GOLDEN POINTS: Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Bruins 3 - Sabres 1

Bruins goals: Marchand (6), Bergeron PPG (2), Lucic ENG (3)

Sabres goal: Ennis (5)

After Snowstorm Nemo found New England and brought upon us snowmagedan we got treated to a divisional matchup with Sabres.  I don't know what it is about them, probably just the fact they have Ryan Miller and Tomas Vanek, but no matter how bad they are it's always a tough game against them.  

The Sabres handed the B's their only regulation loss of the season last time they played (and it was a pretty awful loss), but since the B's are 2-0 allowing only one goal.  Not too shabby!  There was no revenge for Scott beating up Thornton, and I didn't think their should be.  It was a fair fight and Scott just crushed Thornton.  I think the goal should be to keep Scott on the ice as much as possible, dude sucks.

• Ahh, the return of the Gnat.  Usually it takes a game or two to get back up to speed after missing so many games, but Marchand picked up exactly where he left off: scoring goals and pissing people off in the process.  He scored his team leading 6th goal last night and baited Ott into an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.  Booyeah.
• Hamilton finally shows that he's a rookie.  I've been pumping this guys ego thus far, so I feel obligated to also mention when his play is only great not super amazing.  This was the first game that I've watch where I noticed multiple mistakes on Dougie's part (the cross ice pass that got intercepted and a way too eager pinch up the boards that he got burned on).  Luckily, neither led to goals (or I don't think they did).  Kids learning.
• Ryan Miller is a damn stonewall.  He made some incredible saves, especially the one on Horton comes to mind.  He was the only B's killer that showed up last night.  I didn't even notice Vanek out there.  Good job by the B's to contain him.
• Speaking of goalies, need to give some love to Khudobin as well.  He's showing he's ready any time he's called upon.  Only allowing one goal and also making his share of great saves.  I'm really liking this goalie tandem and quite frankly it helps ease the pain for the downward spiral off this Earth that Thomas went through.
• Do I really need to complain about the power play?  And don't point to Bergeron's goal.  Yeah it was nice, but the PP still sucks.  I'm done.

Next Up: New York Rangers Part III

GOLDEN SPOKES: Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Sabres 7 - Bruins 4

Boston goals: Marchand 2 (5), Peverley (1), Krejci (2)
Buffalo goals: Vanek 3 (6), Ennis (2), Sulzer (1), Hodgson (4), Pommonville ENG (5)

There have been games where the Bruins lost by more goals, but this has to be one of the uglier games I've witnessed in the last few seasons.  Midway through the second period it looked like the B's were going to steamroll this team, going up 3-1 and controlling the play.  After that, they decided they didn't like playing defense anymore and completely lost all momentum.  The 5 v 3 hurt, but even after that they had plenty of chances to tie or take the lead.

If I told you the B's had 42 shots in a game you would've thought they were the one's that won 7-4.  That makes it even more aggravating.  They had their chances, A LOT of chances, but they just couldn't put it in the back of the net.

• I hope the Sabres trade Vanek to the Swedish Elite league.  This guy is a B's killer...and that's an understatement.  Something about playing the black and gold gets this guy to play some top notch hockey.  Which is sort of fun to watch, until you realize he's smoking your own team. 3 goals and 2 assists.  Dahyum.
• If you go on over to TSN.ca and read the comments under the article that talks about Thornton's concussion, you'll probably get very upset.  Just remember, no Canadian likes the B's.  They are calling out Chara and Lucic for not fighting Scott.  Excuse me, Scott has 1 career goal.  No that is not a typo, that is the number uno.  That is a HORRIBLE trade off for Chara/Lucic to sit for 5 minutes while this goon sits for 5 as well.  Thornton is one of the best fighters in the league.  Yes, Scott is 6'8 and probably has 50lbs on Shawn, but Thornton knows is role on the team and gladly does it.  It's unfortunate that he got rocked like he did, but that happens when you're a fighter.  Hopefully he gets better soon!
• Time to start calling out Seguin.  This guy tore it up overseas and he's struggling to find the back of the net.  While he's playing well with Marchand and Bergeron, he needs to start finding the back of the net.  If he gets going and Marchand keeps scoring, this will be a VERY dangerous line.
• Speaking of Marchand, if you want to see possibly the only good thing about last nights game is his first goal.  Beautiful!
• I hate blogging about loses.

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