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Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins [Game Thread]

Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres, Nov 20, 2009 7:30 PM EST


Buffalo Sabres (12-5-1, 25pts)
Game # 19
Boston Bruins (9-8-4, 22pts)
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Date: November 20, 2009
Location: Buffalo, NY
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Arena: HSBC Arena
TV: MSG
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Radio:

    WGR (550AM) 

Season Series BUF 0-1-0,BOS 1-0-0
Final Score  

 

Buffalo Sabres Category Boston Bruins
48 (2.67) Goals For 48 (2.29)
43 (2.39) Goals Against 52 (2.48)
601 (33.4) Shots For 661 (31.5)
531 (29.5) Shots Against 607 (28.9)
17/89 - 19.1% (16) Power Play 10/72 - 13.9% (28)
12/65 - 81.5% (12) Penalty Kill 12/79 - 84.8% (3)

Star-divide

Starting Goalies


GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2009 - Ryan Miller 16 942 12 3 31 1.97 451 420 .931 2


GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2009 - Tim Thomas 14 851 5 6 33 2.33 403 370 .918 3

SPG Game

I quickly put up a post before the first game that explained the SPG Game.  Unfortunately I did not do a very good job of explaining it.  I will try to do a better job of explaining the game and the objective in this post.  As always , if there are any questions send me an e-mail or ask in the comments.

What is the SPG Game?

"SPG" is an acronym for "Shot", "Penalty" and "Goal".  The object of the game is to predict which Buffalo Sabres player will have the first shot, penalty and goal for each period.

How Does it Work?

You receive one point for every correct prediction you make.  This gives you a potential for nine points in a regulation game, 12 points in an overtime game and 14 points in a shootout.

How Do I Sign Up?

The SPG Game is free to play with a special thanks to Gary Perez for building the platform that drives these statistics.  You can sign up by visiting this page and creating account.  After creating account you will have to visit the game page to make your selections.

Prizes?

There will be prizes available for the winner of each month as well as a grand prize winner at the conclusion of the regular season.  The winner of the grand prize at the end of the season will win a Buffalo Sabres jersey.  We will start out small by giving away a Buffalo Sabres poster to the winner of the October SPG Game.

 Congrats to zaniac75 on winning the October prize of a Buffalo Sabres poster.  I will be sending that out shortly.

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Holy cow, 7 minutes till puck drop, where is everyone???

by destinsabresfan on Nov 20, 2009 7:29 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

LETS GO SABRES!

anyone wanna take a guess to who is gonna score the first goal for sabres?

by manic hispanic on Nov 20, 2009 7:31 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

After Rafal’s good article about him today, I’ll go with Gaustad.

by destinsabresfan on Nov 20, 2009 7:34 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

GOOD CALL!!

"We want to win immediately. To say you're building is an incomplete sentence. ... You're building for a future coach and general manager."
-Marv Levy

by TEMSON on Nov 20, 2009 7:45 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

A congrats from me?

"We want to win immediately. To say you're building is an incomplete sentence. ... You're building for a future coach and general manager."
-Marv Levy

by TEMSON on Nov 20, 2009 7:47 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

That’s good enough

by destinsabresfan on Nov 20, 2009 7:49 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Lets see how this team responds to such a poor outing against the Panthers.

by Sn1perX on Nov 20, 2009 7:32 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

4th line producing some good chances

by manic hispanic on Nov 20, 2009 7:42 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Vanek needs to go top shelf there

by destinsabresfan on Nov 20, 2009 7:44 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

GOOSE!

"We want to win immediately. To say you're building is an incomplete sentence. ... You're building for a future coach and general manager."
-Marv Levy

by TEMSON on Nov 20, 2009 7:45 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I fear

the dumb penalties are moving from annoyance to trend.

A bullhorn, a bottle of whiskey and a dream. GobblerCountry.com

by furrer4heisman on Nov 20, 2009 8:01 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

At least they’ve been killing them off pretty well lately

by destinsabresfan on Nov 20, 2009 8:03 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Posting from my seats in the fifth row, section 119.

Crowd is seriously dead tonight. And I’m
surrounded by boston fans who pahk their cahs in hahvahd yahd

by HarryNeale'sGarden on Nov 20, 2009 8:07 PM EST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

The dead crowd

is noticeable on TV.

