GDT: Boston at Buffalo 1:00 pm ET, 12/3/2016

[Norcal]

Marchand is a in rat

[Claude_Verret]

Ugly

[Randall Flagg]

For the fourth time this season, when aiming to go above NHL or deLuca .500, the Buffalo Sabres not only are losing, but don't feel like playing. It's so frustrating. It'd be one thing if they were being outplayed by a Chicago team or something like that. But they just dominated the best team in the Metro division last game. They don't want this game nearly as much as Boston does. Considering the fact that Boston is in the spot we want, and a loss puts us back SIX points, it is unacceptable that we came out this way, and the coach and leaders better do something about it. This is beyond frustrating.

[LGR4GM]

So, when are the Sabres showing up?

[Huckleberry]

lucky we are only 1 goal behind 

[Randall Flagg]

No shots on goal after the first power play unit came off.

[Huckleberry]

Marchand is a ######in rat

Risto or foligno will take him out :p

[darksabre]

Dan musta told the ambulance to stop circling.

[JJFIVEOH]

Guess the Eichel high wore off. Back to reality. 

[Sabel79]

I'm going to engage in some provocative hot-takery and say that this was a bad first period for the Sabres.  Should probably be 3-0. 

 

Now hopefully they actually show up for the second. 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

NHL.com 1st period stats show that we out hit the Bruins.

 

Can that be right?

[Randall Flagg]

NHL.com 1st period stats show that we out hit the Bruins.

 

Can that be right?

Yeah. We possessed the puck maybe twice in the first. 

[Thorner]

Nice play captain.

I remember saying 2 weeks ago that we like to set ourselves back 2 weeks every time we have a chance to go above .500. It appears that this will continue to be a trend.

  

 

It is true that we are having difficulty going over that hump.

 

Reinhart is playing like he's stoned.

At work and only tuned in for the last 6 mins or so of that first period, it was among the worst stretches I've seen from the team this season. Dunno what was happening with Reinhart on that shift where he iced it.

 

Hopefully it's just a bad period and they pick it up.

[Stoner]

4th ranked peeper in the league

Yes. Yes. Let it flow through you. This has to become a thing. Jack wishes it so. We are but his minions.

[Randall Flagg]

  

 

It is true that we are having difficulty going over that hump.

 

 

At work and only tuned in for the last 6 mins or so of that first period, it was among the worst stretches I've seen from the team this season. Dunno what was happening with Reinhart on that shift where he iced it.

 

Hopefully it's just a bad period and they pick it up.

I'd bet most of it is that their legs haven't kicked on yet, being 1 in the afternoon. It's just frustrating because Boston seems fine with it.

[Huckleberry]

come on boys :D

[dudacek]

Taking some anger into the room - against Marchand and themselves.

Hope they use it when they come back out.

[darksabre]

Boston plays an aggressive PK.

[bob_sauve28]

Less than a minute to match our sog total of first

[Randall Flagg]

My god, Falk has hit a wall. We need someone to come back, like, next game, to take him out.

[3putt]

Samson needs to wake up. This is a divisional rival. Big boy pants Sam.

[Randall Flagg]

Much better start to this period.

[darksabre]

I'm looking forward to this team being good enough that the occasional bad game doesn't bother me.

[LGR4GM]

Oh hey! We can play hockey, who knew.

[Sabel79]

Well, this is better so far.