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TONIGHT’S GAME
FLAMES at SABRES
This is the second of two meetings between the Sabres and Flames this season.
Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Calgary 2-1 (OT) in Calgary on Jan. 22
The Sabres are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Flames; 9-0-1 at home.
This is the 107th game all-time between Buffalo and Calgary/Atlanta; Buffalo has a 52-36-18 series record.
The Sabres are 33-13-6 at home against the Flames all-time.

..while Boomer and Rhett got drunk and ripped on Bogosian?

It's so complex it can be dangerous. One of the players made a copy of the playbook and sent it to HFBoards to expose Housley's disregard for the welfare of his players. The play below is directly from the system. There is talk of Bogosian filing a grievance with the NHLPA.

Everybody form a circle
Put your left skate in
Your left skate out
Your left skate in
And shake it all about
You do the hokey pokey
And turn yourself around
Now put your right skate in
Your right skate out
Right skate in
Then you shake it all about
[THIS IS WHERE BOGOSIAN INJURED HIS HIP!]

Good guy Johnson wills the Flames to victory

I saw we're going with Johnson in net again tonight and am pumped.

Somebody always has to jinx it

Now that's the Chad we know.

Good coverage from Nelson and Guhle, wings have the points covered, Larsson is close to Bennett but Chad totally messed that up.

Hockey night!
I am going to be glad AND sad when the season ends….

Good guy Johnson gifting Janko the freshman a freebie

Yuck.
Just tuned in to see goal #2.
We’re back to normal then huh…

Sam Bennett 2 pts Sam Reinhart 0

Jankowski like Riley Sheahan is another Christiano protege. Imagine if they'd stayed put and drafted him... he'd be Connor Hurley 2.0.

It's striking to see all the homegrown talent on the Flames.

Looks like we're back to being ****

Squared and mid-distance, would really like him to make that save.

Did Robert Raymond just say 11-1 shots in Calgary’s favor??

I stepped away for 2 minutes to tuck my son in and missed the goals
Kinda feel good about that.

And more of the Johnson we know.

Chad's hot streak started with Calgary, looks like it's ending with Calgary as well.

If Mason Raymond thought he was Crosby and was deployed like Troy Brouwer

Nolan again... WTF.

Well that was an ugly sequence started by Nolan

We have a guy streaking down the slot with the puck
oh, it’s Nolan, nothing to see here. Sigh.

Keep in mind the great Jordan Nolan is an expert on winning cultures.

Lol. Jordan Nolan has to be the worst player in the league.

What's sad though, he had the puck and was trying to make plays more than any other Sabre not on the O'Reilly line for that period.

Good that Nolan is getting first line minutes

Players with more ice time than Nolan in period #1:

Okposo
O'Reilly
Larsson

Lord help us.

*Edit: Meant to say "forwards"... Botterill must have thought we were getting too close to Ottawa.

Good guy Johnson saluting his former captain

Pull him.

Oh my god.

We've seen this picture show before.

It’s like the Toronto game without the bounces going our way

Yeah, Zems
face the puck when blocking….

Well, if anyone asks me where does the talent bottom out for the Sabres, I now know it is one below criscolo.

3 - 0
look slow tonight.

Good guy Johnson ignites the first line again ..gets caught

Bye chad

Fall down, get back up, run into your own player, curl back around, run into another one of your own players, pass across, 1 timer, 4-0

Laughed out loud at the 4th goal. Oh brother

I was so excited for Chad to get to .900 tonight, too.

Tonight has been a total team effort.

Sad,
Chad pays for it, but Lehner knows too well the feeling.

Is lehner wearing the pads he abandoned when this ****storm of a season was still young?

This is the flames 4th line? Is that what I heard. This looks like a 5-3 power play for Calgary.

That shift in the 2nd where we were pinned 5 on 5 in our own end by the flames 4th line was one of the most embarrassing things I've seen this season and that says a lot.

Lehner looks like he is mother****ing the team under his breath as he skates to the bench.

Finally got the kids to sleep, time to check in



Nevermind.

Calgary is just able to do whatever they want offensively
no challenge from Buffalo.

lots and lots of back door plays
yeesh, they are looking worse than the Panther game.

https://twitter.com/user/status/971565593617993729

That’s our hope.

“I just stare at them. It makes them really mad.”

Tkachuk.

Lehner close to snapping? Yes please.

Lehner is a clown at times. I mean don't go for the head like that, they will always call that.

Good. Do it again Robin.

Lehner exploding on someone would be the only redeeming thing from this game

Punching Tkachuk in the face has been the highlight of the game.

Robin Lehner second star for punching Tkachuk

Punch Tkachuk in face = get Tkachuk in face = let goal in after the tilt

Like that wasn't happening?

And that's what I expected. :|

My laptop shut itself off after the fifth goal. My wife turned and seamlessly said "even the laptop hates watching them".

Well, no more worrying ....
About winning too much for a couple days….
I’m learning one thing at least….
Never bet on hockey.

Thought we might see psycho Lehner there. Damn.

I'll be so disappointed if we don't get to see Lehner destroy somebody at least once this season. I really thought Tkachuk was gonna get it. What a tease.

oh.. that was only the end of the second?

Hey, at least we got that

They scored a goal. That should make the fans go home happy...

Ryan Miller shutout lol

WE'RE NOT GETTING SHUT OUT!

Well we didn't get shut out. On the flip side...we didn't score for the first 59 minutes.

Everything is Fixed

Chad Johnson is throwing the game.

I love how these Flames commentators are gagging about destroying the Sabres. Not like we can beat that team but it's not much to be proud about.

EDIT:

Not sure why I don't see hilarious stuff like that on Oilers broadcasts where they show Klefbom make two obvious defensive plays and an assist.

I wonder if it helps players confidence to have smoke blown up their rear instead of being criticized for every single mistake (guilty).

I'm surprised that blade is legal.

I'm not sure Buffalo knows it's okay to touch the puck and maintain control of it.

Come on Buffalo. Be a hero

As Friedman just said, they've beaten some very good teams lately. Maclean slurping their nuts though...he might as well have said "Thank God they play Buffalo, easy win for the Flames".

They're saying Smith practiced again today with them, but too what extent? Everyone is keeping hush-hush on that so I think he's facing some light shots without having to move much. If he was going full out, they'd be salivating at his near return.

Buffalo doing Buffalo things.

Buffalo is one terrible **** show of a hockey team. How in the hell have the Oilers not beaten these guys in three or four seasons.

HA HA DBAG POS Tkachuk gives lehner a snow shower that was so obvious. TONS of time to stop.

Lehner punches him in the face. Flames PP

It's hilarious these garbage refs let him do that and it's not 4 on 4.

Man Lehner. Should have made him choke on that mouth guard.

If the Sabres pick second overall and take Brady Tkachuk I will laugh my ass off.

Flames get the terrible Sens, the falling Isles and the terrible Oilers
easily could go on a 4 game winning streak here