GDT: #20 – Kings at Sabres – Tue Nov 12 – 7:00PM ET – MSG-B, Bell TV – WGR-AM

[Woodhouse]

GDT #20: LAK (11-6-0) at BUF (3-15-1) – NOV 12 – 7:00PM ET – MSG-B, BELL TV – WGR-AM – CHAT

11/09 – Grigorenko scores twice in loss to Ducks (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com)

11/10 – Kids lead Kings to easy win against Canucks (Curtis Zupke – NHL.com)

11/10 – LA's Sunday practice notes (Jon Rosen – LA Kings Insider)

11/11 – Ehrhoff ready, Weber skates with team (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com)

11/11 – Lewis has ties to Sabres' room (Jon Rosen – LA Kings Insider)

11/11 – Game Preview: 11/12/13 vs Los Angeles (Ian Ott – Sabres PR)

11/12 – Sabres hoping to finally win at home, earn crowd’s support (Bill Hoppe – Olean Times Herald)

11/12 – Rolston switches up Sabres’ lines, puts Ott on top combination (Bill Hoppe – Olean Times Herald)

11/12 – Press Clips: 11/12/13 vs Los Angeles (Ian Ott – Sabres PR)

11/12 – Sabres look to adopt road mindset at home (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com)​

BUFFALO SABRES

Projected Lineup (morning skate)

26 Matt Moulson – 19 Cody Hodgson – 9 Steve Ott ("C")
23 Ville Leino – 63 Tyler Ennis – 21 Drew Stafford
28 Zemgus Girgensons – 82 Marcus Foligno – 65 Brian Flynn
25 Mikhail Grigorenko – 8 Cody McCormick – 78 Corey Tropp
X: 22 Johan Larsson, 32 John Scott

10 Christian Ehrhoff ("A") – 3 Mark Pysyk
20 Henrik Tallinder – 57 Tyler Myers
4 Jamie McBain – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
X: 61 Nikita Zadorov

30 Ryan Miller
1 Jhonas Enroth

Lineup News & Notes

Buffalo scratched Christian Ehrhoff (LBI), Ville Leino and John Scott in Friday's 6-2 loss to Anaheim. Joel Armia (hand)
and Mike Weber (UBI) are both skating, but remain inactive. Armia will play with Rochester/AHL tomorrow.

Weekly Transactions

None.

According to the Stats

Buffalo are 6-3-1 in their last ten games versus Los Angeles; 9-1-0 at home.​

LOS ANGELES KINGS

Projected Lineup (morning skate)

23 Dustin Brown ("C") – 11 Anze Kopitar ("A") – 14 Justin Williams
74 Dwight King – 10 Mike Richards – 73 Tyler Toffoli
17 Daniel Carcillo – 24 Colin Fraser – 21 Matt Frattin
71 Jordan Nolan – 57 Linden Vey – 22 Trevor Lewis
X: 13 Kyle Clifford, 28 Jarret Stoll

6 Jake Muzzin – 8 Drew Doughty
44 Robyn Regehr – 26 Slava Voynov
33 Willie Mitchell – 27 Alec Martinez
X: 2 Matt Greene ("A")

32 Jonathan Quick
54 Ben Scrivens

Lineup News & Notes

Los Angeles scratched Colin Fraser, Matt Greene and Jarret Stoll (UBI) in Saturday's 5-1 win over Vancouver. Kyle
Clifford (head), Greene and Stoll are day-to-day, while Jeff Carter (foot) remains inactive.

Weekly Transactions

None.

According to the Stats

Los Angeles has lost only seven man games to injury, accruing all of them in November.​

A/V CLUB

11/08 – Highlights of BUF's 6-2 loss to ANA. <4:25>

11/08 – BUF's Ron Rolston addresses the media following Friday's loss to ANA. <2:04>

11/09 – Highlights of LAK's 5-1 win over VAN. <4:32>

11/09 – LAK's Darryl Sutter addresses the media following Saturday's win over VAN. <2:52>

11/11 – BUF's Ron Rolston addresses the media following Monday's practice. <5:03>

11/11 – BUF's Mike Weber speaks with the media following Monday's practice. <3:15>

11/11 – BUF's Christian Ehrhoff speaks with the media following Monday's practice. <0:53>

11/11 – BUF's Matt Moulson speaks with the media following Monday's practice. <3:36>

11/12 – BUF's Ron Rolston addresses the media following Tuesday's morning skate. <7:43>


LAST H2H GAME

11/07/2013 – Buffalo 0 at Los Angeles 2.

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[26CornerBlitz]

WGR Interview: Ron Rolston 11/12/13

Kings start Eastern road trip by facing Sabres

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

6-5 Sabres

Steve Ott puts another 9 on his jersey and infuses the power. Scores all 11 goals.

 

[Prospector74]

6-5 Sabres

Steve Ott puts another 9 on his jersey and infuses the power. Scores all 11 goals.

and finishes the season as the Sabres leading scorer even after not scoring another goal after the LA game...

