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This game will tell me a lot about this team. Win easily, win ugly, just get out with 2 points. If they crap the bed again and the book is out on their type of game, fear factor across the city will set in bigtime. 

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The Sabres and Kings go head-to-head for the first time this season. 

Tune in for the Buick Game Night pregame show at 10 p.m. on MSG. Then Dan Dunleavy and Rob Ray will have the call after the opening faceoff at 10:30 on MSG and WGR 550.

Los Angeles is 2-4-0 on the season and is coming off a 2-0 loss to the Hurricanes on home ice on Tuesday. Captain Anze Kopitar leads the team with eight points (2+6) in six games. 

From the Game Notes...

  • This is the first of two meetings between the Sabres and Kings this season.
  • Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Los Angeles 4-3 (OT) in Buffalo on Dec. 11, 2018.
  • Next meeting: Saturday, Dec. 21 in Buffalo
  • The Sabres are 5-5-0 in their last 10 games vs. the Kings; 3-6-1 on the road.

 

  • With a win tonight, the Sabres would have three straight wins against the Kings for the first time since Oct. 23, 2003 to Jan. 14, 2006 and wins in consecutive visits to Los Angeles for the first time since March 12, 1994 and March 13, 1996.

 

  • Tonight's game wraps up Buffalo's first of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season, which began with a 5-2 loss last night at Anaheim.
  • The Sabres were 7-8-1 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 6-8-2 in the second game last season. Buffalo's point breakdown in last season's back-to-back sets was: four points (3), three points (1), two points (6), one point (2) and zero points (4).

 

 

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Doing everything I can to stay up for this.  Moved a 6:30 am meeting to 8:30. Got a nap planned from 4-5:30. Still probably pass out by 12:30. 

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Posted
4 hours ago, ... said:

I don't see the point.  The problem with their game last night wasn't mechanical.  They lost the game in their heads.

They were completely dominated physically, they completely abandoned all structure in the D zone, the PP finally came back to earth, and key players like Dahlin had horrible nights.

That's why we lost.

 

 

 

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Just now, spndnchz said:

Is Erod still here? Watching last night he looked lost. 

Are you talking about the five shifts he played, in which he was a major part of three scoring chances on the rush? Does anyone have film of Rodrigues looking lost, besides having bad positioning for 0.2 seconds while playing left defense in favor of a left defenseman who was wandering in the neutral zone like an idiot? Because I spend so much time thinking I'm watching a different game from everyone else, and it may be a me problem, but that's why I spend so much time grabbing film for later use

Just now, Brawndo said:

Jack Campbell in net for LA Tonight 

Dammit. Quick is a nightmare and I wish we were playing him.

 

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A snapshot of Quick tumbling down a mountain

Posted
1 hour ago, bunomatic said:

BC is a beaut but it is all the way down. Some of the nicest scenery I’ve seen is through the Oregon coast. So get out to BC and experience some of that but while your here try and drive stateside down the coast as well. Its all beautiful.

I've been to Cali between Palm Springs to Sacramento and yes there is some nice scenery but, not real impressed with the area as a whole. Would love to start at the Redwoods and head north. I've been in most states and prefer the driving method so as to be able to stop and see whatever you want. Over the years I've been to many historical sites and sight-seeing places. Quite a variety, just to mention a few....Mammoth Caves, Merrimac Caverns, Henry Ford Museum, Kellogg's plant, Schlitz Brewery, Gettysburg and other Civil War sites, Stephen Fosters home, Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, drove most of old Route 66, Empire State Bldg, World Trade Center, Statue of Liberty, Arcosanti, etc.

Also been to Mexico and some Eastern Canada(mostly in Ontario). Fishing in Georgian Bay and throughout Ontario along with some sight-seeing in Ottawa and TO.

Not as wordly as @Wyldnwoody44 but ...still means a lot to me.

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13 minutes ago, MakeSabresGrr8Again said:

I've been to Cali between Palm Springs to Sacramento and yes there is some nice scenery but, not real impressed with the area as a whole.

That's not the coast.

Posted
==============================================================
BUF even strength goal differential through 7 games = 4
BUF average even strength goal differential per game = 0.57
==============================================================
Team  Player                   TRpm    GP   +/-  exp+/-  %min
BUF Colin Miller               3.77    7     5    1.23   30.8
BUF Marcus Johansson           2.90    7     4    1.10   27.6
BUF Casey Mittelstadt          2.27    7     3    0.73   18.2
BUF Vladimir Sobotka           2.00    7     3    1.00   24.9
BUF Marco Scandella            1.80    7     3    1.20   29.9
BUF Jimmy Vesey                1.18    7     2    0.82   20.6
BUF Henri Jokiharju            0.89    7     2    1.11   27.8
BUF Jeff Skinner               0.79    7     2    1.21   30.2
BUF Conor Sheary               0.68    3     1    0.32   18.5
BUF Kyle Okposo                0.25    7     1    0.75   18.7
BUF Rasmus Dahlin             -0.26    7     1    1.26   31.5
BUF Evan Rodrigues            -0.34    4     0    0.34   15.0
BUF Sam Reinhart              -1.37    7     0    1.37   34.3
BUF Zemgus Girgensons         -1.89    7    -1    0.89   22.2
BUF Jake McCabe               -2.42    7    -1    1.42   35.6
BUF Johan Larsson             -2.94    7    -2    0.94   23.5
BUF Rasmus Ristolainen        -3.60    7    -2    1.60   40.0
BUF Victor Olofsson           -4.21    7    -3    1.21   30.3
BUF Jack Eichel               -4.42    7    -3    1.42   35.4
==============================================================

