GDT: Islanders @ Sabres 11/1/2024, 7:00 PM EDT; MSG, ESPN+, WGR

[LGR4GM]

The 3-5-2 Islanders roll into town to take on the Black n Red 4-5-1 Sabres. 

The Islanders have been shutout, I believe 3 times already this season so hopefully Buffalo get's solid goaltending tonight because, quite frankly, we should beat this team. They have a limited offense, their defense is meh, and really I don't think their goalies are super special. 

Look for Buffalo to have the lineup from practice yesterday that included this line:

Greenway - McLeod - Cozens

 

 

[LGR4GM]

Unsure if they will make changes but we should see something similar. This is the lineup the Islanders had in their last game:

Forwards

Tsyplakov-Horvat-Holmstrom

Barzal-Nelson-Palmieri

Lee-Pageau-Fasching

Martin-MacLean-Cizikas

Defense

Reilly-Dobson

Pelech-Pulock

Cholowski-Mayfield

Goalies

Varlamov

Sorokin

Edited November 1 by LGR4GM

[bob_sauve28]

 

[#freejame]

Missing tonight so Sabres win to give them a perfect 4-0 record when I don’t observe. 

[LETSTUCHINGO]

Apologies for the duplicate thread. Anyone know how to erase it?

[LGR4GM]

15 minutes ago, LETSTUCHINGO said:

Apologies for the duplicate thread. Anyone know how to erase it?

Top of thread, moderator actions

[LETSTUCHINGO]

5 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Top of thread, moderator actions

Done, thanks!

[LETSTUCHINGO]

The Sabres have a good chance of going 3-0 over the next 3 games playing the likes of the Isles, Red Wings, and Sens!!! LETS GO BUFFALO!!!!

Edited November 1 by LETSTUCHINGO

[Idemo Buffalo]

We win and we are 4-1 in our last 5 games. Too early to say this is a must win game, but definitely the type of game that can set the tone for the month of November. 

14 games this month. If we grab 20 of the 28 points that will be a great month.

 

[DarthEbriate]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

Greenway - McLeod - Cozens

Here goes nothing.

[Stads]

1 hour ago, #freejame said:

Missing tonight so Sabres win to give them a perfect 4-0 record when I don’t observe. 

Thank you for your service

[Pimlach]

7 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Here goes nothing.

Worth a shot for a few games.  

You know Ruff will keep tweaking.  There is a few things going on here.

Krebs will get ~16 to 18 minutes at 3C.   He gets another look, similar to last year at the time of the Mitts trade.  

[LGR4GM]

 

[shrader]

I know it's back to back games, but there's the Lindy I remember.  He does not like playing his backup.

[Weave]

Islanders have some muscle. Would like to see Gilbert in this one, but noone really deserves to sit down.

[Mr Peabody]

Excited to watch the new lines. Nice to see change and experimentation early in the season. 

[Mr Peabody]

4 minutes ago, Weave said:

Islanders have some muscle. Would like to see Gilbert in this one, but noone really deserves to sit down.

I’ll agree with half of that - would be good to see Gilbert in there. 

[LTS]

As long as I don't have to hear the "Woo" Birds throughout the game I think I will count this as a victory, at least personally.

The only thing more annoying that the people who love to do that throughout the game are the MSG producers who insist on having those microphone volumes mixed into the sound at a level that dominates the overall mix.

Anyway... hope they win.  This is one of those games where they could play down to the Isles level.  I hope not. I'd like to see an absolute stomping.

[LGR4GM]

Looks like they will sit Benson* through the weekend and bring him back in next week. This is smart as they start a stretch of a ton of games in short order versus the 2 they played in the last 11 days. 

Edit: *Benson 

Edited November 1 by LGR4GM

[inkman]

1 hour ago, LETSTUCHINGO said:

The Sabres have a good chance of going 3-0 over the next 3 games playing the likes of the Isles, Red Wings, and Sens!!! LETS GO BUFFALO!!!!

They could also lose every game.  It’s hockey.  Teams with better records and talent lose every single night of the season.  

[SwampD]

I hate Brock Nelson.

He always scores on the Sabres.

[R_Dudley]

If this team is going to sniff the playoffs, I expect to see a team that bounces back after the last loss and uses the home ice advantage for a win.  

LFG Buffalo, make it so!

[CallawaySabres]

Would love to see 4-5 goals tonight and a revved up building for Friday night!

[Stoner]

30 minutes ago, LTS said:

As long as I don't have to hear the "Woo" Birds throughout the game I think I will count this as a victory, at least personally.

The only thing more annoying that the people who love to do that throughout the game are the MSG producers who insist on having those microphone volumes mixed into the sound at a level that dominates the overall mix.

Anyway... hope they win.  This is one of those games where they could play down to the Isles level.  I hope not. I'd like to see an absolute stomping.

Thank you. And it's amplified when the rest of the crowd is quiet and discouraged. It's the sound of losing. Seriously I'd toss that bum out.

[Brawndo]

Islanders announce Matthew Barzal has returned to Long Island with an upper body injury