BREAK

Let's get these guys. Miller stands on his head and we win 3-2 in OT.

 

[Bobby Bottle Service]

So is Armia a go for tonight?

Can't wait to see him play less than 5 min on the 4th line where a scoring forward belongs (in the RR "system").

Come one RonRol... you can break his Joel's confidence too!

 

[Calder 99]

Kings - 4
Ryan Enroths - 1

 

[Zman5778]

So is Armia a go for tonight?

Can't wait to see him play less than 5 min on the 4th line where a scoring forward belongs (in the RR "system").

Come one RonRol... you can break his Joel's confidence too!

Armia is in Rochester.......

 

[Bobby Bottle Service]

Armia is in Rochester.......

His name plate is hanging in the Sabres locker room as of this morning.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

@BNHarrington

It will be Miller vs. Quick in goal tonight. Team USA watchers unite. #sabres #LAKings

 

[ZZamboni]

I'll be at this one. Looking forward to being wanded. I hope they catch an idiot with a metal flask or pocket knife. That would be a highlight compared to what I will witness on the ice

I wonder if a vocal minority will chant "fire Darcy" and give the false perception on TV it's the majority. It's been happening the past few games.

3-1 Kings

Myers, Ennis, or Ott with the lone goal

 

[slip]

So is Armia a go for tonight?

Can't wait to see him play less than 5 min on the 4th line where a scoring forward belongs (in the RR "system").

Come one RonRol... you can break his Joel's confidence too!

These young guys being integrated into Rolston's "system" -- it's like watching pigs going off to get slaughtered.

 

[Chainshot]

I wonder if Larsson will get the "compete!" benching tonight. Not the guy I would put in the pressbox....

 

[26CornerBlitz]

Anybody charged up for the new mho line?

 

[Chainshot]

These young guys being integrated into Rolston's "system" -- it's like watching pigs going off to get slaughtered.

At least a slaughterhouse has some order to it. This is more like a herd of cats directing traffic -- lots of motion in every direction and plenty of carnage but with nothing accomplished.

 

[slip]

At least a slaughterhouse has some order to it. This is more like a herd of cats directing traffic -- lots of motion in every direction and plenty of carnage but with nothing accomplished.

More bacon, less chaos.

Welcome to my new Sabres battle cry.

 

[oldgoalie]

At least a slaughterhouse has some order to it. This is more like a herd of cats directing traffic -- lots of motion in every direction and plenty of carnage but with nothing accomplished.

but the ending is the same. something gets killed.
Is it the fan's spirits?
Is it the rookies' careers?


Stay tuned to this train wreck to find out!

 

[couture23]

We lose 5-0, Rolston gets canned afterwards.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

Hint!, It's because you suck Ville!:

Sabres’ Ville Leino set to return, not sure why he was scratched

 

[SabresFan26]

I wonder if Larsson will get the "compete!" benching tonight. Not the guy I would put in the pressbox....

tickets are cheap tonight and depending on the kumpeet pressbox line up, I may or may not make the trip out to Buffalo tonight

 

[SabresFan26]

Hint!, It's because you suck Ville!:

Sabres’ Ville Leino set to return, not sure why he was scratched

He really needs to be bought out. Even if we our under the the floor, I rather sign someone else to a 1 or 2 year over priced contract that at least is a good veteran presence in the locker room.

 

[gallagt01]

Like most Rolston decisions, Larsson to the press box is a real head-scratcher.

What the Rolston. This guy is a moron.

 

[Paradigm]

I'm seeing a recurring theme of "I don't know why I was scratched" from the players. This screams a huge communication issue between Rolston and the team.

If I'm giving feedback to the team, it would simply be, "Here's what you did wrong, here's what I want you to do, and this is your punishment." The player may not agree with your assessment, but at least they will always know why they're being benched.

 

[Myllz]

I think we should make "Rolston" a term similar to "Munson" from Kingpin, but instead of it meaning being up a creek without a paddle, it should be to explain why something inexplicable or completely moronic happened.

Ryan Miller: "Did you hear Larsson got benched tonight? What's up with that?"
Steve Ott: "I have no idea, he got completely Rolstoned on that one."

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Like most Rolston decisions, Larsson to the press box is a real head-scratcher.

What the Rolston. This guy is a moron.

Perhaps we should start calling him Rolstooge?

 

[buffalowing88]

I think we should make "Rolston" a term similar to "Munson" from Kingpin, but instead of it meaning being up a creek without a paddle, it should be to explain why something inexplicable or completely moronic happened.

Ryan Miller: "Did you hear Larsson got benched tonight? What's up with that?"
Steve Ott: "I have no idea, he got completely Rolstoned on that one."

I don't know what I appreciate more, the fact that someone appreciates that vastly underrated gem of a movie or how appropriate that term would be in describing Rolston's behavior. Kudos to you!