Back-to-Back Shut Outs

Unyielding and Impenetrable Luukkonen

Buffalo 3 Chicago 0

The Buffalo Sabres swept away the two Western Conference basement dwellers in the past two contests with shut outs, and can earn a winning Home record versus a solid wild card team in the Lightning tomorrow afternoon.

What has to be the best “Slap Shot Moment” for Buffalo this season was last night when their star number one defenseman in the penalty box literally reached over the dasher board to stop the puck as his penalty expired before stepping out onto the ice.

Well that is not allowed so Mr. Dahlin had to spin around and skate right back into the penalty box for another two minutes.

Edmonton 4 Seattle 2

Edmonton marches onward with their 12^th consecutive victory, a 4-2 come from behind down 2-0 performance at home versus Seattle with Oilers Draisaitl (1G, 3A), Foegele (2G), Hyman (1G, 1A), and Kane (2A) leading the offense.

Toronto 4 Calgary 2

Also highlighting why a “two-goal” lead is considered dangerous and difficult to protect the Flames had a first period two goal lead get cut in half by Mr. Matthews with 96 seconds remaining in the period before finishing his hat trick in the second period.

Sabres Players of Note

Buffalo’s former left wing Tyler Ennis is retiring after playing for nearly 20 seasons for teams in the WHL, AHL, NHL, including Swiss and German leagues, a decent 20 goal scorer for Buffalo Mr. Ennis was a spectacular dangler who could excite the crowd with his moves.