GDT: Sabres vs Wild 7 PM ET - TV:MSG Radio:WGR550 - It's All Gravy (Boat)

[Weltschmerz]

No problems with the effort...but man, that game was there for them if they could just get some finish. And when Boston picks up a point in an inevitable 3 point game against the Islanders, they'll technically be out of a playoff spot on Thanksgiving yet again (albeit with games in hand).

Get back to streaking on Friday though and it's all good.

at least no 3 point game

 

[sabremike]

why cant this happen to us ?

Cameron Carter-Vickers feels his pain:

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Agree

 

[zenthusiast]

With credit due to Gus, I think the finishing was pretty poor. Those nights happen but it’s frustrating in a 1-0 loss

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Charts

With credit due to Gus, I think the finishing was pretty poor. Those nights happen but it’s frustrating in a 1-0 loss

Chest shots and shots off target continues to be bothersome.

Hope they beat the Canucks

 

[MOGlLNY]

Holy shit Tampa choked it away in reg after that own goal by Lindgren.

 

[Intermission]

Thompson's a jersey right now.

50 goals, forget it.

 

[Chainshot]

This wasn't a bad game. They need to get more push inside though, clearly, get pucks on net faster instead of pausing or dusting on a pass. Get it there and get yourself there.

 

[Chainshot]

I'm not too upset by this. They were in it. They didn't dominate, didn't really get dominated... reminded me of a playoff game honestly.

 

[Jeremy2020]

I'm not too upset by this. They were in it. They didn't dominate, didn't really get dominated... reminded me of a playoff game honestly.

WTF is that? You kids and your crazy phrases.

 

[Matt Ress]

Nice to see the boards not crashing after a loss. I thought the boys played well enough to win but just had a bad curve on their sticks. Keep playing like that

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Shutout on 38 shots, plus they had 5 or 6 nice looks and missed the net. No complaints, except they wasted a damn fine performance by 6K.

Was that Clifton's best game as a Sabre?

 

[Fjordsen]

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

There's a reason Minnesota is so good: they make it incredibly difficult to get real good chances.

Lots of loose pucks in the house resulting from blocks and saves but the Sabres were usually pn the wrong side of the Minni defenders and angled away from reaching them.

Quinn had several really nice looks at a snipe or two.

Tuch too. But most everything he shot went wide. Sabres deserved a point from that one.

The Wild aren't slouches.

 

[Fjordsen]

McLeod has played 12 minutes, while Cozens has played almost 20 minutes and continues to average around 30 points on the season, which is unacceptable. I'm glad Quinn's game seems to be improving, but he needs to better his shot, he has one empty-net goal in 21 games.

Watching the highlights, there was definitely a lack of a guy like Kreider at front of the net, so many shots to Gustavsson, but no one is around net.

 

[old kummelweck]

With credit due to Gus, I think the finishing was pretty poor. Those nights happen but it’s frustrating in a 1-0 loss

MIN is one of the best defensive teams we've seen the Sabres play so far this season. They kept the Sabres out of the high danger areas for the most part, and the Sabres really had no desire (or no game plan) to get to those places.

That said, the way the sabres played should have been enough to earn them a point on most nights, maybe even two.

 

[Macbanan]

This was a high quality affair all around. Sabres played great and managed to generate pretty good chances through a great Minnesota defense. Just couldn't get the goal. Though I think they lost somewhat in intensity during 5v5 as the game went along.

Cozens just has no confidence and during his contract earning season pretty much everything went into the net. He might have to adjust his expectations to the fact he's not going to be the player he was payed to be.

 

[oldgoalie]

shots need to go on net. stop trying for the pretty top shelf goal. on goal, rebounds, shit happens. jeezuz, this stuff is elementary.

 

[slip]

We definitely missed Greenway this game.

 

[MOGlLNY]

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This matches what I saw last night, I kept saying I thought Byram looked excellent. I’m glad we have him, he’s really taken off since him and Dahls have been paired together.

 

[Fjordsen]

This matches what I saw last night, I kept saying I thought Byram looked excellent. I’m glad we have him, he’s really taken off since him and Dahls have been paired together.

I couldn't watch the game, so it's hard for me to say. Joki is again the worst in metrics, it seems Kulich, Quinn, Krebs and Cozens weren't very noticeable.

 

[old kummelweck]

This matches what I saw last night, I kept saying I thought Byram looked excellent. I’m glad we have him, he’s really taken off since him and Dahls have been paired together.

Maybe I missed it, but I was curious why he wasn't on the ice with the goalie pulled.

 

[MOGlLNY]

I couldn't watch the game, so it's hard for me to say. Joki is again the worst in metrics, it seems Kulich, Quinn, Krebs and Cozens weren't very noticeable.

Kulich started off well but faded.

Quinn got shots off but they weren’t high danger - I’ll take that compared to what he was doing.

Krebs and Cozens just got pumped because they were matched against Kaprizov.

 

[Fjordsen]

Maybe I missed it, but I was curious why he wasn't on the ice with the goalie pulled.

I thought Ruff always brought out Dahlin and Power in situations like this.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

There were 3-4 routine penalties on the Wild that went uncalled. Foligno hammering Quinn to the ice after the whistle being the most blatant.

I wasn't happy to see the 4th line get 2 shifts in the final 10 minutes while down a goal. Doesn't Lindy believe in shortening the bench in a situation like that?