Gameday 53 - Sabres
7:00 pm
CONSOL Energy Center
TV: FSN
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Know your enemy: Top Shelf
What they are saying about the SABRES:
I don't know. I don't know what the problem is. I do know that in a season where more of the team is underachieving, it's Jochen's underachievement that really bums me out on a personal level. He's not the one who the Sabres most need to play better in the second half - I think most of us can agree that that'd be Ryan Miller - but he's the one who I most want to play better. I don't know that it would super improve the Sabres, but it was make me happy. At this point, I would have zero problem with Terry Pegula coming in and dumping Jochen at the trade deadline. It makes perfectly fine sense. But I don't like it either. Sometimes being a fan stinks.
Season series: Penguins Lead 2-0.
Last meeting: December 11, 2010 - Penguins Won 5-2
Did Ryan Miller know there was a game last night? The emo Sabres goalie got outplayed, and badly, by Marc-Andre Fleury, who has gone from weak link to borderline Vezina candidate in one month. The Pens jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead then just laid in the cut. But they started making plays when they had to. Dustin Jeffrey did something other Wilkes-Barre players have done lately when they reach the Pens: contribute. Jeffery opened up the scoring, and he had the primary assist on Mike Rupp's huge insurance goal in the third.
That was the last win of the 12-game winning streak.
The Pens are currently on a four-game winning streak.
Five is better than four.
Penguins notes:
Geno's back!No Crosby, No LetestuTerrible Towel night at the Arena.
Sabres notes:
The Sabres have won four of their last five. Ryan Miller Sucks.
Favorite Sabres-related Photoshop or gif:
Also, this isn't a Photoshop or a gif, but we have to post this:
Is that a cheesehead beside her? Big mistake.
Penguins lines:
Chris Kunitz - Evgeni Malkin - Pascal Dupuis
Matt Cooke - Jordan Staal - Tyler Kennedy
Mike Rupp - Maxime Talbot - Craig Adams
Eric Tangradi - Dustin Jeffrey - Chris Conner
Brooks Orpik - Kris Letang
Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek
Alex Goligoski - Deryk Engelland
Marc-Andre Fleury
SABRES
SABRES
Sabres Projected Lines from Empty Netters:
Tyler Ennis - Paul Byron - Drew Stafford
Thomas Vanek - Jochen Hecht - Jason Pominville
Nathan Gerbe - Tim Connolly - Cody McCormick
Rob Niedermayer - Paul Gaustad - Mike Grier/Patrick Kaleta
Shaone Morrisonn - Tyler Myers
Jordan Leopold - Steve Montador
Andrej Sekera - Mike Weber
Ryan Miller
Pittsburgh's battle against New York concludes tonight.
Do It.
Go Pens.