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Sabres Outlast Islanders 3-2

















The Buffalo Sabres defeated the New York Islanders 3-2 on Long Island on Saturday night.

First Period

Thomas Vanek continued his incredible scoring pace by opening Friday night's game at 9:11 of the first period to give the Sabres a 1-0 lead.

Toward the end of the period, Islanders forward John Tavares scored a goal after Sabres defenseman Christian Ehrhoff fell down.

Scoring:

BUF - 9:11 - Thomas Vanek (Cody Hodgson,. Jordan Leopold)
NYI - 19:18 - John Tavares (Brian Strait, Brad Boyes)

Shots
NYI: 15
BUF: 4

Second Period

The Sabres continued to get out-shot by the Isles, but Ryan Miller made several terrific saves allowing just one goal in the second.

Christian Ehrhoff stepped into a play at around the 12 minute mark and snapped a shot past Evgeni Nabakov. The Sabres briefly held the lead before Colin McDonald scored on a wrist shot to tie the game at two.

Scoring

BUF: 12:21 - Christian Ehrhoff (Cody Hodgson, Thomas Vanek)
NYI: 17:35 - Colin McDonald (Casey Cizikas, Brian Strait)

Shots:
BUF: 7
NYI:  14

Third Period

The Sabres took the lead 7:35 into the third period when an Alex Sulzer slap shot got past Nabakov to make the game 3-2.

Ryan Miller held strong in the third and stopped a John Tavares penalty shot. After being out-shot 43 to 15, the Sabres come away with a 3-2 win.

Scoring

BUF: 7:25 - Alex Sulzer ( Steve Ott, Mikhail Grigorenko)
NYI: None

Shots:

BUF: 4
NYI: 14

TOTALS

Shots:

