Better Effort, Same Result
Nov 22, 2008 NHL
The Buffalo Sabres had a much stronger effort against the Flyers last night, but still ended up on the losing end of a 3-0 shutout by Biron. They generated a ton of shots (40) but the powerplay really did ‘em en, going 0 for 5, including a decently long 5 on 3. Unfortunately, as the last penalized player returned to the ice (Scott Hartnell), he got behind the D on a break and beat Miller. Philly would score midway through the third to ice it, followed by an empty netter (both by Jeff Carter).
The new-look lineup was pretty good from what I saw (too nervous to watch the whole thing), call-up Mark Mancari was not afraid to fire away, and Paetsch wasn’t on the ice for any of the goals against. By the way, the Buffalo highlight of the night might just be Peters’ performance in his fight with Josh Gratton:
Gratton starts throwing at Andrew Peters before he’s got his hands up, but Peters recovers and lands multiple solid shots (right around the :20 mark Gratton has a ‘Why did I do this again?’ look).
The Islanders come in tonight, with a whole laundry list of injuries and having lost the last three to the Sabres by a combined 14-5. I’m probably recording this one tonight so if there are any worthwhile videos to put on Youtube, I’ll be taking care of it.
Tags: buffalo, carter, flyers, gratton, hartnell, Hockey, mancari, Martin Biron, NHL, philadelphia, Ryan Miller, sabres
