GDT: #22 – Predators at Sabres – Wed Nov 25, 7:00PM ET – MSG-B, Bell TV

[Woodhouse]

2015-2016 GDT #22​

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TV​

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OTHER​

NSH (11-6-3) at BUF (8-11-2) – WED NOV 25, 7:00PM ET​

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MSG-B, Bell TV​

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RADIO – CHAT​

Recent Headlines

• Poor play of Ennis is puzzling – Mike Harrington, TBN
• Sabres notebook: Patient Colaiacovo wants to be an everyday guy – Amy Moritz, TBN
• Game Preview: 11/25/15 vs. NSH – Ian Ott, Sabres PR
• Girgensons, Weber return to practice while Kane is day-to-day – Jourdon LaBarber, Sabres.com
• Girgensons eyes return to Sabres’ lineup – Amy Moritz, TBN
• Sabres striving to snap out of power-play doldrums – Amy Moritz, TBN
• Slumping Eichel ‘not happy’ with own game – Bill Hoppe, OTH
• Predators-Sabres Preview – AP
• Girgensons returns as Sabres host struggling Predators – Jourdon LaBarber, Sabres.com

Player & Staff Interviews

• Yesterday: Bylsma, Girgensons, Gionta, ROR – NSH: n/a
• Today: Bylsma, Girgensons, Reinhart – NSH: Preview

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VS​

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9 Kane – 90 O’Reilly – 12 Gionta​

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L1​

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9 Forsberg – 63 Ribeiro – 18 Neal​

22 Larsson – 15 Eichel – 23 Reinhart​

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L2​

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33 Wilson – 12 Fisher – 15 Smith​

26 Moulson – 28 Girgensons – 88 McGinn​

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L3​

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57 Bourque – 19 Jarnkrok – 11 Hodgson​

82 Foligno – 17 Legwand – 44 Deslauriers​

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L4​

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24 Nystrom – 28 Gaustad – 51 Watson​

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4 Gorges – 55 Ristolainen​

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D1​

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59 Josi – 6 Weber​

29 McCabe – 47 Bogosian​

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D2​

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5 Jackman – 3 Jones​

25 Colaiacovo – 46 Franson​

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D3​

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14 Ekholm – 4 Ellis​

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35 Ullmark​

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G1​

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30 Hutton​

31 Johnson​

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G2​

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35 Rinne​

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3 Pysyk, 59 Schaller, 63 Ennis​

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X​

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2 Bitetto, 20 Salomaki, 64 Bartley​

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Lehner, McCormick, Weber​

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IR​

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n/a​

** Lineups always subject to change at morning and pre-game skates **
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[sabresfan129103]

How many ways can I be frustrated tonight? I fully expect Nashville to break out of their goal scoring slump and the Sabres to hit 5 posts. 4-1 Nashville.

 

[OkimLom]

Nashville gets a goal within the first minute of the game and scores 5 more in a 6-1 win.

This boards reaches its boiling point. Calls for Bylsma to be fired, wants Eichel sitting for a few games. Even though Risto is on the ice for 4 of the goals, the blame will be squarely on Gorges who gets thrown in the doghouse. Gionta will further be criticized for his ice time even though he somehow will be a +1 for the night.

Hodgson will score 1 goal and get 2 assists

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

Surprise win for us. Team rallies out of the slump, 4-3.

 

[MackAttack26]

Nashville breaks their scoring slump, scoring 3 goals, including goals in the first 2 minutes and the GWG in the last 2 minutes to win 3-2. Eichel hits 3 posts and Gionta and Moulson score our goals. Oh and the GWG is scored by who else but.....Filip Forsberg, oh, but assisted by Hodgson of course.

 

[Chainshot]

Nashville 4, Buffalo 1, goalposts... 4.

 

[Sabretooth]

so what was that, 2 games for Kane before getting injured again?

 

[Wisent42]

I'd like to flip Foligno and Moulson. Foligno adds more grit to the top line and has looked pretty good on ROR's wing earlier, and Moulson re-unites with Larsson and Ennis. That line looked good late last year and maybe re-uniting them can get their scoring going.

(Yes yes, in a perfect world we could remove Gionta from the top line but we all know that's not an option.)

 

[old kummelweck]

The Sabres need more from their veterans tonight.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

so what was that, 2 games for Kane before getting injured again?

If i had to speculate, i'd say he never fully recovered from the initial injury and aggravated it.

 

[Woodhouse]

If i had to speculate, i'd say he never fully recovered from the initial injury and aggravated it.

Well, that's not what Bylsma said yesterday:

Bylsma said that Kane’s current injury is completely unrelated to the injury to his MCL that forced him to miss 10 games from Oct. 24 to Nov. 19. The forward has played in three games since returning from the injury.

“He is day-to-day,†Bylsma said. “If we were in football, I’d say ‘probable.’â€

 

[26CornerBlitz]

 

[Sabre Dance]

I want to like Kane. I really do. But...

 

[26CornerBlitz]

 

[EichHart]

Didn't attend a game all year. Went Monday, going to today and Fridays game. Really hope we can win the next two after outplaying the Blues again on Monday and losing to puck luck.

 

[Lassa]

If Kane is in, who sits?

 

[La Cosa Nostra]

Nashville wins. We will get shutout or get one goal from one of our plugs. This lack of offense is ****ing inexcusable. I don't care about Kane's work ethic, physicality, possession or speed. 1 goal so far in the amount of games he's played is a ****ing JOKE. You would think just by luck he would have a lucky goal or two more. But he doesn't click with anyone and he really is a black hole on offense. Not at all worried about how to keep him in 3 years when his deal is up, more worried about how close we can get to recoup Stafford, Armia, Lemieux and a 1st in a trade in a few years at the TDL.

 

[Chainshot]

I want to like Kane. I really do. But...

I like Kane. *shrug*

 

[26CornerBlitz]

If Kane is in, who sits?

My bet is on Larsson.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

Dan Bylsma Pregame (11/25/15) - 6:09 Mins

[nhl]883651[/nhl]

 

[Moskau]

So when the team was playing pretty good Hockey with incredible metrics the lines were getting shifted EVERY PERIOD. Now the team can't win at all and the advanced stats are starting to regress and Byslma chooses to keep lines the way they are. Specifically the 1st line. We haven't won since it was put together and yet Bylsma chooses to roll with it. Switch it up when things are going good and keep it the same when nothing is going well is Bylsma's logic apparently.

 

[Fly Boy]

Hutton is starting for Nashville tonight. Need to put some pucks in the net if that's the case.

 

[TossinSauce]

Have we hit the post yet?

 

[26CornerBlitz]