GDT: #63 - Sabres vs. Flyers at 7 PM ET on NBCSN and WGR

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Game Preview: 2/26/19 at Philadelphia

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LAST GAME
Monday, February 25
Buffalo 3 at Toronto 5
Goals: Eichel (2), Reinhart
Goalie: Hutton (9 saves/12 shots) / Ullmark (19 saves/21 shots)
PP: 2/5; PK: 1/1; Shots: Buffalo 34 – Toronto 33

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 201)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Marco Scandella (upper body, Feb. 17; injured reserve) – 5 games
Casey Mittelstadt (illness, Feb. 23) – 2 games

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
2/22: Recalled F Danny O’Regan and Scott Wilson from Rochester (AHL); Placed F Kyle Okposo on IR; Assigned D Lawrence Pilut to Rochester
2/23: Assigned F CJ Smith to Rochester (AHL)
2/24: Acquired D Brandon Montour from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for D Brendan Guhle and a first-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft; Signed G Adam Wilcox to a one-year, two-way contract with an AAV of $650,000; Placed Wilcox on waivers
2/25: Activated F Kyle Okposo; Acquired a sixth-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft from the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for D Nathan Beaulieu; Assigned F Danny O’Regan and G Adam Wilcox to Rochester (AHL)
2/26: Recalled F Danny O’Regan from Rochester (AHL)

UPCOMING GAMES
Friday, March 1: Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 2: Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Monday, March 4: Edmonton at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 7: Buffalo at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 9: Buffalo at Colorado, 3 p.m.

TONIGHT’S GAME
SABRES at FLYERS

• This is the third and final meeting between the Sabres and Flyers this season.
• Last meeting: Philadelphia defeated Buffalo 6-2 in Buffalo on Dec. 8
• The Sabres are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games vs. the Flyers; 2-7-1 on the road.
• This is the 179th game all-time between Buffalo and Philadelphia; Buffalo has a 69-85-24 series record.
• The Sabres are 25-51-14 on the road against the Flyers all-time.

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[RobRayzor]

And for the second time this season we're forced to watch Flyers feed,ugh...

 

[Icicle]

ugh NBCSN ugh ugh

 

[sufferer]

And for the second time this season we're forced to watch Flyers feed,ugh...

I don't mind their play-by-play guy. He's got an interesting voice and it works for me.

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

And for the second time this season we're forced to watch Flyers feed,ugh...

His face almost perfectly matches the actual meme photo.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

And for the second time this season we're forced to watch Flyers feed,ugh...

We won’t be listening to their commentators this time, though:

 

[RobRayzor]

We won’t be listening to their commentators this time, though:

If you have NHL.tv,you'll be forced on PHI feed. This happened last time the game was in Buffalo (Gord Miller called that game,but we were stuck with PHI feed)

 

[Willgamesh]

Hopefully we play like the past 3 games but do not have any lapses. Expecting Dahlin to keep putting up points and would like to see Brandon get on the score sheet.

 

[ZZamboni]

God I hate that Gritty mascot. Looks like someone high on LSD and 20 Red Bull’s created that abomination.

And since I loathe Philly as much as Toronto and Boston, I hope we kick the living daylights out of them.

 

[Zman5778]

We won’t be listening to their commentators this time, though:

Thank goodness. Like like Gord as a PBP guy. I'm meh on Boucher.

 

[GrierIsGod123]

Gord Miller might be the best national broadcaster in the business. That's a relief!

 

[PatrikBerglund]

So...who plays the PP now, when we have three offensive defencemen in Dahlin, Montour and Risto?

Housley seems to favor Risto for some reason, so I guess..

Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart

Risto-Montour


As the 1st?

 

[Zman5778]

So...who plays the PP now, when we have three offensive defencemen in Dahlin, Montour and Risto?

Housley seems to favor Risto for some reason, so I guess..

Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart

Risto-Montour


As the 1st?

After the way our PP has been lately, I can't see Montour displacing Dahlin on PP1.

Montour likely either replaces Bogo on PP2 or slots in next to him with who knows who up front. Tage has been in the Eichel spot and Poms and ERod have seen plenty of time on PP2.

 

[Hasekperreault23]

So...who plays the PP now, when we have three offensive defencemen in Dahlin, Montour and Risto?

Housley seems to favor Risto for some reason, so I guess..

Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart

Risto-Montour


As the 1st?

I would imagine dahlia/Risto for PP 1 and Montour on PP2 with a forward

 

[Zman5778]

As an aside -- it certainly seems to me like whoever is on PP1 along with Jack, Sam and Jeff -- PP1 seems to run better with Risto and pretty much whoever else (be it Dahlin, Mitts, Okposo, etc).

I'd love to see numbers.

 

[duxfan1101]

One thing I will promise you all with Montour is he will look bold and confident. Sometimes you see some players who get traded or called up play it safe and just try to not screw up, but Montour is one of the most confident players I've seen, occasionally to a fault. I can almost guarantee he will be wheeling all over the ice like he usually does and he'll hold nothing back. Of course, this comes with its risks, but he is a very fun player to watch when he gets going.

 

[kirby11]

One thing I will promise you all with Montour is he will look bold and confident. Sometimes you see some players who get traded or called up play it safe and just try to not screw up, but Montour is one of the most confident players I've seen, occasionally to a fault. I can almost guarantee he will be wheeling all over the ice like he usually does and he'll hold nothing back. Of course, this comes with its risks, but he is a very fun player to watch when he gets going.

Poor Montour is gonna be benched by the end of the 1st with Phil in charge if he plays like this.

Housley would rather play guys who screw up because they struggle to skate or pass, but look like the good old defensive d-men of yesterday.

 

[Tatre]

If we must lose horribly, let Montour have a good first game with us.

 

[brian_griffin]

One thing I will promise you all with Montour is he will look bold and confident. Sometimes you see some players who get traded or called up play it safe and just try to not screw up, but Montour is one of the most confident players I've seen, occasionally to a fault. I can almost guarantee he will be wheeling all over the ice like he usually does and he'll hold nothing back. Of course, this comes with its risks, but he is a very fun player to watch when he gets going.

Poor Montour is gonna be benched by the end of the 1st with Phil in charge if he plays like this.

Housley would rather play guys who screw up because they struggle to skate or pass, but look like the good old defensive d-men of yesterday.

So... you two are telling me Brandon Montour is Viktor Antipin's Canadian cousin?

 

[Buffaloed]

I'll need one period, to reach a definitive conclusion on Montour. There's 2 choices:
A) Keep him
B) Fire him into the sun

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Lol...sounds like o'regan will sit and watch so he learns his lesson

 

[Willgamesh]

Lol...sounds like o'regan will sit and watch so he learns his lesson

Brutal Montour with Scandella first game... poor guy.

 

[GellMann]

No better way for Montour to quickly get the full Sabres experience than to play his first game with this year's iteration of Scandella.

 

[ZZamboni]

So negative ... geesh!



5-2 Sabres

 

[Tatre]

Lol...sounds like o'regan will sit and watch so he learns his lesson

Danny is a forward unless I'm really confused?