A bullhorn, a bottle of whiskey and a dream. GobblerCountry.com

by furrer4heisman on Nov 20, 2009 8:11 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Also Milan lucic’s brother, sister in law, and 372 nephews are sitting in the row directly behind me.

by HarryNeale'sGarden on Nov 20, 2009 8:10 PM EST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

That can’t be pleasant.

by destinsabresfan on Nov 20, 2009 8:13 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Couple of the girls are really cute. Good eastern European blood.

Them seem pretty chill and are very quiet and polite. No complaints on my end.

by HarryNeale'sGarden on Nov 20, 2009 8:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

Have a couple of beers sent their way, you never know!

by destinsabresfan on Nov 20, 2009 8:17 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Dude – it’s Lucic. Do you want to get HNG killed? I’d say don’t even make eye contact…

(Actually – I’m lying. I’d offer up some beer.)

by krytime on Nov 20, 2009 8:21 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

This is pretty solid advice.

You guys would be able to see me when the camera pans to the sabres shoot side this period. I’m rocking my vintage 1997 goathead sabres puckhead.

by HarryNeale'sGarden on Nov 20, 2009 8:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

There goes any chance of scoring with the Lucic babes.

by destinsabresfan on Nov 20, 2009 8:29 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

They seem to like it haha

by HarryNeale'sGarden on Nov 20, 2009 8:36 PM EST via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

Tough, physical game so far

Seems like we’ve been in a lot of those lately. I like that we don’t shy away from it.

A bullhorn, a bottle of whiskey and a dream. GobblerCountry.com

by furrer4heisman on Nov 20, 2009 8:12 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Good penalty kill. Bad interference call.

"We want to win immediately. To say you're building is an incomplete sentence. ... You're building for a future coach and general manager."
-Marv Levy

by TEMSON on Nov 20, 2009 8:38 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Robbed him

What a freakin’ save!

by destinsabresfan on Nov 20, 2009 8:42 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Getting in front

of Big Z’s shot may not have been such a good idea.

A bullhorn, a bottle of whiskey and a dream. GobblerCountry.com

by furrer4heisman on Nov 20, 2009 8:43 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

That took huge cujones.

by destinsabresfan on Nov 20, 2009 8:44 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Oooh…Butler. Ouch.

by krytime on Nov 20, 2009 8:45 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

That puts him at around minus 200 for the season

by destinsabresfan on Nov 20, 2009 8:48 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Second period, you are a cruel mistress.

by HarryNeale'sGarden on Nov 20, 2009 8:51 PM EST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

That was a rough period.

by Sn1perX on Nov 20, 2009 9:01 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

First icing call comes 37 minutes in. Wow.

by HarryNeale'sGarden on Nov 20, 2009 8:55 PM EST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

A lot of power plays

contributed to that

A bullhorn, a bottle of whiskey and a dream. GobblerCountry.com

by furrer4heisman on Nov 20, 2009 9:17 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

wow rough second period boys, they gotta wake up

by Rafal Ladysz on Nov 20, 2009 9:01 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

It's hard to be boring when you're a winning team

but we have accomplished that the past month, especially at home.

by ccthemovieman on Nov 20, 2009 9:04 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

first meeting of the year tomorrow with those ugly senators that have the meetings with buffalo marked down as the stanley cup finals

by Rafal Ladysz on Nov 20, 2009 9:10 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

No matte the result

of OT/SO, I’m happy with the way this team has played the last week and a half or so. Playing well against some solid teams. The Florida game was an abortion, but I’m going to just tell myself that the consistency will come.

A bullhorn, a bottle of whiskey and a dream. GobblerCountry.com

by furrer4heisman on Nov 20, 2009 9:53 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I live in Boston, it’s miserable.

"We want to win immediately. To say you're building is an incomplete sentence. ... You're building for a future coach and general manager."
-Marv Levy

by TEMSON on Nov 20, 2009 9:57 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Damn.

"We want to win immediately. To say you're building is an incomplete sentence. ... You're building for a future coach and general manager."
-Marv Levy

by TEMSON on Nov 20, 2009 9:56 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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