Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

[SkateZilla]

(Last Updated 10:00 PM EST)
My Notes:
BUF:
Dumont - Out, Abdominal Injury, Sports Hernia, Surgery Required
Thorburn - Called Up, Dressed
Afinogenov - Questionable, Groin
Miller - Practicing But Out, Thumb
Briere - Out, Abdominal Strain
Pyatt - Out, Fractured Wrist

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FINAL

San Jose
Sharks - 5
(GP-24, 08-12-4, 20 pts, Win % .333) (GF-63,GA-83)(Div:5th, Con:13th, Lg:25th)
Special Teams : Power Play = 14.0% (22 For 157, 14th), Penalty Killing 80.1% (93 For 116, T-24th)


Buffalo
Sabres - 0
(GP-26, 16-09-1, 33 pts, Win % .615) (GF-86, GA-83)(Div:2nd, Con: 5th, Lg:10th)
Special Teams : Power Play = 21.7% (35 For 161, 3rd), Penalty Killing 82.7% (110 For 133, 14th)

Goalies:
BUF-Noronen (1-1-0, 0 SO, 3.06 GAA), Biron (9-4-1, 0 SO, 3.36 GAA)
S.J-Nabokov (3-7-4, 0 SO, 3.34 GAA), Schaefer (5-1-0, 1 SO, 1.94 GAA)

1st Period Scoring:
04:16-S.J-G. STEVENSON (2), Assists : P. MARLEAU (14), M. MICHALEK (8) - Ev - 5 On 5
05:10-S.J-J. CHEECHOO (8), Assists : J. THORNTON (25), C. EHRHOFF (2) - Ev - 5 On 5
06:18-S.J-M. MICHALEK (3), Assists : G. STEVENSON (4) P. MARLEAU (15) - Ev - 5 On 5
11:26-S.J-N. DIMITRAKOS (4), Assists : J. LANGFELD (4), A. MCCAULEY (6) - Ev - 5 On 5

2nd Period Scoring:
2:09-S.J-J. CHEECHOO (9), Assists : - PP - 5 On 3

3rd Period Scoring:


Shots On Goal (by Period)
Team: 1st-2nd-3rd-OT
S.J: 14+05+07 - Total : 26
BUF: 07+10+10 - Total : 27

S.J-Nabakov: 0/07, 0/10, 0/03 - 0/20
S.J-Schaefer: 0/00, 0/00, 0/07 - 0/07

BUF-Noronen: 4/11, 0/00, 0/00 - 4/11
BUF-Biron: 0/03, 1/05, 0/07 - 1/15

Power Plays (by Period)
Team: 1st-2nd-3rd-OT
S.J: 0 For 1, 1 For 3, 0 For 2 - Total : 1 For 06 ( 16%)
BUF: 0 For 1, 0 For 3, 0 For 1 - Total : 0 For 05 ( 00%)

Penalties In Minutes (by Period)
S.J: 1 For 02, 4 For 08, 1 For 02 - Total : 06 For 12
BUF: 1 For 02, 4 For 08, 2 For 04 - Total : 07 For 14

Penalty Summary:
S.J:
1st-13:22-M. GOC-2:00-Delay of game
2nd-13:48-D. MURRAY-2:00-Cross check
2nd-13:48-D. MURRAY-2:00-Roughing
2nd-16:10-C. EHRHOFF-2:00-Hi stick
2nd-18:13-S. HANNAN-2:00-Hooking
3rd-18:17-M. GOC-2:00-Tripping

BUF:
1st-09:21-J. MCKEE-2:00-Hooking
2nd-00:47-J. HECHT-2:00-Hooking
2nd-02:01-J. MCKEE-2:00-Interference
2nd-03:53-R. FITZPATRICK-2:00-Boarding
2nd-03:48-P. GAUSTAD-2:00-Roughing
3rd-04:15-M. AFINOGENOV-2:00-Hooking
3rd-10:32-C. THORBURN-2:00-Kneeing

3 Stars:
1. J. Cheechoo (S.J)
2. P. Marleai (S.J)
3. J. Thorton (S.J)

Officials:
Referee: Don Koharski
Referee: Wes McCauley
Linesman: Pierre Champoux
Linesman: Brian Mach

[JD]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

FYI, you have Montreal's record n stuff up there.. not San Jose's.




I really think a whole bunch of us should meet up for a sabres game one of these nights.. what you's think??

GO SABRES!!!!

[JD]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

WGR550 REPORTS: "For tonight's game against San Jose, Maxim Afinogenov will not be in the lineup. He's out with a groin injury. The Sabres have called up Chris Thorburn from Rochester and he will definitely be on the ice. Thorburn will be wearing #47 and was Buffalo's second round choice in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Thorburn scored 8 goals(6 on the power play) and 9 assists in 21 games for the Amerks.

Mika Noronen will be getting the start against the Sharks tonight for the Sabres, giving Martin Biron the night off. It will be the first start for Noronen since injuring his groin against the New York Rangers."

[Typ0]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

like many I have a bad feeling about tonight. San Jose is quite hungry and we have been playing a lot of hockey. Let's hope Mika plays shut down hockey tonight as this is one of his opportunities.

[SkateZilla]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

Well, Mika is well rested,

Bump to take the top from Pyrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr's thread..

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[pyrrhonist]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

Sorry for that, Skate....

I jumped right in, and made my own. I guess you could say I'm not just as bad as some of the rest of you, creating unnecessary duplicate threads....

Let's go, Buffalo!

[pyrrhonist]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

It's almost game time, folks!

No getting home at 6pm PST for me tonight, both the wife and I are home early today, so we can a little "friendly" watching of the game between our 2 beloved hockey teams.

Let's go, Buffalo!

**Clap, clap...clap, clap, clap**

[SkateZilla]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

gonna real tiem chat or play some NHL 2K6 on Xbox... bring the wifey...

[JD]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

3-0 Sharks!

MIKA GET THE **** OUT! OUR DEFENSE LOOKS SLUGGISH TOO! NOBODY IS SKATING! NOBODY IS DOING ****!!! WTF!!!!!

[Novacane]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

holy ****. glad we decided not to go to the game tonight

[JD]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

I think I tuned into the Senators vs. Amerks game...

[JD]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

Good way to entertain a sellout crowd huh? 4-0 Sharks.

[Myers57]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

Too bad it wasn't Mika's fault and the Sabres decide to pick up the pace when Biron gets in goal...

[JD]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

Let's hope this powerplay can spark the team. LETS GO SABRES!!!!

[pyrrhonist]

Re: Welcome Home Sabres - Here's Some Seafood tonite - Game Thread

This game has "danger" written all over it, though. Firstly, because Buffalo comes in a much better team this year, which is scary. Big chance for a let down.
Secondly, the Sharks aren't really as bad as their record shows. I probably know more about the Sharks than most here, since I live in CA. That's not a boast to make myself feel better, I just know that they're really not a crap team, even though they've lost 10 straight. And with Joe T added to the mix, they've gotten better at center. They've lost some great players to get him (Especially at wing with Sturm, and on defense with Stuart....where they're really horrible this year). I only hope that Buffalo doesn't come in thinking they're playing an AHL team.

Just like I said in the prediction thread (And posted again above):

The Sabres probably thought this was a cakewalk game, since the Sharks have a crap record. Well---they aren't! They played harder than Buffalo in the 1st, and having Joe Thornton out there isn't the only reason why. Buffalo got crap goaltending from Mika to a certain extent, but he was left out to dry a few times.