Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey Devils [Game Thread]
by David Oleksy on Dec 7, 2009 6:15 PM EST
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PrintNew Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres, Dec 7, 2009 7:00 PM EST
| Buffalo Sabres (16-8-2, 32pts) |
Game # 27 | New Jersey Devils (19-7-1, 39pts) | |||
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| Date: | December 7, 2009 |
Location: | Buffalo, NY |
| Time: | 7:00 p.m. ET |
Arena: | HSBC Arena |
| TV: | Versus |
SBN Affiliate/ Blogs | In Lou We Trust |
| Radio: |
WGR (550AM) |
Season Series | BUF 1-0-0,NJD 0-1-0 |
| Final Score | |||
| Buffalo Sabres | Category | New Jersey Devils |
| 71 (2.73) | Goals For | 73 (2.70) |
| 59 (2.27) | Goals Against | 60 (2.22) |
| 847 (32.6) | Shots For | 800 (29.6) |
| 764 (29.4) | Shots Against | 749 (27.7) |
| 22/116 - 19.0% (20) | Power Play | 22/101 - 21.8% (7) |
| 13/91 - 85.7% (3) | Penalty Kill | 15/82 - 81.7% (12) |
- Jason Pominville remains hot for the Sabres...he has six points (2+4) during his four game point streak.
- Jamie Langenbrunner is riding a four game point streak (2+3) into tonight's game for the Devils.
- The Devils are 10-2-1 on the road this season after starting the season 9-0-0 on the road.
- Both teams are 4-1-0 in their last five games.
- The Sabres won the previous meeting between these two teams by a score a 4-1.
- Tim Kennedy scored his first career goal against the Devils earlier this season.
Starting Goalies
Expected Lines
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 JSCoope on winning the prize for November. I will be contacting you soon to get mailing information.
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ok so Miller is going tonight?
Thought I heard earlier today Lalime was getting the nod? Much rather prefer Miller tonight (duh) lol
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
I could be wrong
the site I usually get my goalie info said Miller confirmed. I’ll look for another source and let you know.
D.O.
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yep Buffalo News saying it's Miller
D.O.
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Usually how Sabres games go
aside from the 4 game losing streak
by Jsz on Dec 7, 2009 7:01 PM EST up reply actions
RJ will be on the radio but not TV
D.O.
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Is the radio feed available easily online
Like say, sabres website or NHL.com?
by Jsz on Dec 7, 2009 7:01 PM EST up reply actions
WGR550 works as well
D.O.
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I got it.
TV on versus on mute, with WGR550 and RJ.
On an unrelated note, Canada’s anthem seems wimpy compare to the USA’s.
by Jsz on Dec 7, 2009 7:09 PM EST up reply actions
No way
O Canada is a fantastic anthem, and gives me chills when I hear it. Honestly, I think America’s anthem is pretty weak.
They have a great anthem, better than ours, and it pains me to say it. I get chills just thinking of the Edm crowd singing it in that Carolina game…
Nah, didn’t mean it like that. I mean our anthem is all about bombs, rockets, war, etc. There’s is about peace and standing guard and all that good stuff.
by Jsz on Dec 7, 2009 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
Nah, didn’t mean it like that. I mean our anthem is all about bombs, rockets, war, etc. There’s is about peace and standing guard and all that good stuff.
No, our anthem is about perseverance in the face of overwhelming odds in a war to preserve the American way of life and what this country stands for. What could be more empowering than an anthem about a people fighting to free themselves from a tyrannical government that viewed them as being beneath the average Englishman because they were born in the Americas?
Now way! ‘Oh Canada’ is just a lame retooling of ‘God Save the King/Queen’ or whatever the heck the British national anthem is, just with the word Canada as a substituted for the word King or Queen. At least ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ is original with an interesting story behind it, like having been written by a captive American aboard an English ship in the Chesapeake Bay while the Brits bombarded the American port city of Baltimore. The song is all about American perseverance in the face British oppression and how we drop-kicked their colonizing butts out of our country not once but twice within the space of thirty years. Fight the power, man!
I believe you can get it from both Sabres.com and NHL.com
D.O.
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Can we win tonight without Grier?
I hope so. Seems to make an unusually big difference for us when he’s in the lineup (compared to his point totals)
I think it's possible
D.O.
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at work tonight... and of course we have DirectTV here :-/
keep my posted boys and girls.
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
what's your e-mail?
D.O.
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has myers had his?
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
Sent
hopefully not the same one
D.O.
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How do we look so far?
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
slow start, lazy passes, Miller at least one big save? haha
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
yeah...most of the time
D.O.
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yeah, it’s the same one DO but i figured out how to get it working.
thanks… you should post these in the pregame lineup thingy
We aren't allowed to
we aren’t even allowed to have them in the comments
D.O.
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There are legal reasons
D.O.
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Nice heads up play
they allowed the penalty to expire and got a scoring chance.
D.O.
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Not much on that PP
They need to work harder to get shots on Broduer
D.O.
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That was not a good period
I felt like the Devils controlled most of the period.
D.O.
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One thing that really made me sad
The announcers talked about the Devils defensemen doing a good job against “The best on the other team.” I did not know what line they were talking about.
five shots on goal
for Buffalo in the first period. Pitiful.
For those keeping track, the Sabres are 0-8-0 in games where they trail by 2 goals at any point
by HarryNeale'sGarden on Dec 7, 2009 7:45 PM EST reply actions
Yep
I was just about to ask how awful their record is when down 2-0 and i knew they’ve yet to win under those circumstances. Good luck doing that against Jersey.
yeah, DO i figured it might be something like that. let’s encode it using sabres jersey numbers.. lol
man, seeing that soft helps me appreciate how much miller has improved in the last few years. i don’t see us winning this game.
Bright side of tonite
At least you get about a half hour now to take care of that “to do” list you made before the MNF starts?
that bad huh guys? :-/
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
NOT BALLARD STYLE, WAS IT?
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
haha. well works going to suck tomorrow. Thats how I stay sane. Reading Bills and Sabres stuff...
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
It's definitely bad when the hardest hit by a Sabre....
Is Montador hitting Miller
D.O.
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dumb penalty?
that is an awful call
D.O.
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They are skating better
but that is not enough right now.
D.O.
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Jeez
I’ve been watching the Atlanta/Toronto game instead of this one and it looks like it was a good move.
goal would have been nice there
D.O.
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It's not just the players
but we’ve been out-coached tonight, too. The Devils’ Jacques Lemaire had his team really prepared.
Good point
I do think you are right but the players deserve most of the blame.
D.O.
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this is a good wake up call
Jersey is arguably best team in the league. Buffalo is getting a nice lesson here
by Frank Reich Revolution on Dec 7, 2009 8:53 PM EST reply actions
Let's hope they learn that lesson
D.O.
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What an idiot
why would you do that when you are losing 3-0?
D.O.
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This is a game where the doom and gloomers come up and say to blow this team up.
No, there’s just a couple of players that need to go. Like Connolly.
Just how did a third line guy signed for chump change become so important to this team? Is Grier really that important to the team? I like the guy a lot, but he’s got some tread on the tires. How do they continously win with him, and lose without him?
Oddly enough, I ask myself that question the idiots at MSG show a graphic displaying the Rangers record both with Sean Avery in the line-up and without him. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or what, but the Rangers record is inexplicably better with Avery in the line-up than when he isn’t.. How bizarre is that?
I know
we definitely did help him out a ton tonight. I know that no Sabres fan wants to see him tie the record against us.
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 7, 2009 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
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