Bruins looking to wrap up series in Buffalo
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2010 9:00 AM EDT
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The Bruins will try to wrap up their first round series with the Buffalo Sabres when they take the ice tonight at HSBC Arena. The Bruins extended the series lead to 3-1 after Miroslav Satan's goal in double overtime of Game 4 on Wednesday tonight in Boston. The Bruins found themselves down 2-0 in the third period, but were able to battle back and force overtime thanks to goals from David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron. The B's would like to get this series over with tonight, while the Sabres will need to play like a desperate team if they want to keep their season alive.
Probable Starting Goaltenders:
Injury Report
Boston
Out for the Series: Mark Stuart (finger), Dennis Seidenberg (wrist) & Marc Savard (concussion)
Buffalo
Questionable: Matt Ellis (nose) & Thomas Vanek (foot)
Out for Series: Jochen Hecht (finger)
Bruins Projected Lines & D-Pairs:
Series Recap:
Game 1
Boston:
Goal: Mark Recchi (PP)
Tuukka Rask (30 saves)
Buffalo:
Goals: Thomas Vanek & Craig Rivet
Ryan Miller (38 saves)
Game 2
Boston
Goals: Zdeno Chara (2), Michael Ryder (2), Mark Recchi (ENG)
Tuukka Rask 26 saves
Buffalo
Goals: Tyler Myers, Matt Ellis, Jason Pominville
Ryan Miller 26 saves
Game 3
Boston
Goals: Dennis Wideman & Patrice Bergeron
Tuukka Rask 32 saves
Buffalo
Goal: Mike Grier
Ryan Miller 27 saves
Game 4
Boston
Goals: David Krejci (PPG), Patrice Bergeron, & Miroslav Satan (GW PPG)
Tuukka Rask 35 saves
Buffalo
Goal: Tim Kennedy & Steve Montador
Ryan Miller 36 saves
Notes:
- Instead of taking accountability for his team after blowing a two goal lead in the third period, Buffalo Sabres Head Coach Lindy Ruff blamed the loss entirely on the officials. Note to Self: The key to keeping your job is to reflect blame on to others. I will have to remember that when I am up for a performance review at work.
- According to John Vogl of the Buffalo News, Thomas Vanek does not look ready to return to the lineup.
- Marc Savard is in Buffalo with the team and will skate in the morning skate on Friday. He is not expected to play in this series.
- Stephen Harris of The Boston Herald gives Matt Hunwick props for his postseason play.
- The Sabres have scored first in all 4 games.
- The games starts at 7:00 and will air on NESN and CBC (north of the border). The Public Skate (open thread) gets underway at 6:30.
- For more on tonight's game, check out Die By The Blade
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Everyone should feel free to come down to the White Horse Tavern in Allston tonight for a fan-organized game viewing party.
GO BRUINS!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 9:12 AM EDT reply actions
Kinda like how Neely throws down Ruff.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m surprised lindy didn’t get himself thrown out of the game…
I didn’t like the officiating either, (Like how McCormick gets one for Sturm hitting Rask and Begin runs a pick on Miller and gets nothing)
Kaleta’s penalty was boarding because the number on his back was 36(and charging [6 strides when the limit is 4] but they never call those anymore), but he should know better than to hit people in the third period when they are looking to call penalties on him.
This led me to the conclusion that the ref on the sabres side of the ice was calling nothing and the ref on the Bruins side of the ice was calling everything.
Whining about officiatting worked for three other teams these playoffs, so i consider it a strategic move.
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Absolutely it’s strategic. “Why is my bad team getting beaten by that bad team? Must be the refs!”
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
What really scares me is (not this series, but some of the other ones) many of the series have really bad officiating as opposed to just slightly bad.
Then consider next year. These are the “best” half of the referees they have. They (and me) knew this day was coming, but i had thought they’d hold out one more year, but then they lost 2 refs to career-ending injuries this year and that worsed the problem that most of their refs were recruited in the 1980s.
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Generally when a ref is in a retirement year they don’t work the playoffs. Kerry Frazer screwed us in one of his last games of his career. Mick McGoo is gone.
Don’t tell nobody or nothin but I think reffing in hockey is just really really difficult.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Its recruiting problems. They are experiencing significantly negative population growth. They actually asked McCreury to cancel his retirement they were so short on refs.
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I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that a lot of leagues have really high turnover for reffing, moreso now than before. I hope this doesn’t become a serious problem. Of course this also means I might be able to become an NHL ref if I start now.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
There is no “Might” as long as you can skate.
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I can, actually. Hmmm.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions
They prefer people who play hockey, also (even if they aren’t good.)
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Nothing organized, hmmm.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn, I’m going to miss this one, not possible to stay up tonight… I’ll have to watch tomorrow and try to stay in the dark until then.
good luck
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
My dad's gonna miss it too
I got my folks a weekend in Portland as a Christmas gift so my mom can go see the Gaithers at the Civic Center tonight. So, instead of hockey, my dad will be listening to gospel. Obviously, Gary Bettman should have taken this into account when creating the playoff schedules.
