Month: October 2025

Buffalo netminder wins NHL debut

Sabres 4 – Red Wings 2 Buffalo set a quick pace and pressured Detroit all first period, at one point the Red Wings had twice as many icings (6-3) as they did shots on goal and did not register their first SOG until shortly after the midway point of the first period.

After completely outshooting the visitors in the first period, Buffalo continued to put pucks on the net and scored twice in the second period for the 2-1 lead but watched Detroit tie the game late in the period.

Buffalo took the 3-2 lead four minutes into the third period and four minutes after that scored again to double up on Detroit 4-2, for the game Buffalo killed off both Red Wings’ penalties, newcomer (G) Colton Ellis stopped two Detroit break aways cold, and (RW) Quinn scored on the power play.

Goaltending Bonanza

Goaltenders UPL (conditioning) and Levi (excluded) are in Rochester while Lyon and Ellis sit on the nest in Buffalo, which begs the question who will eventually be the Sabres starting and backup goaltenders?

Friday & Saturday time change

Here along the Lake The NHL has changed the start times of two Sabres games versus the Maple Leafs this coming Friday and Saturday to accommodate MLB and their Toronto franchise’s appearance in this year’s World Series.

I can understand the Saturday change from 7 pm to 5 pm to allow the Maple Leafs and Sabres game in Toronto to probably finish before the 8 pm start of the baseball game.

I am not sure why there is a Friday time change of only a half an hour to a game played in Buffalo, from 7:30 pm to 7 pm, (television/streaming conflict?) the first game of the home-and-home series between the Sabres and Maple Leafs.

First things first, the Sabres host the Red Wings tonight at 7:30 pm.

(C) Crosby writes letters

Here along the Lake Thank you paper2021 for the heads up on this commercial, I think it is outrageous that retired goaltenders could have received an apology letter from Sidney Crosby, absolutely brilliant.

Buffalo drops the first contest of the four-game season series with Montreal

Sabres 2 – Canadiens 4 (en) Buffalo (G) Lyon is consistently playing at a .900% save percentage, the Sabres prevented Montreal from scoring on the power play while taking over 30 shots on the Canadiens netminder, and Centers Kulich & Kozak scored for Buffalo.

Sabres newcomer (D) Metsa in his NHL debut was a +1 in the plus/minus column, played 12 shifts, earned one block and one penalty for roughing with Montreal standout (LW) Slafkovsky.

Buffalo comes home for two games, tomorrow versus Detroit at 7:30pm and then hosting Toronto Friday night which is the first game of a home-and-home series with the Maple Leafs.

Initial weekly matchup victory

Here along the Lake I had a bounce back weekly matchup earning the highest point total (132.5) becoming 1-1 on the season.

I ignore the playoff% until at least a half a dozen weekly matchups have taken place to get a more accurate idea of who is competing for a playoff seeding.

Here are my transactions for the past week, Star Power and Snapshot are the only other team managers to make any moves. The best move so far was dropping (LW) Laine for (LW) Lehkonen, and as picking up rookie (D) Buium could prove fruitful.

Goaltenders are the only player to give you negative points, netminders are a high-risk, high-reward type of gamble, and the safest bet is the wager you do not place, so I do not have goaltenders on my roster unlike my opponent from last week who has three.

Two days ago, when the Sabres were beating the Panthers, my opponent had Florida’s (G) Bobrovsky in net as well as having (G) Stolarz in net when the Maple Leafs lost to the Kraken, lowering his overall score by a negative 2.6 points.

Here is my lineup for tonight’s five games;

you may be wondering why (D) Middelton is on my active roster since he only earns on average 1.6 fantasy points per game, the main reason is blocking which this defenseman already has earned 15 blocks that has contributed 7.5 points besides his hits and shots.

While only registering a single assist offensively you cannot overlook the importance of a blocking defenseman and how much he can contribute to your overall weekly matchup score.

Additionally, ensure your players that are (IR) (DTD) (SSPD) are placed on the bench or into injured reserve and that any players whose teams are playing are placed up on the active roster.

BUFFALO SABRES

Bad behavior by Brad Marchand has cost him 5,000 thousand dollars for his actions with (D) Dahlin’s helmet while in the penalty box.

The Sabres take on the Canadians tonight at 7pm endeavoring to hit the 500% winning percentage versus a division combatant to increase the possibility of moving towards a playoff seeding.