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TORONTO — Ryan Miller hurled his stick in disgust during Friday night’s game. One night later, he threw down the gauntlet to his Buffalo Sabres teammates.
The All-Star goaltender, in- censed over back-to-back lackadaisical performances, offered some pointed comments after Saturday night’s 4-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs in Air Canada Centre.
Darcy Tucker scored two goals to help chase Miller minutes into the second period, and, unlike Friday night’s thrilling 5-4 comeback victory over the Leafs in HSBC Arena, the Sabres couldn’t find the offensive switch again.
“If we want to be the big, bad team we think we are, we’re going to have to show a little more effort, that’s for sure — early in games, at least,” Miller said. “We know we have the capability to score, but we got to start playing complete hockey.”
Jochen Hecht tied the game at 1-1 with 63 seconds left in the first period, but that would be all the offense Buffalo could produce.
The Leafs, however, deluged Miller. After pumping 21 shots on him in the first period Friday, they took 16 more in the opening frame Saturday.
“We better start learning some lessons,” Miller said. “We can’t come back every night. It’s not the way we want to play hockey. It’s nice to have that capability, but we can’t get outshot two nights in a row and look at it like we’re happy with the game.”
The All-Star goaltender, in- censed over back-to-back lackadaisical performances, offered some pointed comments after Saturday night’s 4-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs in Air Canada Centre.
Darcy Tucker scored two goals to help chase Miller minutes into the second period, and, unlike Friday night’s thrilling 5-4 comeback victory over the Leafs in HSBC Arena, the Sabres couldn’t find the offensive switch again.
“If we want to be the big, bad team we think we are, we’re going to have to show a little more effort, that’s for sure — early in games, at least,” Miller said. “We know we have the capability to score, but we got to start playing complete hockey.”
Jochen Hecht tied the game at 1-1 with 63 seconds left in the first period, but that would be all the offense Buffalo could produce.
The Leafs, however, deluged Miller. After pumping 21 shots on him in the first period Friday, they took 16 more in the opening frame Saturday.
“We better start learning some lessons,” Miller said. “We can’t come back every night. It’s not the way we want to play hockey. It’s nice to have that capability, but we can’t get outshot two nights in a row and look at it like we’re happy with the game.”
oh and you want to see another player get hurt and out for the playoffs is that it! perhaps maybe say Briere.
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