Once again the Sabres proved that even as the opposition proves to creep up and comeback like most opponents did last season. The Sabres slammed the door shut on the still winless New York Islanders with a 6-3 victory in front of another sell out crowd of 18,690 at the HSBC Arena.
This particular type of game last season proved deadly to the Sabres as they struggled to shut the door on opposing clubs the entire 08-09 campaign. However the now tougher and more tenacious Sabres squad knows full well that in order to make a playoff run this season they need to know how to put away the opposition and win these types of games against weaker opponents.
Tyler Myers scored his first ever NHL goal tonight as he beat Dwayne Roloson, who evidently did not bring his A-game as he usually does night in and night out as he was peppered with blasts by the Sabre militia. One in particular with Clarke MacArthur's beautiful penalty shot just leaving Dwayne's jockstrap back in Edmonton.
After the onslaught as Jochen Hecht beat Roli five hole to make it 4-1. Head Coach Scott Gordon saw enough and pulled the former Sabres netminder for another former Sabre alum Martin Biron, who received a standing ovation from the Buffalo fans when coming into the game.
The Islanders though made the game interesting by tallying two goals in the second, cutting the lead in half going into the third frame. The Sabres though pulled away as Patrick Kaleta scored midway through the third only to be responded seconds later by Sutton to make it 5-3. But then Jason Pominville provided the final blow as he absolutely boomed a laser by Biron top shelf where momma hides the cookies to make it 6-3 putting the game out of reach.
Ryan Miller proved sparkling once again, stopping 36 out of 39 shots against the Isles with an astoundingly diminutive eight goals against in five games.
As the Sabres are rolling along being the only team unbeaten in regulation in the NHL, we begin to wonder how good this team really can be?
Scary Good? In time.
Once again the Sabres proved that even as the opposition proves to creep up and comeback like most opponents did last season. The Sabres slammed the door shut on the still winless New York Islanders with a 6-3 victory in front of another sell out crowd of 18,690 at the HSBC Arena.
This particular type of game last season proved deadly to the Sabres as they struggled to shut the door on opposing clubs the entire 08-09 campaign. However the now tougher and more tenacious Sabres squad knows full well that in order to make a playoff run this season they need to know how to put away the opposition and win these types of games against weaker opponents.
Tyler Myers scored his first ever NHL goal tonight as he beat Dwayne Roloson, who evidently did not bring his A-game as he usually does night in and night out as he was peppered with blasts by the Sabre militia. One in particular with Clarke MacArthur's beautiful penalty shot just leaving Dwayne's jockstrap back in Edmonton.
After the onslaught as Jochen Hecht beat Roli five hole to make it 4-1. Head Coach Scott Gordon saw enough and pulled the former Sabres netminder for another former Sabre alum Martin Biron, who received a standing ovation from the Buffalo fans when coming into the game.
The Islanders though made the game interesting by tallying two goals in the second, cutting the lead in half going into the third frame. The Sabres though pulled away as Patrick Kaleta scored midway through the third only to be responded seconds later by Sutton to make it 5-3. But then Jason Pominville provided the final blow as he absolutely boomed a laser by Biron top shelf where momma hides the cookies to make it 6-3 putting the game out of reach.
Ryan Miller proved sparkling once again, stopping 36 out of 39 shots against the Isles with an astoundingly diminutive eight goals against in five games.
As the Sabres are rolling along being the only team unbeaten in regulation in the NHL, we begin to wonder how good this team really can be?
Scary Good? In time.
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