BUF: 15
NYI: 43

3 Stars:

1) Ryan Miller
2) John Tavares
3) Thomas Vanek

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02/09/2013 7:49PM
Gamenight: Sabres and Isles at 1-1 after 1
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02/09/2013 7:55PM
Yikes...
Another period where the Sabres are outshot by a 4:1 margin and they don't even seem to see the lack of effort as an issue. They can't complete two consecutive passes and they are taken off the puck with the utmost of ease. It's becoming downright painful to watch...can't wait for the next two periods
02/09/2013 8:12PM
The Guy that is scratched tonight
Isn't he the same guy that our beloved GM gave 12 million to this year? Yep, we have all of the resources now, and don't know what to do with them. Before the excuse was a limited budget. Now the budget isn't limited. Where we are the most limited is trying to win with this GM
02/09/2013 8:49PM
MILLER IS AWESOME!!!
Look at all those shots on goal. WHO CAN DENY!!! MILLLLLLLLLLLLER!!!!!! That Darcy and Lindy are pretty awesome too.
02/09/2013 8:52PM
OK
Just assume everything that follows is the exact opposite of everything that fringe lunatic MR WALMART (James Ziolkowski) has already posted 40 or 50 times. Let us all take a few minutes to be thankful he is on house arrest and on the FBI watchlist. Let us all again be thankful that when he speaks for "the fans" we all recoil at the thought of him speaking for the rest of us.
02/09/2013 8:53PM
STAY THE COURSE!!!
I love it Ted and Terry. The GM and coach are not the problem. Every team has slumps. The Sabres will bounce back.
02/09/2013 8:54PM
Can You Believe....
how good Miller is playing tonight? He is ELITE!!!
02/09/2013 9:07PM
WHO?
Who made that Erhoff Sulzer deal? HMMMMM. I wish Lindy could stifle thier offense the way he did Vaneks.
02/09/2013 9:09PM
ERHOFF!!!
Whoever got him on this team should have a job for life!!!!!
02/09/2013 9:14PM
MAN!!!
That Erhoff is darn good. So is that Ott. Whoever signed these guys knows what they are doing.
02/09/2013 9:23PM
Who drafted that guy Vanek?
I would take him over concussion prone Crosby any day of the week. The guy who drafted him is a genius.
02/09/2013 9:30PM
GOSH!!
Did you see Brad Boyes hatrick tonight!!! What a superstar!! Just goes to prove Lindy stifles offensive players. WALMART!!! GR is full of SHILLS!!!!
02/09/2013 9:39PM
Boyes
WOW! Lindy sure stifled this superstar. Yet another example of a Buffalo player going somewhere else to be great. The more things change, the more....
02/09/2013 9:43PM
MillerTime
Yes.
02/09/2013 9:43PM
HI
I am new to hockey. Why is such a big deal made of this guy Sidney Crosby? He hardly ever plays. What about this Vanek guy? He is Canadian too isn't he? Why does he not get as much publicity then?
02/09/2013 9:43PM
Pathetic
After watching this game I have no hope for this team, another lucky win, they can not play a solid game and the coach is okay with this. Our defense is putrid same for our second and third lines. When are you gonna wake up Pegula alot of real fans arelosing their patience with you and especially with Lindy!
02/09/2013 9:44PM
....
MILLLLLLLLLLLLLER TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME!!!!
02/09/2013 9:45PM
these phony losers need to cave every game
get the management fired please.
02/09/2013 9:47PM
WALMART!!
MOVES headquarters to LONG ISLAND!!!! Modeled after the village of Orchard Park. By the VILLAGE IDIOT!!!!
02/09/2013 9:49PM
NOT
...many names after Miller and Vanek that have had very good seasons..........UMMMMMMM........ERHOFF!!! SULZER!!!!
02/09/2013 9:51PM
Stafford
....is taking up roster space??? UUUMMMMMM....what superstar is he keeping from taking his place MORON!!!!
02/09/2013 10:04PM
ERHOFF!!!
Who signed this guy?!?!?!? What a great move.
02/09/2013 10:06PM
VANEK!!!
WHo drafted this SUPERSTAR!!! GENIUS!!!! WHy can't Lindy stifle his offensive output?
02/09/2013 10:20PM
awesome team
Two wins in a row despite being completely outclassed. I suppose we should be happy but this team is a disgrace.
02/09/2013 10:22PM
Two and a Half.....
....Lines. The Sabres aren't going to win too many games playing 8 forwards. Look at the shot totals tonight. If Miller's ordinary (or Enroth) they get blown out here. While Leopold and others continue to struggle on the back end the Sabres need to find at least three lines that can skate every night. So, along those lines can we finallt declare Gerbe a minor leaguer and ship him to Rochester in exchange for a legit prospect or just someone that can bring more size to the fight? It seems the first two lines are set and clearly Ott and Kaleta when healthy are going to get a regular shift but what of the rest? Grigorenko seems like he would be best suited for a 4th line developmental role, alongside the likes of Hecht, McCormick, Ellis (insert other fill in 4th lines guys here). That leaves the need for a third line C...how about Porter from Rochester. He has plenty of NHL games, is reportedly the best on the farm so what's the wait? Darcy afraid to admit he blew it on Gerbe (who is owed $1.8 million by the way next year on a guaranteed, one way contract) who has heart and effort up the wahzoo but no size and not enough pure talent to go with it? Better find the answer soon....getting outshot by the Isles of all people 43-15 should make the management boys wake up and face facts. Two and a half lines ain't gettin' it done.
02/09/2013 10:23PM
Still Waiting.......
to see the Sabres win a game that they deserved to. Pathetic effort getting outshot,out hustled and out played. This team will remain in the basement until serious changes are made!
02/09/2013 10:29PM
WHEREZ DA BLOGS?!?!?
WHEREZ DA BLOGS? DERP DERP! I need to post my 45 "rebuttals"! Derp Derp. Mmmm. Buttals, that sounds like another word that describes me pretty well. FIRE SHILLMILTON.
02/09/2013 10:30PM
terrible
the sabres may have won this game but they are a bad bad team.the giveaways are a disgrace.no offense bad d ,other than that,no problem.one more thing.someone please tell me why number 55 is on this team.very sad.
02/09/2013 10:56PM
Walmart West meets Walmart East in The SUPER BORE!
These have got to be the two most boring and hapless franchises in pro sports. What makes the Islanders superior to good ole Walmart of course is there 4 Stanley Cups. Come on NABAKOV???? RRRRREALLY???? Who in the world would want Nabakov!!???? Only good old IRON saves MR SOFTEE from yet another embarassment! But Bruins and revenge are on their way...
02/09/2013 11:18PM
THEY WANT RUFF FIRED AND SO DO I
