GDT: #6 – Bruins at Sabres – Sat Oct 18, 7:00PM ET – MSG-B, FX-CA – WGR

[Woodhouse]

BOS (2-4-0) at BUF (1-4-0) – SAT OCT 18, 7:00PM ET – MSG-B, FX-CA – WGR – CHAT

Gameday Headlines

Game Preview: 10/18/14 vs. BOS – Ian Ott, Sabres PR

Sabres, Bruins seek to end early-season slumps – Joe Yerdon, NHL.com

Bruins-Sabres Preview – STATS Writer, AP

Sabres look for better start against Boston – Chris Ryndak, Sabres.com

Previous Headlines

Bruins’ defense breaks down in loss to Canadiens – Amalie Benjamin, Boston Globe

Lucic gets a little hot, then boils over – Amalie Benjamin, Boston Globe

Panthers shut out Sabres for first win under Gallant – Joe Yerdon, NHL.com

Sabres start sluggishly again, get blanked by Panthers – Bill Hoppe, OTH

Sabres can't backup Enroth in loss to Panthers – Joe Ray, Sabres.com​

BUFFALO SABRES

Projected Lineup

26 Matt Moulson – 63 Tyler Ennis – 12 Brian Gionta
82 Marcus Foligno – 19 Cody Hodgson – 80 Chris Stewart
17 Torrey Mitchell – 28 Zemgus Girgensons – 21 Drew Stafford
44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 65 Brian Flynn – 8 Cody McCormick
x: 23 Sam Reinhart

4 Josh Gorges – 57 Tyler Myers
6 Mike Weber – 41 Andrej Meszaros
61 Andre Benoit – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
x: 51 Nikita Zadorov – 24 Tyson Strachan

1 Jhonas Enroth
34 Michal Neuvirth

Lineup News & Notes

Matt Hackett (knee) and Patrick Kaleta (face) remain on IR for Buffalo.

According to the Stats

Believe it or not, Buffalo would leap Boston in the divisional standings with a regulation win.​

BOSTON BRUINS

Projected Lineup

17 Milan Lucic – 46 David Krejci – 12 Simon Gagne
63 Brad Marchand – 37 Patrice Bergeron – 18 Reilly Smith
23 Chris Kelly – 34 Carl Soderberg – 21 Loui Eriksson
20 Daniel Paille – 11 Gregory Campbell – 25 Matt Fraser
x: 51 Ryan Spooner, 53 Seth Griffith

33 Zdeno Chara – 27 Dougie Hamilton
44 Dennis Seidenberg – 54 Adam McQuaid
47 Torey Krug – 86 Kevan Miller
x: 43 Matt Bartkowski

72 Niklas Svedberg
40 Tuukka Rask

Lineup News & Notes

Marc Savard (concussion, LTIR) remains on Boston's injury list.

According to the Stats

Patrice Bergeron leads the league in face-off wins with 85 and ranks sixth best in face-off
percentage with 63.9% after six games played.​

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[littletonhockeycoach]

Maybe those ex-Canadian's now playing for the Sabres will bring their A game against their old rival?

Hope so because the Bruins are not happy with their play to date and it could be a long night for the Sabres…….

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Awesome pic of Hodgson playing ****** D

 

[kjohnny]

Looking at our schedule... We easily could start off with something like 2-12 of our first 14 games. I expected us to be a little better than last year but so far its the same old story. Bruins will win this one 5-2.

 

[sabresfan129103]

I can't imagine the Bruins are very happy after their last game vs the Habs. This one could get ugly for us.

 

[Sabretooth]

Just hoping for no major injuries....

 

[ZZamboni]

Heading to Chef's for dinner tonight, then going to the game. I have a feeling the best part about tonight will be Chef's.

 

[Husko]

5 shots on goal for the sabers.

 

[Husko]

Heading to Chef's for dinner tonight, then going to the game. I have a feeling the best part about tonight will be Chef's.

Parmmmmmmmmm

 

[mikemcburn]

Seemed Stafford & Gionta were swapped in the 3rd last night... Any word floating around about possible line changes? Any chance that the so-called 1st line will be flipped? Or at least swap around Moulson & Foligno.

 

[Dreakon13]

The Bruins are 2-4-0? That's interesting.

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

The Bruins are 2-4-0? That's interesting.

Losses to DET, WSH, COL, MTL

 

[joshjull]

Awesome pic of Hodgson playing ****** D

I thought the same thing.

 

[Sabretooth]

Awesome pic of Hodgson playing ****** D

I thought the same thing.

oh come on now, certainly that could be Hodgson on the forecheck applying pressure making Chara retreat back into his own zone right? RIGHT???

