Game Day Preview: Buffalo Sabres vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

by Zachary Zielonka on Apr 8, 2009 12:51 PM EDT

The Sabres life support is slowly starting to wane as they now have to win their last three games and still need help to get into the playoffs. Tonight they face a Maple Leaf team that has been fairly inconsistent as they head toward the Tavares Cup.

The Sabres offense hit another brick wall against the much tougher Detroit Red Wings. The Sabres had control of the game but lost their swagger and fire when the Red Wings scored first. From then on, the game was basically over as the Red Wings scored three more times while the Sabres could only find the back of the net once.

The Sabres are probably going to ride with Miller unless their playoff hopes are officially dashed. Miller gives them the best chance to win any game but the offense itself needs to find a way to hit the back of the net, scoring two goals or less in three of their last five games.

The Leafs are just trying to finish their season and will be led by Curtis Joseph again. CuJo was in net for the Leafs the last time these two teams met and was shelled for 5 goals. The Sabres have won their last four against the Leafs, only losing once to them this season on December 12.

Probably the most important part to this game is the fact that ex-Sabre Brad May will play his 1,000th career game tonight. May played 425 games with the Sabres before being traded in 1997. Since then, May has played for five different teams. Coach Ron Wilson sat May out of last night's game just so that he could be able to play his 1,000th game against his old mates.

Game time is 7:00pm at the Air Canada Center.

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THE LAUGHS ARE A BUNCH OF LITTLE GIRLS

The rest of you go get the goods on Stan. His mom grounded him once for setting something on fire. Let's find out what that something was and then lie and say it was a puppy.

by J2 on Apr 8, 2009 1:51 PM EDT reply actions

Best not lose to them then.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Apr 8, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions

have you been watching the sabres – hahahahahahahahaha – we don’t lose – we crush the hopes of fans

The rest of you go get the goods on Stan. His mom grounded him once for setting something on fire. Let's find out what that something was and then lie and say it was a puppy.

by J2 on Apr 8, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Why just lose when you can also collect souls and rip hearts. Being a fan of Buffalo sports is basically resigning yourself to be Sisyphus.

The population of Pominville keeps rising!

by Blackcapricorn on Apr 8, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s not what all of OLAS’s victims say.

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Apr 8, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s not what all of OLAS’s victims say.

explain – i’m not a hockey guru – i just like the sabres. so evreyone to me is a bunch of little girls.

call me a fanboy, bandwagon (although we suck too bad – so thats out) or whatever. i just like having fun.

oh and the laughs are a bunch of little girls

The rest of you go get the goods on Stan. His mom grounded him once for setting something on fire. Let's find out what that something was and then lie and say it was a puppy.

by J2 on Apr 8, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

anyone help me with the OLAS’s victims?

OLAS – ?? hmmm Only ladies are sabresfans

sound about right? yes…. perhaps? no? oh wait I got it – Our looney awesome sabres

awesome!!!

The rest of you go get the goods on Stan. His mom grounded him once for setting something on fire. Let's find out what that something was and then lie and say it was a puppy.

by J2 on Apr 9, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions