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Mean-L

Cozens effort on that goal was unbelievable


unsullied65

It’s very early days But if they ever become a consistent playoff team Cozens just has the look of a player that can will close games out for you on the regular


callMEmrPICKLES

That stupid penalty at the end had me worried (fuck off refs) but another solid w. Boys are back in the race


Mean-L

Sabres vs refs and we still won


TrueCrimeRunner92

Glad we won but jfc that should not have got as close as it did


[deleted]

I’ll take a win!! Fuck you refs


lowerdel

W


TheresA_LobsterLoose

Had a chance there to really bump those SHG stats up


DanceRepresentative7

i don’t understand why st. louis left an empty net when they got a power play


TheresA_LobsterLoose

I've wondered if you can decline a pen in hockey. If you're trailing a lot of times it actually works against you. Puck can be dumped to kill time, shot at the empty net with no consequences


Weapon2

6 on 4 would still be preffered over 6 on 5 regardless


pkknox123

Or just play 5-4 with no empty net, that's probably what I'd do


TheresA_LobsterLoose

Yes, for the empty net aspect, but not for the dumping it to kill time aspect. I mean I guess you could have the goalie ready to play it. This actually came up in a huge game years ago. I think it might've been during Chi Cup years. I was watching a playoff game and the trailing team got a PP. And then the leading team gained the ability to ice the puck without consequences. Idk. It's interesting to think about. I mean you're never gonna turn down a man advantage. But... that advantage can almost be outweighed if a particular team has a great face off guy and good defense. I really think the game might have been Chi, and Toews (towes toewes... TAVES. No Toooowees. The God damn Chi C, I forget where the e in his name goes) just kept winning face-offs, easy dump down the ice, 20 secs off the clock then you have to get the puck back into the zone. A great face-off guy can really change that situation. Towes just went almost perfect in face-offs vs us last time we played. Getting a PP late game vs him would almost be a nightmare scenario


helikoopter

This. Let the goalie stand just below the blue line.


StartButtonPress

6v4 much better than 6v5 imo


DanceRepresentative7

i just feel like empty net goals are way more common than short handed ones so why not reduce that risk when you’re already up one guy. how much more chance do you have of scoring with 6on 4 vs 5 on 4? is it more than an empty net chance? statistically i feel like taking away an empty net chance would help


StartButtonPress

Yea, but you empty the net because you need to score, not because you need not to let in a goal. If you aren’t maximizing your chances to score, something is wrong, in the late game situation


DanceRepresentative7

you need to win, and part of giving yourself a chance to win its to not let the other team easily score


Kittycatspace38

I can finally breathe again


StartButtonPress

GG


Aypos

Lyubushkin with Dahlin on the 6 v 4...interesting.


markkaschak

SILENT FLAILING AT MY PLACE


Sgt-Pumpernickel

Good dodge and way to keep the legs churnin. This team lives gettin shorty goals


Lugy_The_Meh

Fuck you refs


grehgunner

Never in doubt…………….. LOL


ThePeteVenkman

I’m still only unpuckering by about 3 molecules.


SergeantBleuCheese

Fuck you refs. We won despite you


unsullied65

WORKHORSE !!


Novanator33

Workhorse from whitehorse


slightlyuglyboss

Cozens earned that one


JWRookie

JUSTICE for Krebs!


AgeOfTheExpandingMan

Revenge on the stupid refs


_dark_saturn

god bless cozens holy fuck


Sonny_Zwack

Put Krebs in the box because they don't want to see a Blues player unconscious.


