GDT: Jan 22 Gm#5 BUF at WAS 7pm, MSGB

[brian_griffin]

Sabres try for the third time this season to beat the Capitals.
ESPN, WaPo, and others have reported WAS may be without Ovechkin, Samsonov, Orlov, and Kuznetsov, who are on the COVID-19 list, and has fined the Caps $100k for violating social distancing protocols.
Probably won't matter to the game outcome, regardless of whether they play or not.
Feel free to post lineups as they are known.

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[HogtownSabresfan]

Sabres try for the third time this season to beat the Capitals.
ESPN, WaPo, and others have reported WAS may be without Ovechkin, Samsonov, Orlov, and Kuznetsov, who are on the COVID-19 list, and has fined the Caps $100k for violating social distancing protocols.
Probably won't matter to the game outcome, regardless of whether they play or not.
Feel free to post lineups as they are known.

Those players out doesn't have impact on outcome? Really?

 

[Fjordy]

Easy win

 

[tsujimoto74]

Sabres try for the third time this season to beat the Capitals.
ESPN, WaPo, and others have reported WAS may be without Ovechkin, Samsonov, Orlov, and Kuznetsov, who are on the COVID-19 list, and has fined the Caps $100k for violating social distancing protocols.
Probably won't matter to the game outcome, regardless of whether they play or not.
Feel free to post lineups as they are known.

Call me crazy, but I think Washington's gonna feel missing 2 of their top 3 forwards, a D who plays on their top pair, and their starting goalie.

 

[Hasekperreault23]

Question..Is ullmark playing or JJ?

 

[joshjull]

Call me crazy, but I think Washington's gonna feel missing 2 of their top 3 forwards, a D who plays on their top pair, and their starting goalie.

You’re crazy.

 

[Buffaloed]

Game Preview: 1/22/21 at Washington
All the information except the stuff you really want to know.

 

[Matt Ress]

Good chance to take 2!!!

 

[HaNotsri]

Call me crazy, but I think Washington's gonna feel missing 2 of their top 3 forwards, a D who plays on their top pair, and their starting goalie.

It's the Sabres, our biggest enemy is ourselves.

 

[Buffaloed]

Hutton to miss at least two games with a head injury
Thursday’s Lines:
Forwards:
Hall - Eichel - Reinhart
Olofsson - Staal - Thompson
Rieder - Eakin - Cozens (Okposo*)
Skinner - Lazar - Sheahan
Defense:
Montour - Jokiharju
McCabe - Ristolainen
Dahlin - Miller

*Kyle Okposo practiced Thursday and hopes to play in Washington

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

Now we only have to worry about shutting down vrana and the rest could fall into place. A win isn't ever a guarantee, but if the sabres do win, then i won't feel bad about it because washington did this to themselves.

 

[OkimLom]

Those players out doesn't have impact on outcome? Really?

Call me crazy, but I think Washington's gonna feel missing 2 of their top 3 forwards, a D who plays on their top pair, and their starting goalie.

They didn't have that much of an impact on the outcome last time. Samsonov was probably the one with the most impact on the game of the 4, and he barely was tested. Yeah Ovie scored 2 goals, but he was not much of a factor outside of that. Orlov was a mess last time. Kuznetsov was invisible.

It was Backstrom, Oshie, Carlson, Vrana, and a few others outside those 4 that beat Buffalo, and are also usually the difference makers in Washington's games throughout the season.

 

[Paxon]

They didn't have that much of an impact on the outcome last time. Samsonov was probably the one with the most impact on the game of the 4, and he barely was tested. Yeah Ovie scored 2 goals, but he was not much of a factor outside of that. Orlov was a mess last time. Kuznetsov was invisible.

It was Backstrom, Oshie, Carlson, Vrana, and a few others outside those 4 that beat Buffalo, and are also usually the difference makers in Washington's games throughout the season.

You can't say that players on the ice with Ovechkin had an impact but Ovechkin didn't matter as if he doesn't draw attention on the ice. He's only an all-time top goal scorer. Taking four regulars out of a line-up can't not have an impact.

 

[sufferer]

I remember a game last season wherein Washington's bottom six completely dominated and ran up the score on us.

 

[SundherDome]

I'm going to go win 2-1

Carlson

Okposo
Oloffson

 

[Snippit]

No excuse not to take both games.

 

[jc17]

No excuse not to take both games.

Basically a must win for my mental health.

I cant handle the meltdown if we don't beat them without ovy.

 

[stokes84]

Is there such thing as a must win this early in the season? Because I think this is it.

 

[brian_griffin]

If they play like they did against the Flyers first game, they'll win. If they play like their home pair against Washington, the magic 8 ball says "outlook not so good".

 

[OkimLom]

You can't say that players on the ice with Ovechkin had an impact but Ovechkin didn't matter as if he doesn't draw attention on the ice. He's only an all-time top goal scorer. Taking four regulars out of a line-up can't not have an impact.

I said he wasn't much of a factor, not that he wasn't one at all.

Of course teams need to gameplan for him, but when you watch the game, it was his linemates pushing the pace and the main factors of puck pressure and puck retrieval especially on the forechecking.

 

[Zman5778]

No excuse not to take both games.

If Ullmark gets back in the saddle, I agree.

If we're going with a JJ/Tokarski duo..........I can think of one pretty good reason why we wouldn't take both...........

 

[DJN21]

Free Borgen!

 

[cybresabre]

Probably won't matter to the game outcome, regardless of whether they play or not.

Agreed, Sabres by a billion, doesn't matter who the Caps have.

 

[Paxon]

Ullmark's starting

 

[Buffaloed]

Sabres going with Linus Ullmark in goal against Washington
The Sabres' goaltending of Ullmark, Carter Hutton and Jonas Johansson has a combined .881 save percentage. Only the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks are worse.

Ralph Krueger said Kyle Okposo is a game-time decision, but he’s more likely to play Sunday than on Friday. Okposo hasn’t played yet this season with a lower-body injury.

Cozens needs to let 'em know he's there or he'll be the guy coming out for Okposo.