game 1 shut out!

[Buffalogic]

Cant ask for more! Miller was great!

[Crisis]

Re: game 1 shut out!

ugly win but i'll take it

montador was full of fail though....sekera needs to get back ASAP

the top 6 was bad and the bottom 6 was amazing....and of course miller was amazing

[SabreEleven]

Re: game 1 shut out!

Kaleta SCORES!!!!!!!!!! where is LW when you need him

[Dr. Lecter]

Re: game 1 shut out!

Clearly the Sabres should be starting Enroth.

It is obvious.

[Slim]

Re: game 1 shut out!

Damnit let OP post in here. This isn't as fun.

[Crisis]

Re: game 1 shut out!

it is great to steal a game on the road....but if the top 6 doesn't show up we're not gonna win this series.

[Ebenezer]

Re: game 1 shut out!

Sabres were really tentative. Not a bad road game. Philly did a good job shutting down the top six, made a mistake and the Sabres took advantage. Sabres have to find a way to create opportunities for the top lines. Miller was incredible. Refs need to get a little bit more even handed.

[PUCKER]

Re: game 1 shut out!

Miller had to be great since our Top guys couldnt score,but theyre going to need to start doing so and helping him out if we are to win this series,because I dont want to hear everyone complaining about Miller not making this or that save. ESPECIALLY since our guys miss this or that goals that should be!

[trapezeus]

Re: game 1 shut out!

i'll take it. i don't care that the sabres opportunities were far and few in between. but the flyers only had a few opportunities as well. we capitalized; they didn't. Flyers will bring the physical on saturday. sabres need to respond. i was happy with that game 1 as long as everyone came out healthy.

[TheGhostofJimKelly]

Re: game 1 shut out!

ugly win but i'll take it

montador was full of fail though....sekera needs to get back ASAP

the top 6 was bad and the bottom 6 was amazing....and of course miller was amazing

How exactly is a game one win on the road ugly? They played a good game.

[jcdavey]

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How exactly is a game one win on the road ugly? They played a good game.

exactly!

my habs got outshot to hell and back, but they're up 1-0!

woot

[Crisis]

Re: game 1 shut out!

How exactly is a game one win on the road ugly? They played a good game.

because other than the gaustad line our forwards lost almost every single matchup. the defense stepped up and the play in our own zone was pretty solid but they're extremely lucky to be up 1-0.... philly went 0-5 on the PP and that's not going to happen every game.

like i said, i'll take it....but the sabres aren't going to beat philly in a 7 game series when they're scrambling around in their own zone for more than the majority of the game.

[jcdavey]

Re: game 1 shut out!

because other than the gaustad line our forwards lost almost every single matchup. the defense stepped up and the play in our own zone was pretty solid but they're extremely lucky to be up 1-0.... philly went 0-5 on the PP and that's not going to happen every game.

like i said, i'll take it....but the sabres aren't going to beat philly in a 7 game series when they're scrambling around in their own zone for more than the majority of the game.

fair point, but what the sabres need to do is chalk it up as a time when they made some mistakes but got a good win despite that, and then just fix the problems going forward, and come up with a gameplan to avoid same mistakes

like nfl games, ya just gotta adjust win or lose, all the time, to fix stuff that went wrong regardless of result

bill parcells was my favorite at pointing out mistakes after a win, and praising things his team did right after a loss

some of it (alot) was just not letting his players get too down, or too confident, but some of it was pure truth

[Ebenezer]

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i'll take it. i don't care that the sabres opportunities were far and few in between. but the flyers only had a few opportunities as well. we capitalized; they didn't. Flyers will bring the physical on saturday. sabres need to respond. i was happy with that game 1 as long as everyone came out healthy.

At one point in the 3rd the hits were 31-29 Philly. Flyers were physical and Buffalo responded. What I would like to see if more blocking of shots. Miller shouldn't have had to face 35, even if 10 of them were on the PP.

[chernobylwraiths]

Re: game 1 shut out!

I thought the Sabres were fine with blocking shots. Did you see the stat that showed Philly took like 76 shots? It wasn't the shot blocking they lacked, it was any form of puck control. Philly controlled that game almost from start to finish. I don't know if the Sabres had any control of the offensive zone for more than a minute.

I'm with Crisis. If the Sabres continue to play that style of game, they won't win the series.