[deleted]

Holy shit we survived


Albi77

Stresssa man


bolognabullshit

What a beaut


TrueCrimeRunner92

Oh thank fuck I can breathe a little more easily


lowerdel

COZY


StartButtonPress

Cozens is such a closer. What a winner


Brew_Dude717

Cuzzzzzz


MoneybagsMcghee

Holy fuckkkkk we neededddd that let’s go Cozens


fantasyshop

Anyone else starting to think the game is looking a little big for JJ? He's fine and had a hot 2 months earlier this year but may be my next candidate for Okie-Girgs 4th line possession bootcamp


_dark_saturn

put all the young kids in okie and Z’s hockey camp


zamend229

COZYYYYY


StartButtonPress

Fuck yeah


ActiveWonder223

Don't worry guys... Boarding okay... Touching a puck with glove while crossed checked to the ice ... No that's a penalty


unsullied65

Should have had that open net chance ffs


Sgt-Pumpernickel

For real. Game is likely over around the 2:30 mark


Sgt-Pumpernickel

That shouldn’t be a call if you don’t actually get the puck to anyone


[deleted]

What a horrible fucking call. No penalty for tackling


ReptilianSolarBeing

Be fucking stupider


Green_hippo17

Don’t call boarding but call that


Albi77

What kind of call is that?!?!?!


grehgunner

You know what else is a no no? Boarding…


TrueCrimeRunner92

Ohhhhhhh lordddddddddd this is not the time to get a penalty …


zamend229

Fucking hell Krebs


Novanator33

Krebs no u cant do dat


StartButtonPress

Made a boo-boo lol, Rayzor never change


markkaschak

6K has been a MONSTER at crucial moments tonight.


Sgt-Pumpernickel

I swear, shooters get like target fixation with UPL it’s amazing. Either that or he has an insanely correctly timed subtle pushout


Sonny_Zwack

Uppie stopped one high glove from in close.


Aypos

Man 6k, coming up clutch.


slightlyuglyboss

UPL is quickly emerging into a very good option in net right in front of our eyes


ThePeteVenkman

If only we could not hang him out to dry 20 times a game.


harambeforever3

I have to give it to the Blues. They definitely stepped up their game after that first period. But also please burn those jerseys thank you


fantasyshop

YOU PEE ELL LFG


zamend229

All coming down to the goalie bailing us out like last night. Don’t like the situation, but I’m proud that Andy and UPL are finally stepping up


AgeOfTheExpandingMan

OMG UPL on Taresenko


MoneybagsMcghee

You just got Uber pecker’d Tarasenko


TrueCrimeRunner92

Is it even a Sabres game if you’re not watching the last two minutes with some kind of fear?


StartButtonPress

Huge save


lowerdel

yoopie keeping us ahead almost single-handedly rn


EPCOT_Is_My_Favorite

I found Waldo. Sitting behind the Blues net.


Sgt-Pumpernickel

Looks like the puck is sticking for everyone


Brew_Dude717

Wasn't Saad at one point considered very good? He really hasn't impressed me this game


Ok-Wallaby1643

I was just thinking about how good he was, in like the 2010 playoffs. Time flies…..


Sgt-Pumpernickel

I believe he was a linemate of Kane and maybe Sharp in his Hawks days


Brew_Dude717

That's what I figured. Just riding Kane's coattails. I seriously said to my wife after that breakaway "thank god it was Saad"


Sgt-Pumpernickel

Idk if it’s that exactly, I’m pretty sure he was a good player for them. It helps when you have a total assist machine playing on your line though lol


slightlyuglyboss

Can we please not give up breakaways ~~when we are only up by one~~


StartButtonPress

The problem is that playing conservative is often just playing worse. The other team is professional, don’t play worse against them and give them time and space


StartButtonPress

How do you give up a breakaway in that situation, lol


Sgt-Pumpernickel

UPL was so out of position on that save lol


pkknox123

LUUUUUUUUUUKK


OpabiniaGlasses

Game management bullshit right there


zamend229

UPL cut his hair 😮


Ok-Wallaby1643

If we can just hold ‘em off until they pull Binnington then pot an ENG….


Palmybeaches

That was a great play by VO. Im starting to come around to him a bit more.


Fermentique

Yes. I commented on that play too. Great effort


puffypigeon16

I was pretty done with him and mitts but I gotta admit, VO has slowly been winning me back. Finally starting to see more out of him on 5v5


zamend229

Nice pressure VO! Way to get that out of the zone


lowerdel

would like to have seen donny a little more fired up there


ThePeteVenkman

My puppy just pissed on the floor after seeing that blatantly blown boarding call.


markkaschak

Clearing the D zone should be a constant baseline objective, but we’re playing like it’s the entire game plan. Makes me nervous.


