GDT: Game 4: Avalanche @ Sabres - 10/11 7pm ET (MSG-B, WGR 550)

Game Preview: 10/11/18 vs. Colorado

LAST GAME
Monday, October 8
Vegas 2 at Buffalo 4
Goals: Eichel (2), Scandella, Pominville
Goalie: Hutton (35 saves/37 shots)
PP: 1/2; PK: 2/2; Shots: Vegas 37 – Buffalo 17

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 17)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Zach Bogosian (lower body, Oct. 4) – 3 games
Matt Hunwick (neck, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 3 games
Johan Larsson (lower body, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 3 games
Sean Malone (knee, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 3 games
Scott Wilson (ankle, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 3 games
Vladimir Sobotka (upper body, Oct. 6) – 2 games

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
N/A

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Oct. 13: Buffalo at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 16: Buffalo at Vegas, 10 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 18: Buffalo at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20: Buffalo at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 21: Buffalo at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

TONIGHT’S GAME
AVALANCHE at SABRES

• This is the first of two meetings between the Sabres and Avalanche this season.
• Next meeting: Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Colorado
• Last meeting: Colorado defeated Buffalo 5-4 in Buffalo on Feb. 11
• The Sabres are 3-7-0 in their last 10 games vs. the Avalanche; 3-5-2 at home.
• This is the 144th game all-time between Buffalo and Colorado; Buffalo has a 62-57-24 series record.
• The Sabres are 38-22-11 at home against the Avalanche all-time.

 

Go team go.

Excited about this one.

 

I’ll be at this one. Very excited! It would be awesome to head into the west coast trip with another W

 

Zadorov would be paired with Risto. Where would Compher be? Hopefully Sabres win.

 

Buffalo 3, Avs 2

Thompson, Berglund, Sobotka

Zadorov, Compher

 

Compher is the 4C and Zadorov is on the 3rd pair right now for the Avs.

 

I wonder where ROR would slot in on this team...

 

He'd fit perfectly into the "be really slow and bring the mood of the bench down" role

 

Im thinking Dahlin gets his first point tonight.

Also thinking Skinner is over-due for a goal.

 

Something tells me he'd be a lot more positive if he was playing with Jeff Skinner rather than Scott Wilson or Benoit Pouliot.

 

Fair enough. Can't argue with that. I just don't see it as a guarantee that "we're improved but we would be even better with ROR in there". Hockey is weird and there were definitely some off-ice things factoring into the trade.

Anyway, back to Berglund. The big Swedish lad makes teammates giggle and gives great timeout hugs. 60 playoff games has to carry some weight with such a young team as long as he continues to not suck. He's an Absolut Unit

 

GAME-DAY RESOURCES

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Larsson back and on the wing, yuck. Remi out.

 

Sabres twitter already getting outraged that a guy we picked off waivers gets scratched after 2 meh games.

 

The Return of the Johan.

 

I thought he Stood out on the PK...

 

I’m not really sure where else he fits in the lineup at this point, unless Mitts gets sent to the Amerks for a bit. Rodriguez has been terrific and should go nowhere.

That entire 3rd line is pretty weird, though.

 

I asked about his PKing ability on the main board after the waiver pickup, and Stars fans said he wasn’t really used in PK situations for some reason. He sounded like the prototypical effective PKer when hearing about his game, and I thought he stood out as well.

But with that said, he’s a waiver pickup and a depth player; not expected to play every game.

 

He did his first game. Had a few flubbed clears against Vegas.

 

Meh. I think a strong PK scheme is way more important than specific personnel so I don't think much of that.

 

Sobotka is injured

 

Elie was obviously gonna be the first guy out unless a kid were demoted. He is a 13th forward type. It is positive that Phil is willing to make this minor change after two wins rather than foolishly thinking he has to keep a good thing going.

 

Pominville is the anti Bogosian staying healthy in the lineup after the beating he took against Vegas.