Buffalo Boy's Blog

Yikes, I thought being outshot 44-33 was bad on Friday night. Last night the Sabres hung on as long as they could but it wasn't meant to be. Not with their defense playing as soft and as timid as they were. Where was the hitting last night from guys like Craig Rivet and Sekera? Where was the aggressiveness when bringing the puck out of your own zone? Where was the pinching in at the points? This defense is soft and it was amazing the game was as close as it was while they were getting outshot 48-22.

The most amazing part about the night was the fact that Buffalo had a chance for a pity point with about 3 minutes left. After that, the Red Wings took control over a game that they should have won 10-0. Buffal was flat and awful for much of the game. They stayed back, threw very few hits and threw next to nothing at the net.

One good chance they had to take the lead in the third period, Jochen Hecht tried passing instead of putting the puck on net. It was a frustrating game to watch because there wasn't much there. If not for Ryan Miller, Buffalo would have been embarrassed last night. Miller should get some player of the week consideration, allowing one goal Friday night to the Rangers on 44 shots and then just 3 last night on 48.

We have one more home game before a two and a half week road trip that takes us out west. Its not a pretty schedule. The only comforting thing about going on the road that long is that they have been playing .500 hockey on the road.