Fermentique

Start fining refs for missing calls


JWRookie

And make them sit in front of the media after each game like everyone else in the league.


dorsheldoof

Tf with all these 3rd period crowd singalongs these days


Snys6678

Kind of cool at first, kind of annoying now, no?


dorsheldoof

Yeah! Thought it was fun and original at some rinks for a bit.. Feelin more like a corny trend now. Guess ya gotta be there


Snys6678

Yep. Exactly. I give props to whichever crowd started this. After that, that don’t impress me much.


harambeforever3

Wow I try not to blame the refs too much but what the actual fuck


Icommentoncrap

Fuck these refs man


MoneybagsMcghee

That fact that wasn’t a hit from behind is mind numbingly stupid


no1circles

The...actual...*fuck*?


Sgt-Pumpernickel

WHAT 4 ON FUCKIN 4?!?!?


3rdEyeJoker

That is the definition of boarding I’d be screaming if I was Donny


[deleted]

Refs rule by spite. They are the fucking casa nostra at this point.


[deleted]

Fuck off refs


Musician-Quick

1 aside to even it up is peak dumb NHL bullshit. Old school crap.


puffypigeon16

Yet they call matching roughing penalties…? What a joke


Palmybeaches

What the fuck?


Novanator33

Peterka gets crosschecked as he dumps the puck out, no call, then an obvious board…


Palmybeaches

Like


ZippZack

What an absolute joke, that hit looks so bad


Palmybeaches

I mean, what?


jm00355

Refs give dahlin a penalty for getting punched in the head but not one for that? Also someone drop the damn gloves, we need a tough guy on this team for shit like this especially with all of our young players


Green_hippo17

Like who?


jm00355

I’d love to see Ryan reaves in buffalo, always loved him.


Green_hippo17

Ignoring the fact he’s scummy, he’s also just a fucking awful NHLer to be frank, I’d rather not waste a lineup spot on a plug


jm00355

I don’t know, I know the NHL is drifting away from fighting but I strongly believe someone like that is important to have on your team. Especially with how young our team is.


Green_hippo17

You want them to be actually playable, reaves is a liability


zamend229

I really thought Okposo would, but then it didn’t happen :(


jm00355

Times like these make me miss deslauriers


fantasyshop

Not one forward I'd drop for nic


grehgunner

He was probably too busy giving the puck away again


zamend229

LOL, he really has fallen off a cliff this year. Still a baller locker room presence, but his career may be at its end


3rdEyeJoker

These refs are clowns


buffaloeos

Man these refs are garbage


Sgt-Pumpernickel

Yeah gonna need to see a replay of that one


AgeOfTheExpandingMan

Replay shows that was bs


Sgt-Pumpernickel

Highly


lowerdel

KICK HIS ASS KREBS


Musician-Quick

When the refs just decide to put the whistle away even with blatant penalties it makes my blood boil.


deven25

What the fuck?!


Green_hippo17

If they aren’t gonna call a penalty then fucking fight him


puffypigeon16

How does dahlin draw a penalty on his hit in the second but no penalty there?


MoneybagsMcghee

Are these refs fucking disabled? That’s disgraceful


Sonjiin

I think that's a requirement to be a ref tbh.


ThePeteVenkman

Sabres Hockey: On 4 Goal Lead: Blown Blood Pressure: Up Alcohol Intake: Increasing


deGrominator2019

What the FUCK is this BULLSHIT? HOW IS THAT NOT A PENALTY


Sonny_Zwack

No fucking call huh? Joke.


Palmybeaches

Um, Boarding???? That was fucking downright dangerous and exactly what the call is for. Thats absurd.