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LAK even strength goal differential through 6 games = -2
LAK average even strength goal differential per game = -0.33
==============================================================
Team  Player                   TRpm    GP   +/-  exp+/-  %min
LAK Sean Walker                3.64    6     3   -0.64   32.2
LAK Kyle Clifford              3.35    6     3   -0.35   17.7
LAK Joakim Ryan                3.26    3     3   -0.26   26.2
LAK Ben Hutton                 2.66    6     2   -0.66   32.9
LAK Dustin Brown               2.64    6     2   -0.64   32.2
LAK Blake Lizotte              2.43    6     2   -0.43   21.7
LAK Austin Wagner              2.23    4     2   -0.23   17.6
LAK Anze Kopitar               0.68    6     0   -0.68   33.8
LAK Alex Iafallo               0.60    6     0   -0.60   29.9
LAK Michael Amadio             0.50    6     0   -0.50   25.0
LAK Tyler Toffoli              0.49    6     0   -0.49   24.3
LAK Kurtis MacDermid           0.04    1     0   -0.04   12.0
LAK Matt Roy                  -0.48    6    -1   -0.52   26.0
LAK Trevor Lewis              -0.56    6    -1   -0.44   22.1
LAK Carl Grundstrom           -0.94    1    -1   -0.06   18.6
LAK Drew Doughty              -2.21    6    -3   -0.79   39.7
LAK Tobias Bjornfot           -3.78    3    -4   -0.22   21.6
LAK Alec Martinez             -4.30    6    -5   -0.70   35.0
LAK Adrian Kempe              -4.53    6    -5   -0.47   23.3
LAK Jeff Carter               -5.41    6    -6   -0.59   29.6
LAK Ilya Kovalchuk            -5.47    6    -6   -0.53   26.3
==============================================================

 

17 minutes ago, MakeSabresGrr8Again said:

I've been to Cali between Palm Springs to Sacramento and yes there is some nice scenery but, not real impressed with the area as a whole.

Yeah, it sucks here.... everybody should just stay away.

Posted
22 minutes ago, MakeSabresGrr8Again said:

Not as wordly as @Wyldnwoody44 but ...still means a lot to me.

Hey man, I'm just a crazy person with these trips ??I don't think I even know anyone with the absolute ADHD I possess that allows me to torture my body between time zones as I have. 

There is so much world to see! 

Posted
1 hour ago, spndnchz said:

Is Erod still here? Watching last night he looked lost. 

Everytime over the last few years when I think Erod is going to have a break thru, he disappears again.

Posted
1 hour ago, MakeSabresGrr8Again said:

I've been to Cali between Palm Springs to Sacramento and yes there is some nice scenery but, not real impressed with the area as a whole. Would love to start at the Redwoods and head north. I've been in most states and prefer the driving method so as to be able to stop and see whatever you want. Over the years I've been to many historical sites and sight-seeing places. Quite a variety, just to mention a few....Mammoth Caves, Merrimac Caverns, Henry Ford Museum, Kellogg's plant, Schlitz Brewery, Gettysburg and other Civil War sites, Stephen Fosters home, Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, drove most of old Route 66, Empire State Bldg, World Trade Center, Statue of Liberty, Arcosanti, etc.

Also been to Mexico and some Eastern Canada(mostly in Ontario). Fishing in Georgian Bay and throughout Ontario along with some sight-seeing in Ottawa and TO.

Not as wordly as @Wyldnwoody44 but ...still means a lot to me.

Well done. I’d like to get to and experience some of those places as well.

Posted
1 hour ago, spndnchz said:

Is Erod still here? Watching last night he looked lost. 

Rob Ray pointed out last night that Kyle had taken his spot on more than 1 shift.

I'm hoping Lazar is in for him.

Posted
1 minute ago, woods-racer said:

Rob Ray pointed out last night that Kyle had taken his spot on more than 1 shift.

I'm hoping Lazar is in for him.

I don't think you do. Lazar is awful

Posted
1 hour ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Hey man, I'm just a crazy person with these trips ??I don't think I even know anyone with the absolute ADHD I possess that allows me to torture my body between time zones as I have. 

There is so much world to see! 

I live vicariously through you, LOL

Love all the pics and keep them coming.

Posted
3 minutes ago, WildCard said:

I don't think you do. Lazar is awful

E-Rod is in only because of injury and hasn't played better than Sobotka or Vessey.

Being the worst player doesn't bode well for future ice time.

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