This team either consciously or subconsciously wants Ruff fired. The effort was again pathetic tonight. Miller stole one for us. Need to clean house. When will Pegula wake up. Lindy needs to go now. Obviously Darcy isnt going anywhere with the new contract. 43-15 in shots. Really???????? Dont even start with the win is a win nonsense.
02/10/2013 2:22AM
Really ???
Hecht another 18:00 tonight.
02/10/2013 4:55AM
Pathetic
Out-shot 43 to 15?? It's a good thing Miller was on his game, it could have easily been 10-3 Islanders. Ruff and Regier need to go, enough of this SICK joke!!
02/10/2013 6:18AM
Bumsfan
You only have to look at the energy and confidence Boyes is playing with to understand how a coach like Ruff can stiffle a decent player. Until Ruff is gone along with Darcy the Sabres will struggle.
02/10/2013 6:39AM
outshot again
15 shots a game is rediculous and unacceptable. Lucky to win that game, Miller definitely pulled that one out. I'd tell these guys to get 15 shots a period or i'd skate em to death the next day......you'd see what happens then.
02/10/2013 8:36AM
Thank You Mr. Miller and Mr. Vanek,,,
That was your win. You two were 80% responsible for that win. And so we escape Long Island by the skin of your teeth, A Win is A win, Great! I truly hope the reat of the team plays out of their minds against the B's tonight. You know Boston will beplaying with a little extra effort after what happened in Beantown their last meeting. And I really can't see Enroth or Miller having the same game against Boston as Miller did against the Isles.
02/10/2013 8:52AM
Myers scratched?
So that is the way to fix him huh? Did you ever think maybe he needs the same defensive partner for at least two games in a row. He played hi best game in a long time with Pardy and the next game they take Pardy out of the lineup and Myers sucks again. The thing I hate most about Ruff is he is always messing with the lines and d-pairings. This team has no consistency in any facet of the game. The only thing consistent is that they draft soft small players like the game is still be played years ago. Everyone who knows anything can see the game has changed and you need big physical forwards. I think the Erhoff deal was awful everyone talks about how good he is. I just don't see it. The throwin Sulzer outplays him most of the time.
02/10/2013 9:01AM
Any trades yet???
This team sucks. Boston will destroy them. Head for the exits after the first period and avoid the embarrassment.
02/10/2013 9:32AM
Miller Earned his Paycheck
Miller earned his paycheck but did the other Sabres? what is with Pomerpuff and Standstill? they had break aways with a good chance of makin a goal but pass it away? quit being so crafty n just drill the puck-so it doesn't go in? rebound is a possibility- just look at the shots on goal? the Islanders had a field day - ask Miller? are the Sabres that afraid to shoot on goal? well time will tell
02/10/2013 10:22AM
Pegula
Pegula far worse than Golisano
02/10/2013 10:35AM
Vanek even scored Friday night per this story even though the Sabres did not play!
Just kidding guys---you rule!!
02/10/2013 11:47AM
finally
If if wasn't for Miller doing his best impression of the Dominator along with a couple of post shots we lose 4-3. This the type of game miller was supposed to steal every night for this team, being outshot 43 to 15. Some nights the direct opposite could happen and we lose 3-2 because a soft late goal is scored on Miller. Please Linde why is Gerbe on this team and we have to sit McCormick? Now of course with two wins in a row we will see how Linde manages his goalies? I think Ruff's best quote of the year came the other night when he said he was "dumbfounded". Well he at least got half of it right!
02/10/2013 12:05PM
Sabres at Islanders
Watching this, I thought the Islanders and Sabres switched jerseys. You could have sworn they did by the shot totals. Since that didn't happen, I know now how bad the Sabres really are. Wait a minute...was that the system played to perfection defending in your own end all night and watching the Islanders dominate like water spiders in a pond and the Sabres waiting for them to make a mistake? What a joke. It won't work against Boston. Looking forward to a shellacking by the Bruins tonight. FIRE REGEIR AND RUFF!!!
02/10/2013 12:14PM
Stafford
Awful. Just awful. Package him, Gerbe, and Sekera to somewhere free. Call up Tarnasky, Porter, and Pardy or McNabb.
02/10/2013 12:32PM
What is going on???
The Sabres are lucky to get out of NY with a win!! They are not playing with passion, they look uninterested! What started out promising the first two games has panned out to be the same old underachieving Buffalo teams!!
02/10/2013 12:48PM
Out of 5 wins this season
The Sabres were really the better team once maybe twice if you count the Bruins game. This is pathetic.
02/10/2013 12:57PM
I had enough of Ruff...I can't watch this anymore (just saw it via DVR)... JOKE!
Grigorenko is being wasted and ruined by idiot. He should have been sent back to juniors instead of riding the pine where Stafford or Hecht should be. Gerbe should be waived period.
02/10/2013 3:45PM
Disgusted
I would rather this team go down in flames this season trying their best then this. They are mediocre at best. The coaching and management are a joke. Here's a thought ... since your so called veterans beyond the top line are unable to sustain any pressure in the O Zone how about setting up an all rookie line Tropp and Foligno centered by Grigorenko as your second line? At the very least they might be hungry for a chance to play. Could it possibly do any worse then the so called veterans? Cobble a checking line out of Kaleta, Ott, and Scott. Then let the rest fight for the remaining three positions Wait that's way to progressive thinking for this team ... what was I thinking. Oh well maybe next year ...
02/11/2013 11:21PM
Pegulaville is Loserville
Anyone who still believe Terry Pegula has a vested interest in putting a winner on the ice after years of futility is drinking the same Kool-Aid that Ralph Wilson is. Pegula is just a rich fan who plays favorites (Ruff and Regier) and is blind or ignorant to the mess this Buffalo Sabres team is. And here many of us had hopes for a revival of a once proud organization, but evidently all we got as fans is a bunch of BS, a new lockerroom for the players, 50% of cheap merchandise made in China and baby tears over a Sabres great. Blah blah blah, this teams a joke and anyone who thinks Lindy Ruff isnt the problem or Darcy Regier is a straight up clueless dolt. I hope this team finishes dead last overall just to show Pegula how much of a laughingstock his precious "toy" team really is.
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