Octobers Over

10 games  4-5-1  .450% winning percentage

Here along the Lake – The first month, the first ten games, and the Sabres are close…to becoming the team we know they can be.

Buffalo fired their head coach at the end of last season due to not making the playoffs and hovering above .500% winning percentage, New Jersey fired their head coach before the end of the season due to lack of offensive production and wins.

The Devils are 7-4-2 , .615% winning percentage under their new head coach and the Sabres are subpar compared to our last head coach, yet one win more would have given HC Ruff a winning October…were close.

Around the League

Capitals 6 – Canadiens 3  Goon wilson received a rare beat down from an opponent, but in his defense the fight he had to participate in was because of a solid clean hit on a player just returning from injury, and the Capitals 7-2-0, .778% winning percentage are surprising everyone.

Hurricanes 8 – Bruins 2  Carolina won its fifth consecutive game by crushing the big bad bruins who took 5 SOG each period for 15 SOG, the Hurricanes launched 18 SOG in the second period, even though Boston won more faceoffs, hit more 32 – 12, and out blocked Carolina, the Bruins looked terrible.

Penguins 2 – Ducks 1 OT  Pittsburgh players vocalized their desire to win last night, but after outshooting Anaheim 29 – 16 after two periods of play and being down 1-0 it did not look like it would happen especially in light of their current winless streak, fortunately they won on their second shot in OT.

Maple Leafs 4 – Kraken 1 (en)  A combined 25 SOG with Toronto scoring less than five seconds remaining in the first period for the 1-0 lead, in the third down 3-0 Seattle pulled their goaltender for a 6 on 5 and scored with 3:38 remaining but Toronto scores an empty net for the 4-1 victory. Note: While being defended Awesome Matthews banked a beautiful shot off the dasher board as if playing billiards to score into the empty net.

Flyers 2 – Blues 1  St. Louis took 7 SOG each period and scored once, Philadelphia taking the same amount of SOG for the game won on some outstanding individual efforts from Center Poehling and Goaltender Ersson.

Oilers 5 – Predators 1  Nashville’s woes continue and the Oilers thanks to Big Leon Draisaitl are up to .500% winning percentage.

Sharks 3 – Blackhawks 2  San Jose won their third consecutive game which are the first three wins of their young season while Chicago loses the game and an opportunity to advance divisionally by going 0 for 3 on the power play.