 

[Rolli]

I know this has been said alot of times already, but what is the point of having Reinhart on the 4th line playing 6 minutes a night? It's not exactly putting him in a position to succeed and wastes another one of his 9 games.
Was he really playing THAT bad when on better lines?

 

[joshjull]

oh come on now, certainly that could be Hodgson on the forecheck applying pressure making Chara retreat back into his own zone right? RIGHT???

True. But the first thing that popped into my mind was that's the typical Hodgson back check look. Stop skating, coast then reach for the puck.

 

[mikemcburn]

True. But the first thing that popped into my mind was that's the typical Hodsgon back check look. Stop skating, coast then reach for the puck.

The sticky stick thing is so obvious - how can this not be coached out of his game? Or at least photoshopped out of the pics. Sigh.

 

[joshjull]

I know this has been said alot of times already, but what is the point of having Reinhart on the 4th line playing 6 minutes a night? It's not exactly putting him in a position to succeed and wastes another one of his 9 games.
Was he really playing THAT bad when on better lines?

No he wasn't playing bad. Nolan wants to get the team going and doesn't want to put it on the kids to get the team back on track. He wants the vets and experienced younger players to be tasked with righting the ship. Its the same reason why Risto is playing on the 3rd pairing. Neither is being punished. They are being protected. Many fans hate this and I completely understand it. But Nolan and the coaches don't feel its fair to task the teenagers with getting the team back on track and are being overly protective.

 

[mikemcburn]

No he wasn't playing bad. Nolan wants to get the team going and doesn't want to put it on the kids to get the team back on track. He wants the vets and experienced younger players to be tasked with righting the ship. Its the same reason why Risto is playing on the 3rd pairing. Neither is being punished. They are being protected. Many fans hate this and I completely understand it. But Nolan and the coaches don't feel its fair to task the teenagers with getting the team back on track and are being overly protective.

^^ this could be put into a sticky

 

[joshjull]

I wonder if the 3rd period lines stay tonight.

Nolan had swapped Gionta and Stafford.

Mitchell/Girgs/Stafford
Foligno/Hodgson/Stewart
Moulson/Ennis/Gionta


The seemed to play a little better after that switch


I would love to see Larsson up and on Girgs' LW.

 

[MacOfNiagara]

oh come on now, certainly that could be Hodgson on the forecheck applying pressure making Chara retreat back into his own zone right? RIGHT???

To be fair Chara has elite speed and acceleration. Hodgson is employing the glide and reach speed boosting technique. Not much more he can do on a play like that.

 

[Rolli]

No he wasn't playing bad. Nolan wants to get the team going and doesn't want to put it on the kids to get the team back on track. He wants the vets and experienced younger players to be tasked with righting the ship. Its the same reason why Risto is playing on the 3rd pairing. Neither is being punished. They are being protected. Many fans hate this and I completely understand it. But Nolan and the coaches don't feel its fair to task the teenagers with getting the team back on track and are being overly protective.

Allright that sounds very reasonable, never thought about it like that.Still, both players are young and need to play alot so that worries me a bit. There is a better place for that discussion though so I wont go more OT.

Thank you for a good answer!

 

[mikemcburn]

I wonder if the 3rd period lines stay tonight.

Nolan had swapped Gionta and Stafford.

Mitchell/Girgs/Stafford
Foligno/Hodgson/Stewart
Moulson/Ennis/Gionta


The seemed to play a little better after that switch


I would love to see Larsson up and on Girgs' LW.

Yeah, I'm curious about the swap too, if it'll hold thru to today. I'd swap Moulson & Foligno.

Moulson isn't getting the puck from Ennis and Foligno isn't doing much with it, but really I'm also keen to see a good checking line put together and Foligno-Ennis-Gionta looks pleasing to my imagination.

 

[Beerz]

Buffalo Sabres ‏@BuffaloSabres 38s38 seconds ago

Nolan says Flynn will play tonight, Reinhart will sit. #BOSvsBUF


Buffalo Sabres ‏@BuffaloSabres 23s24 seconds ago

Enroth starts tonight, Nolan confirms. #BOSvsBUF

 

[Husko]

Buffalo Sabres ‏@BuffaloSabres 38s38 seconds ago

Nolan says Flynn will play tonight, Reinhart will sit. #BOSvsBUF


Buffalo Sabres ‏@BuffaloSabres 23s24 seconds ago

Enroth starts tonight, Nolan confirms. #BOSvsBUF

But watching is good for his development, right?