Captitals Come to the Sabres At Rochester - Game Thread

[SkateZilla]

(Last Updated 10:00 PM EST)

My Notes:
--Can We Contain Darth Vader And Whoop Olie the Goalie?
--Vanek Scored 2 Goals In Both Preseason Meetings - GO TV Lets Get ONE!!
-- Pyatt Benched, Campbell Dressed

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WGR-550 AM Stream (http://wgr550.com/sabres/live.php)

Final

Washington
Capitals - 3
(GP-9, 4-6-0-0, 8 pts) (GF-20,GA-40)(Div:5th, Con:14th, Lg:27th)
Special Teams : Power Play = 12.0% (6 For 50, 26th), Penalty Killing 75.6% (59 For 78, 29th)

Buffalo
Sabres - 2
(GP-8, 6-3-0-0, 12 pts) (GF-26, GA-22)(Div:3rd, Con:5th, Lg:7th)
Special Teams : Power Play = 13.8% (8 For 58, 22nd), Penalty Killing 83.3% (30 For 36, T-14th)

Goalies:
BUF-Miller (6-3-0, 2.80 GAA), Biron (No Record)
WSH-Kolzig (4-5-0, 3.88 GAA), Johnson (0-1-0, 5.07 GAA)


1st Period Scoring:
14:38-BUF-A. KOTALIK (4), Assists : M. AFINOGENOV (3), T. LYDMAN (4) - PP - 5 On 4
15:00-WSH-J. FRIESEN (1), Assists : P. SYKORA (2), S. EMINGER (6) - EV - 5 On 5

2nd Period Scoring:
01:48-WSH-P. SYKORA (2), Assists : M. PETTINGER (1), S. EMINGER (7) - EV - 5 On 5

3rd Period Scoring:
01:18-BUF-J. HECHT (2), Assists : C. DRURY (3), D. BRIERE (3) - PP - 5 On 4
04:22-WSH-J. HEWARD (2), Assists : Pending - PP - 5 On 3

Shots On Goal (by Period)
Team: 1st-2nd-3rd-OT
BUF: 06+04+07 - Total : 17
WSH: 08+10+10 - Total : 28

Power Plays (by Period)
Team: 1st-2nd-3rd-OT
BUF: 1 For 3, 0 For 2, 1 For 1 - Total : 2 For 06 ( 33%)
WSH: 0 For 2, 0 For 2, 1 For 3 - Total : 1 For 07 ( 14%)

Penalties In Minutes (by Period)
BUF: 2 For 04, 2 For 04, 3 For 06 - Total : 07 For 14
WSH: 3 For 06, 2 For 04, 1 For 02 - Total : 06 For 12

Penalty Summary:
WSH:
1st-02:17-B. LAICH-2:00-Holding
1st-08:44-B. MUIR-2:00-Hooking
1st-13:08-C. CLARK-2:00-Tripping
2nd-03:08-B. MUIR-2:00-Tripping
2nd-05:02-S. MORRISONN-2:00-Hooking
3rd-0:38-J. HALPERN-2:00-Holding

BUF:
1st-05:35-T. LYDMAN-2:00-Holding
1st-19:32-T. LYDMAN-2:00-Delay Of Game, Puck Over Glass
2nd-10:39-J. MCKEE-2:00-Interference
2nd-15:49-A. KOTALIK-2:00-Hooking
3rd-02:27-A. KOTALIK-2:00-Tripping
3rd-02:40-R. FITZPATRICK-2:00-Hooking
3rd-11:48-A. MAIR-2:00-Cross check

3 Stars:
1.P. Sykora (WSH)
2.A. Kotalik (BUF)
3.S. Eminger (WSH)

[Ngxtreme13]

what time does the game start?
it says 700 in the paper but on NhL.com it says 730 and if its on at 7 its not on TV!

[SkateZilla]

7:30,

My Signal is Going in and OUt and its Killing my Cable modems Connection as well, so I Dunno whats going on with my provider..

hope it ends before 9:45 cuz the time change isnt in effect on my PVR.....

[sabreshockey096]

im listening to the game on NHL radio sounds like buffalo is playing like **** and good job for scratching pyatt i hate him

[hammerbillsfan]

I watching it right now, they look lost out there.

