Buffalo Boy's Blog

Thomas Vanek scored the only regulation goal for the Sabres last night and Max Nation did everything but score on Carey Price but the Sabres found a way to get two points in the shootout. Their secret? Go stick side on Carey Price.

The Sabres had 35 shots on goal last night and saw not one rebound from price. Thats because all night, Price's glove was like a magnet and he gave up not one rebound that I could see. Ryan Miller wasn't bad either when it counted and the Sabres win game one 2-1.

The question marks were solid like Teppo and Drew who also scored on his shootout attempt. Both Ales Kotalik got the winner in the shootout and both he and Stafford went backhand on the stick side on price and both found the back of the net.

What was even more encouraging was Ryan Miller made two great saves in the shootout, the Sabres were 14-18 last year in one goal games and their losses in shootouts were a major reason why they were so bad. Improving the shootout goaltending will help a lot.

So there you go Leafers, if you find yourself on a breakaway or in a shootout on Carey Price go stick side, he's vulnerable, anywhere else and hes going to eat the puck. Its too bad it took Buffalo that long to figure him out they could have won in regulation.