Detroit Debut Shut Out & Buffalo Begins Home Stand
For the third time in Red Wings history, once last season and initially in 1953, last night witnessed a goaltender’s first game with Detroit ends in a shut-out.
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Another sluggish beginning for BW in this week’s match-up versus the East Division leader Team Bailey, I have confidence with Buffalo commencing a four-game home stand tonight, that Thompson, Tuch, and Levi in the net are ready to break open with their first victory of the season.
OUR OFFICIALS
Five games in the NHL last night and the home team won twice with one having to be decided in a shoot-out and the other a close game that saw the visitors awarded a 5-on-3 man advantage and penalty shot but failed both attempts.
The referees whistled 63 penalties (22 in one game) that resulted in 41 power plays favoring the visitors 23 to 18, during the third period of one of the home victories there were 13 penalties at the 20:00 minute mark at the end of the game.
Ironically there were no fights in that game just roughing penalties with five misconducts handed out, and one goalie leaving the crease infraction.
TUESDAY TRIVIA
In last week’s question, “How many Buffalo Sabres have scored 50 or more goals?” the correct answer was four, Ricard Martin (52, 52 consecutively) and Danny Gare (50, 56) both scored 50 or more times twice for the Sabres and Alexander Mogilny (76) and Pat LaFontaine (53) each scored over 50 goals once for Buffalo.
Both Mogilny and LaFontaine also scored over 50 goals one other time in their careers, for Mogilny it was his first season after he left Buffalo for Vancouver (55) and LaFontaine (54) with his original New York team.
You are an Old School Fan if you knew all four right off the bat, and this week’s inquiry is a bit tougher.
AROUND THE NHL
Buffalo endeavors to bottle lightning for the season’s first victory, Seattle with the Avalanche ex-goaltender hosting Colorado, and Dallas in Nevada should be an entertaining forecast of Western Conference playoff hopefuls.
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Brandon Montour?
Think I might have got last week’s guess correct (4)?
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