[Novacane]

They look like the Sabres of 2 years ago. 9 shots thru 2 periods:rage:

Hopefully they can play 1 good period and pull this out

[pyrrhonist]

They look like the Sabres of 2 years ago. 9 shots thru 2 periods:rage:

Couldn't have said it any better, myself. :rage:

Looks like Buffalo has the usual weakness from years past: "Weak" teams making fools out of them. :down:

[pyrrhonist]

Right on, the PP finally gets on track tonight! :up:

Mark-Paul Gossalear, aka Jochen Hecht, with the top shelf wrister!!

Now, let's not see the team slack off the rest of the way.

[pyrrhonist]

BTW---"Captitals" makes me laugh, for some reason. Creative typo, man!

:lmao:

[pyrrhonist]

Speaking of job out, way to go, Sabres, getting yourself into a 5-on-3 situation. :down:

[pyrrhonist]

Speaking of job out, way to go, Sabres, getting yourself into a 5-on-3 situation. :down:

That was a foregone conclusion, giving up a goal on a 5-on-3. Only the Sabres can't score on a 5-on-3. :crap:

[RedEyE]

They were out skated all night. Good win for the Caps. I hope this isn't the begining of a trend for Buffalo.

[chubluv]

The Sabres were lackluster until the end of the game. The refs blew a few calls against Washington especially after they called Buffalo for the same crap earlier in the period.

Well hopefully they will learn from this and kick some ass this weekend against NJ & NY islanders.

[Myers57]

way to promote the teams regionalism by playing like sh-t in rochester...

They were outplayed and I was quite dissapointed because I know we are a better team than that.

I say suicides during tomorrows practice. eh?

[Makaveli]

not saying it was Millers fault cuz i didnt get to see the game and havent seen highlights yet, BUT.... I just wish they'd plau Mika or Marty next game!!!

[JD]

I think they thought they were playing in the AHL again, so they didnt have to try their best and they figured if they did that they could still pull off a win? shmucks!

[SkateZilla]

My Sources Say Biron Is Starting against Jersey to Give Miller Time off to Face the Isles...

as for the game

who cares... 6-3 in 9 games is better than 1-7-1, or 2-6-1 (heh)

i dont recal the starting W-L from 99-20 or 00-01

anyways.. it woulda been 2-2 but our luck with disallowed goals sucks.. someone in toronto's war room really hates us.. that is just as controversal as the '99 goal :) thanks Hull you made us famous for something :)

the Areana in Rochester is Also a Smaller Ice Surface and I Think Washington Was prepared for that, they played the TRAP all night long..

but howmuch you wanna bet that the only reason they won is because teh team played with the old NHL rink dimensions.... washington's defense really sucks on the new ice dimensions...

[Michael82]

way to promote the teams regionalism by playing like sh-t in rochester...

They were outplayed and I was quite dissapointed because I know we are a better team than that.

I say suicides during tomorrows practice. eh?
That's the problem. They were complaining about the tickets not selling in Rochester and here's why people didn't go...

1. The tickets are too ****ing expensive. They wanted about $55 - $75 for a ticket to the game. That's ridiculous! Amerks are half the price.

2. They give us a crappy team that comes to town against the Sabres. Washington? Come on! :cynic:

3. They don't play as hard as they've been playing all year and lose. :boring:

[Novacane]

Last nights game is an example of why I still won't pay to see a hockey game. The Sabres have a history of just not showing up in any given game. I can tolerate losing but when it's because of lack of effort it pisses me off.

[BlackMetalNinja]

I can tell you from being there first hand... they looked awful. Not what I wanted to see in the first game I've been to in about 3-4 years. I still had a pretty good time and as for tickets... I don't know how but I paid the price for an upper level seat behind the nets because they were the cheapest, but my tickets were 4 rows behind the glass which was nice since I've never sat that low for hockey before. Not to mention I got them $10 cheaper thanks to a discount offered to Rochester businesses.

[SkateZilla]

this is why i didnt get center ice for $129,

lmao

[JD]

there are plenty of other games on to excite u any given day besides the sabres, its dumb not to get center ice

[SkateZilla]

I Got ESPN News and soon to have NHLNetwork...

As For the loss..

people need to just deal with it... no team will ever go 82 games undefeated..

[Dozerdog]

That's the problem. They were complaining about the tickets not selling in Rochester and here's why people didn't go...

1. The tickets are too ****ing expensive. They wanted about $55 - $75 for a ticket to the game. That's ridiculous! Amerks are half the price.

2. They give us a crappy team that comes to town against the Sabres. Washington? Come on! :cynic:

3. They don't play as hard as they've been playing all year and lose. :boring:Are these higher prices than what they charge in Buffalo?

Are they supposed to give the seats away in some sort of Hockey Welfare program?