GDT: 2/2/21 6pm ET, Buffalo at NY Islanders is POSTPONED

[jsb]

    VS.    

The Buffalo Sabres play the NY Islanders on National TV tonight at a 6pm start on NBCSN. The Islanders with 19 goals in 9 games should provide little scoring but with the never know what team is going to show up for Buffalo, they're probably licking their chops. The Sabres normally show up for the 1st game of these 2 game series and then who knows who appears for the Sybil's of the NHL. The same can probably be said of HCRK who you never know who he's going to play from game to game and with who. The Risto-McCabe duo and the Special Teams are the only consistently good things happening for the team up to this point in the season. What we're watching currently is nothing short of a ball of confusion.

SABRES at ISLANDERS

This is the first of eight meetings between the Sabres and Islanders this season.

Last meeting: New York defeated Buffalo 3-2 (OT) in New York on Dec. 14, 2019.

Next meeting: Thursday, Feb. 4 in New York

The Sabres are 2-6-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Islanders; 3-5-2 on the road.

This is the 174th game all-time between Buffalo and New York; Buffalo has an 82-66-25 series record.

The Sabres are 36-37-13 on the road against the Islanders all-time.

THIS DATE IN SABRES HISTORY

The Sabres are 9-7-3 all-time on February 2.

February 2, 1975: Buffalo records 58 shots on goal and Jerry Korab and Peter McNab each score two goals in the Sabres’ 8-1 victory over the Kansas City Scouts.

February 2, 1998: The Sabres defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-3, led by Brian Holzinger’s career-high four points (1+3) and a 35-save performance from Steve Shields.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

Buffalo’s penalty kill is 15-for-16 (93.8%) in the team’s last nine games against the Islanders.

Victor Olofsson enters today’s game on a six-game point streak (2+5) that ties as the longest of his career.

The Sabres’ special teams are plus-8 this season, with 12 goals for and four goals against. Entering play Monday, they tied the Boston Bruins for the second-best differential in the league, trailing only the Colorado Avalanche (plus-12).

Before Monday night’s games, only Edmonton’s Ethan Bear and Darnell Nurse (9 GF) had been on the ice for more 5-on-5 goals as a pair than Jake McCabe and Rasmus Ristolainen’s eight goals.

Rasmus Dahlin’s 32 shots on goal led all NHL defensemen and tied for 12th-most overall entering play Monday.

LETS GO BUFFALO

Some information was gathered from the website https://sabresdigitalpressbox.com for those who may want to read more from this site.

[Taro T]

@jsb, nice job as usual.

Was at that Scouts game.  Fun times.

[Zamboni]

6:00 pm ... huh... is there an obvious reason I’m missing as to why the 6pm start and not 7pm?

 

staying optimistic ...

Sabres 3

Isles 2

Eichel, Hall, or Miller with a goal.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Here we go again ...

Very nice @jsb.  Love the original *Ball of Confusion*.  Perfect in every way.

GO SABRES!!

MUST WIN!!

[bunomatic]

Lets hope that today the Sabres aren’t the fishermens friend. Going to miss the first couple hours of this one cause work. That might not be a bad thing. For my piece of mind.

as always Go Sabres !

[That Aud Smell]

Great preview - thank you, @jsb.

As ever and always: Let's Go Buffalo!

[Mustache of God]

Conservatively predicting middtlestad scoring 6 tonight on Jack's wing.

[pi2000]

Ullmark gets the shutout, but falls 1-0 in thr shootout.

[pi2000]

Game is postponed to tomorrow due to covid concerns.

Edited February 2, 2021 by pi2000

[Shootica]

 

Vogl now saying it's COVID related.

 

[LGR4GM]

Game if officially postponed

 

[That Aud Smell]

[pastajoe]

Wonder if it will be on NBCSN or MSG on Wednesday. 🤔

[Sabres Fan in NS]

We are in the middle of that big storm here, so it is for the best since we will likely be without power anyway.

We will just have to sit by the fire ...

[inkman]

37 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

Game is postponed to tomorrow due to covid concerns.

 

21 minutes ago, Shootica said:

 

Vogl now saying it's COVID related.

 

Right because they played the Wuhan Devils.  Not because anyone in the Sabres tested positive.  

[matter2003]

 

1 minute ago, inkman said:

 

Right because they played the Wuhan Devils.  Not because anyone in the Sabres tested positive.  

Sabres have not finished contract tracing yet is the reason for the postponement.

[LTS]

Well, on the bright side, people are spared a night of testing their new anger management skills.

There goes my excuse to not have to shovel tonight.  (or snowblow depending on the volume of snow that falls).

[LabattBlue]

...at least there is a game on NBCSN and another on ESPN+.   Probably won't watch the entire games, just flip on for 3rd period/OT.  Many will laugh at me, but I am looking forward to baseball...and now that may be delayed a month.

[USMCSnyper]

Aaaaannnnnnnnnddddddd scene. /close thread 😞

[JujuFish]

14 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

...at least there is a game on NBCSN and another on ESPN+.   Probably won't watch the entire games, just flip on for 3rd period/OT.  Many will laugh at me, but I am looking forward to baseball...and now that may be delayed a month.

Baseball makes for great background noise while you're doing other things, at least for the casual observer, e.g. me.  I don't feel the need to give it anywhere near the level of attention as hockey or football.

[Zamboni]

[Doohicksie]

50 minutes ago, pastajoe said:

Wonder if it will be on NBCSN or MSG on Wednesday. 🤔

It's an ESPN+ game.  It will be on MSG too.

[Eleven]

I really needed this, for this evening!  Oh well. 

Maybe it gives Krueger time to reconsider whether Mittelstadt belongs on Eichel's line instead of Skinner.

[PromoTheRobot]

Sabres get a time out.

[Eleven]

4 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Sabres get a time out.

Best way to look at it. Now let's hope they use it productively.