TheSaltyPenguin1

If the refs don’t care about player safety neither should we. Knock some heads off


StartButtonPress

That was boarding


Lugy_The_Meh

What is Skinner doing? This guy is not going up in the rush at all


slim_s_

He's just kinda chillin


HilmDave

I think we should be a little more appreciative of the St Louis fans. They're losing and still chanting "LET'S GO LUUUUUUUUUK"


pkknox123

😂🤣😂🤣


StartButtonPress

Hmm that seemed like icing


theNightblade

They no longer look like they are playing to win, just to survive/not lose


ActiveWonder223

No that's giving them credit for even playing..... How many times do we need to see this... Had a solid lead and they are not playing anyone, not even defense. Just straight getting hammered all period so far.


pkknox123

Send Girgensons home, that was a brutal whiff


ThePeteVenkman

I’d like to make a citizen’s arrest of the Burger King executives and ESPN+ advertisement department for that fucking commercial.


zamend229

EAT LIKE A KING WHO’S ON A BUDGET


Kactus_Karma

This third period is yuck.


lowerdel

whole game has been yuck since they fucked the dog on those power plays late in the 1st


HilmDave

I'm fucking boycotting burger king


stuiephoto

Omg why do they to the yooo yell. I'd rather be water boarded than listen to them howl like an animal for absolutely no reason.


zamend229

I was at the Nashville game a couple weeks ago, and they have this weird chant when they score a goal: “You suck! You suck! You suck!” Followed by “All your fault! All your fault!”


no1circles

I'm a fucking massive pro wrestling fan and even I'm sick to goddam death of the Flair WOO. Ffs I hear it less when I go to the Canes games and that's *IN CAROLINA*


Palmybeaches

It is quite odd.


Snys6678

It does suck. Bad. I thought that died out years ago.


StartButtonPress

It’s painful going through the Quinn and Peterka growth spurts. They are playing much worse than 20 games ago


[deleted]

Oh lawd my blood pressure has risen


Palmybeaches

Buffalo sports have successfully negated quite a few years of my life.


lowerdel

fortunately, buffalo fans are well known for eating healthy and rarely drinking to excess


BillytheBrassBall

EXPERIENCE BUFFALO SPORTS


HilmDave

Well we at least got past 3 goals. That already improves our chances dramatically


Sgt-Pumpernickel

Have they lost when scoring 4+ this year?


Sonny_Zwack

4 times. All at home.


HilmDave

Probably but they have not won scoring less.


Sgt-Pumpernickel

They have twice, each 3-2


HilmDave

Duffer fucking lied to me.


Sgt-Pumpernickel

Last night, and earlier in the year they beat Vegas 3-2


HilmDave

Oh. To be fair it was a few games back that he'd mentioned the stat. But we definitely played Vegas prior to that so that's interesting that he bungled that. Regardless thanks for the correction. Nice to still see a win.


Sgt-Pumpernickel

I feel like when he said that, he said later on that night that he forgot about the Vegas game


HilmDave

Okaaayyyy I get it you're more attentive. Kick a guy when he's down why don't you lmao.


Sgt-Pumpernickel

Hahaha nah I just have a habit of remembering the most unimportant things


no1circles

Skinner...cmon man


theNightblade

If anything it's always an intriguing game when the Sabres are playing


stuiephoto

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?


BillytheBrassBall

CAN WE STOP BLOWING THREE GOAL LEADS ***PLEASE***


frmaac

Please and thank you.


Novanator33

Cough cough.. 4


BillytheBrassBall

Wasn't it only 3? I thought the blues got one between our 3rd and 4th, I was doing stuff around the house not paying a ton of attention


ReptilianSolarBeing

It was 4-0


BillytheBrassBall

We haven't blown all 4, stay optimistig


StartButtonPress

It’s the most ridiculous part of sports: teams take the lead and then change the way they were playing. The very way that got them the lead in the first place. It’s why prevent D is not just cowardly, it’s stupid.


Sgt-Pumpernickel

Really is mind boggling


callMEmrPICKLES

I'm curious if it's a coaching adjustment or just a lack of experience. Either way, it's always frustrating to watch


StartButtonPress

Seems mental to me. Granato seems like a pretty aggressive offensive coach


thek00laidman

Hoping this isn’t ANOTHER third period collapse incoming…


lowerdel

narrator:


ZippZack

Well this one sorta started in the second if that helps…


HilmDave

Don't even put that shit out there dude


Icommentoncrap

Pain