GDT: #16 – Penguins at Sabres – Sun Feb 17 – 12:30PM ET – TV: NBC – Radio: WGR-AM

Woodhouse

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GDT #16: PENGUINS (10-5-0) at SABRES (6-8-1) – SUN FEB 17 – 12:30PM ET – TV: NBC – RADIO: WGR-AM

2.15 – Sabres score three in third to beat Bruins (John Vogl – The Buffalo News)

2.15 – Sabres Notebook: Myers returns to good form (Mike Harrington – The Buffalo News)

2.15 – Black says everyone with Sabres under scrutiny (Mike Harrington – The Buffalo News)

2.16 – Fleury just misses history in Penguins win against Jets (Dave Molinari – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

2.16 – Penguins Notebook: Kevlar socks remain unfashionable item (Dave Molinari – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

2.17 – Sabres’ playoff push must start now (Bucky Gleason – The Buffalo News)

2.17 – Sabres eye another big target in Penguins (John Vogl – The Buffalo News)

2.17 – Sabres notebook: Worrying would be pointless for Vanek (John Vogl – The Buffalo News)

2.17 – Martin's turnaround for Pens pleases him as much as his teammates (Shelly Anderson – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

2.17 – Penguins Notebook: Sabres hope to feed off comeback victory (Shelly Anderson – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)​
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BUFFALO SABRES

Projected Lineup


26 Thomas Vanek ("A") - 19 Cody Hodgson - 29 Jason Pominville ("C")
82 Marcus Foligno - 63 Tyler Ennis - 21 Drew Stafford ("A")
9 Steve Ott - 55 Jochen Hecht - 42 Nathan Gerbe
32 John Scott - 8 Cody McCormick - 36 Patrick Kaleta

10 Christian Ehrhoff - 52 Alexander Sulzer
24 Robyn Regehr - 57 Tyler Myers
3 Jordan Leopold - 6 Mike Weber

30 Ryan Miller
1 Jhonas Enroth

Lineup News & Notes

TJ Brennan, Ville Leino (IR; right hip), Cody McCormick and Mike Weber were scratched in Friday's 4-2 win over
Boston. Ryan Miller will start in goal, while Andrej Sekera (LBI) is doubtful and Mikhail Grigorenko is scratched.

Weekly Transactions

Buffalo forward Matt Ellis cleared waivers and joined AHL/Rochester on Monday.

According to the Stats

Buffalo were 2-2-0 in four games versus Pittsburgh last season, with Ryan Miller appearing in three games and
stopping 63 of 74 shots against (1-1-0, 4.43 GAA, .851 SV%). Jason Pominville, with one goal and five assists,
and Christian Ehrhoff, with five assists, were their leading scorers in the series.
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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Projected Lineup


14 Chris Kunitz - 87 Sidney Crosby ("C") - 9 Pascal Dupuis
24 Matt Cooke - 71 Evgeni Malkin ("A") - 18 James Neal
19 Beau Bennett - 16 Brandon Sutter - 48 Tyler Kennedy
10 Tanner Glass - 46 Joe Vitale - 27 Craig Adams

2 Matt Niskanen - 58 Kris Letang
44 Brooks Orpik ("A") - 7 Paul Martin
5 Deryk Engelland - 41 Robert Bortuzzo

29 Marc-Andre Fleury
92 Tomas Vokoun

Lineup News & Notes

Robert Bortuzzo, Zach Boychuk and Dustin Jeffrey were scratched in Friday's 3-1 win over Winnipeg. Marc-Andre
Fleury will start in goal, while Robert Bortuzzo dresses in place of Simon Despres (healthy).

Weekly Transactions

Pittsburgh activated Kris Letang and Matt Niskanen from injured reserve on Wednesday, re-assigning Dylan Reese
to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) and trading Eric Tangradi to Winnipeg. Beau Bennett was recalled on Thursday.

According to the Stats

Pittsburgh were 2-2-0 in four games versus Buffalo last season, with Marc-Andre Fleury appearing in three games
and stopping 50 of 59 shots against (1-1-0, 3.47 GAA, .847 SV%). Their leading scorers in the series were Evgeni
Malkin, with four goals and four assists, and James Neal, with three goals and two assists, while Sidney Crosby
had one goal and three assists in his lone game.

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Fire Lindy

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Crosby and Malkin against our defense really scares me. I see us being pinned in our zone a lot tomorrow.

I think Miller will have to steal us this one.
 

Squantosawuss

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The Penz really can hurt you in so many ways it's scary.

Maybe if Gaustad had lost a fight embarrassingly to a Penguin, I'd say the Sabs are in the Pens heads----like they are Boston, but alas, 'tis not the case.

6-2 Birdies.
 

cramdizzl

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Trolls win

I can almost guarantee that this team will not tank for a draft pick, no matter how much you want them to. Pegula and Regier are prideful and would rather barely squeak into (or miss) the playoffs than tank. We have too much talent to be a real lottery team. We are still relatively early in the season and if the last 3 wins in 4 games is any proof, we're not a bad team, and are capable of being a playoff team.

That being said, 3-2 win in OT for the 'Bres. :yo:
 

Imagining Defeat

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I can almost guarantee that this team will not tank for a draft pick, no matter how much you want them to. Pegula and Regier are prideful and would rather barely squeak into (or miss) the playoffs than tank. We have too much talent to be a real lottery team. We are still relatively early in the season and if the last 3 wins in 4 games is any proof, we're not a bad team, and are capable of being a playoff team.

That being said, 3-2 win in OT for the 'Bres. :yo:

Horrible...:shakehead
 

oldgoalie

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As much as I hate saying it, Miller is Crosby's *****. Now would be a great time for that "relationship" to end.
Unfortunately, not gonna happen in this game.
Flightless Waterfowl 5, Curved Single Edged Blade 2.
 

Rhett4

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This one scares me. A win...and they're suddenly sniffing .500 and riding high after beating two of the top teams in the East. A loss...and they're back in the basement. This could tell us a lot about which direction this season will head.
 

BuiltTagonTough

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And they're also 1-0 against teams from Pennsylvania this year. :naughty:

It's like Little Big League.

"Scotty is hitting .470 against lefties this year, on Tuesdays, where the temperature is a prime number. So he's got that goin for him."

Would love a win. Expecting a beat down. Prove me wrong you *******s.
 

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This one scares me. A win...and they're suddenly sniffing .500 and riding high after beating two of the top teams in the East. A loss...and they're back in the basement. This could tell us a lot about which direction this season will head.
yeah, its probably time for one of their win streaks to troll us with 'winnable' games ahead after Pit vs Wpg, Tor, Nyi, Tb, & Fla, before another tough run (Nj, Nyr, Car, Nj, Phi, Nyr)
 

JThorne

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Everyone who calls them the Bres should shoot themselves in the uvula. It's never been a thing, never will be a thing. Just stop.

5-1 PGH
 

ZZamboni

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I'll be there so that means ....

Crosby, Malkin, Neal = a beating


5-1

Stafford, Ott, or Leopold with the lone goal.



I wonder if anti ruff comments or signs will magically appear :sarcasm:
 

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