The Sabres dropped a big point last night to Carolina in OT. However, in a losing scenario, last night’s result was the best case.
Looking back at the loss the most glaring issue was the play of Ryan Miller. His performance certainly wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t good either. The second goal rests squarely on his shoulders -he admitted as much in his post game presser – and the overtime goal is just one that needs to be stopped.
I don’t want to discount the fact that the Sabres didn’t get a single bounce. Thomas Vanek had one roll along the goal line and Tyler Ennis was probably inches from sliding one inside the pipe after beating Ward. Not to mention Drew Stafford and Brad Boyes missed golden opportunities. Add to this list the first Canes goal. A wacky bounce and miraculous catch and drop led to a crazy goal mouth scramble. Not something you see very often in a game.
The silver lining is the loser point and the fact that they didn’t lose any ground to eighth place. Carolina vaulted the Rangers and the Blueshirts now sit in eighth with 70 points. The Sabres have three games in hand on New York and gain another this evening.
I don’t see Buffalo escaping Philly with a point tomorrow but it will be key to win on Sunday. If the Sabres take three out of four points this weekend it will have been a very successful run.
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