Sabres gut out the win in Florida 4-2
Oct 26, 2007 NHL
It was a much better effort by the Buffalo Sabres as they get out of Sunrise, FL with the 4-2 win. They worked hard this time around, hitting and bumping in the boards as they hadn’t done in the past two games. Most importantly, they stuck with the gameplan for the most part, even when they were outshooting the Panthers but still down a goal. Ales Kotalik just downright blistered the puck past Vokoun on the power play for the Sabres’ first goal. Current Captain Jochen Hecht (which is pronounced hesht, Florida PA guy, FYI) scored another goal, on an OUTSTANDING feed from Pominville. Vanek continued to struggle, getting stoned on a breakaway, but he played hard and I think he’ll be fine. Drew Stafford got a very lucky bounce off Tomas Vokoun, who stopped a hard shot from Staff, but it bounced up over him and into the net. It was reviewed as Paille waved his stick at it but it was ruled the high stick never struck the puck.
My favorite goal, though it wasn’t the winner, was the last one. At the tail end of a long (and successful!) PK shift, Paul Gaustad just wrested the puck away from Olli Jokinen and sweeps it out of their zone. Cory Murphy of the Panthers recovered it only to have Dan Paille rip it from him and skate in for the shorthanded goal.
Special recognition should go to Mike Weber, who was solid with 10 minutes of ice time in his first NHL game. The Sabres take a quick jaunt up to Tampa for a game tomorrow night.
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