way the Sabres battled in the third period. Hopefully that can carry over to the rest of the preseason.

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by BeastMode on Sep 23, 2008 9:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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