GDT: Sabres @ Islanders 12/23/24 - 7:30 PM, MSG+/ESPN+ 📺, WGR550 📻 🎙

[Carmel Corn]

1 minute ago, K012010 said:

Power really tests the patience 

He’s having a rough 3rd period…maybe needs to sit some more before he costs the team a goal against

[Slack_in_MA]

What part of "get the puck deep" do these guys not comprehend? 

[Indabuff]

They're winning?!

 

[Carmel Corn]

3rd period countdown…..8 minutes down….12 to go

[K012010]

Just now, Slack_in_MA said:

What part of "get the puck deep" do these guys not comprehend? 

I think all of it haha

[Pimlach]

1 minute ago, Carmel Corn said:

He’s having a rough 3rd period…maybe needs to sit some more before he costs the team a goal against

Yes.  Some of these kids get the yips.  Power is one of them.  If Adams would get a steady veteran “stay at home defensive defenseman” he would help the team, and he would help Power. 

[Brawndo]

Empty net

[Carmel Corn]

I hated playing those Islander teams from the early 80’s.  Too many horses to handle

[Sidc3000]

I thought Lindy pulled the goalie early but 11 minutes

[Carmel Corn]

I don’t ever recall an empty net this early in a 3rd period…..anybody else?

[Brawndo]

TAGE

[bunomatic]

Come on Benny get another

that a guy Tage

Edited December 24, 2024 by bunomatic

[K012010]

TOO EASY

[Indabuff]

Empty net at 11 minutes?  

[Pimlach]

Awesome.  F@ch Patrick Roy. 

[Doohicksie]

Edited December 24, 2024 by Doohicksie

[bob_sauve28]

Good shot 

[K012010]

Just now, Carmel Corn said:

I don’t ever recall an empty net this early in a 3rd period…..anybody else?

I feel like I have but I’m too many in to sort through the nonsense in my mind 

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That was a good shot!

[Pimlach]

3 minutes ago, Sidc3000 said:

I thought Lindy pulled the goalie early but 11 minutes

Roy does that stuff 

Edited December 24, 2024 by Pimlach

[SwampD]

Just now, Carmel Corn said:

I don’t ever recall an empty net this early in a 3rd period…..anybody else?

Oh, no. "I have a bad feeling about this."

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[K012010]

Are we feeling safe about this lead or no? 

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[Sidc3000]

2 minutes ago, Carmel Corn said:

I don’t ever recall an empty net this early in a 3rd period…..anybody else?

Roy has done it before  

According to ChatGPT

The earliest recorded instance of a coach pulling the goalie for an extra attacker in a game was 11:02 remaining in the third period, by Patrick Roy, then-coach of the Colorado Avalanche, during a game on March 16, 2015, against the Anaheim Ducks. This aggressive strategy was used as part of Roy’s philosophy to create offensive pressure, and it remains one of the boldest empty-net pulls in NHL history.

 

While pulling a goalie with more than a few minutes left in the game is still rare, this example shows how some coaches push traditional boundaries for a chance to win.