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It is amazing to see how a few intermissions can change a hockey team. I actually missed the first period of tonight’s game, thanks to a trip down memory lane with some old-school Playstation! I suppose it was a good choice: The Sabres played a way too relaxed game, resulting in 2 goals from Atlanta. The second period started off with a strange waved-off goal. The referee CLEARLY signaled a goal, and then waved it off a few seconds later. It was enough to send any Sabres fan into a frenzy. Of course, it did the same for the team. For the remainder of the period, Spacek, Pominville, and Paille each notched a goal. Aside from the offensive production, the Buffalo Sabres looked a lot more alive, and I decided it was going to be a good game.

The third period was not all too spectacular, especially with people dropping every now and then from injury. Adam Mair took a high stick to the forehead, and had to head off to the locker room for a fixer-upper. Equally as worse, Ryan Miller was taken down on a random check. The replays didn’t look all too bad, but he did not return for the third period. Sadly. Why? Because Thibault fell asleep for a minute, along with the defense. Kalinin made things better with a power play goal… But a few too many penalties made it certain that the game would go to overtime. The shootout made me nervous. How many has this team lost? About a million, or so it feels. But I had hope, as I always do! Thibault did pretty well, but THE BUFFALO SABRES CAN NOT SCORE A GOAL IN A SHOOTOUT. Who is their go-to guy? Kotalik, when he doesn’t deke and has some accuracy? Vanek? Not really. I love these guys, but somebody needs to step up in these shootouts. Our record is embarassing, to say the very least. Unless we want to go the route of saying how we haven’t lost in regulation time that much!

The Sabres next play on Tuesday, February 5th, at 7:00 PM against the Boston Bruins. Continue that unbeaten streak!


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