LETS GO BRUINS
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 23, 2010 11:17 AM EDT reply actions
Torres a healthy scratch tonight.
Remember the wailing and gnashing of teeth when PC didn’t trade for him? Kovalchuk’s Devils are done for the year, too. And that’s why Chiarelli is a major league hockey General Manager, and we are not.
by Arenacale on Apr 23, 2010 12:03 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
Rec'd
and what I mean by that is:
I liked this comment and would recommend people read it. So I clicked “actions” and then “Rec.” If two other people do that, someone coming into this thread late will see the comment as green and with a thumbs-up. Try it!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Refresh the page, it’s green now. The number of "Rec"s required looks to be 5 on here, it’s different on other SBNation sites. Thanks!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
torres had only 5 points for them post-trade
And none were goals. I thought that he was slightly more effective last game but still not worth a second round pick. The B’s already have a Torres, his name is blake wheeler
Which B's team is this?
by eyebob on Apr 23, 2010 12:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Rofl,i know, how does the second biggest guy on the team not register a hit? That’s like Ovechkin not registering a shot!
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Because it’s Wheeler. What the hell does he do on the ice? Other than skate around punching people in the back of the head because they floored him 3 shifts ago.
I for one didn’t want Torres or Kovalchuk. I mean, come on. We all know what the Bruins system is and Kovalchuk does not fit. At all. Though I did see Satan throw his body around in game 4 so I guess anything is possible.
Wait. You must have been seeing things. Satan only pays attention to the puck!
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No viewing parties
In Southern California :( Go B’s though! Time to wrap it up and await (Pittsburgh???)
I wanna bash Cooke’s teeth in.
Whoever said it doesn't matter whether you win or lose, probably lost.
All I’m thinking is Pats 2001 – Cindarella type team.
The B’s can do this and it would be Pittsburgh if they win 1 more. Imagine Savard coming back against the very team that skates among the infamous Cooke. There will be fire in the eyes of our Bruins!
Does a bear shit in the woods?
Not Pittsburgh yet
I’m happy Ottawa won last night. If we wrap it up tonight, it would likely mean an extra day’s rest…
If the B's can go the distance this year
Which I honestly think can and potentially WILL happen ( I know its a bold statement, forgive me.) I want to take the toughest road possible. I want Pittsburgh, the Washington, then whatever the west has to throw at us. I guess Chicago or Detroit. I want a no doubter of a cup.
Whoever said it doesn't matter whether you win or lose, probably lost.
by David Harnden on Apr 23, 2010 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
"No doubter of a Cup"?
To hell with that. I want a Cup. I don’t care if Bettman pullsa wild card and has us play Edmonton the rest of the postseason. I don’t care if the entire rest of the league gets locked in a closet and the B’s have to play midget level replacements to win it. If you hoist the trophy, that’s all that matters.
Show me a “doubter of a cup”
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
To be the best, you have to beat the best
That’s all I’m saying. No need to get your feelings hurt.
Whoever said it doesn't matter whether you win or lose, probably lost.
by David Harnden on Apr 23, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Show me a doubter of a Stanley Cup victory.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Carolina (YES IM BITTER)
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We had a full lineup against dallas, against carolina in game seven we had 3 defensemen dressed that had played a total of 0 games in the regular season.
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Free Kleenex for the first 10,000 tonight at HSBC arena!
by bostonbruinsfan on Apr 23, 2010 2:51 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
hahaha
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I could totally be like the tinfoil hats and post youtube videos of the refs watching the missed calls (like the slash on one of the bruins goals… and the fact that McCormick didn’t actually make contact with rask…) and claim that its because they all want us to lose, but i’m not a Red wings fan.
Refs did their best. Their best just happened to suck.
I agree, though, with many of the sabres posters. If a ref isn’t going to have the balls to make calls, why even have refs with them in the playoffs? At least Kelly Sutherland made calls, even if I don’t agree with them. I don’t think the other ref made a call all game.
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Tyler Ennis: Freed from Portland!
There has been plenty of calls and non calls that have been questionable since game one. Going for and against both teams. The problem Buffalo has is they haven’t capitlized on any of them while the Bruins have. Kaleta and Lucic boarding calls were both bogus. The chara boarding in game one was awful. The non boarding by Vankek on Wheeler in game one. Myers has thown 2 elbows at bruins heads, connecting with Boychuk and missing on Bergeron. Theyy could’ve even called something on Begin during his 3 hit shift on Kaleta when the 3rd hit split him above the eye when he kissed the glass.
Buffalo has failed miserably at the chance they had and that is why they will lose this series, not cuz of the refs.
by bostonbruinsfan on Apr 23, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Killing thomas vanek knocks our pp% to 12%.
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I don’t even have to look it up but without Savard I think our pp% is actually negative. (not counting last game) :)
by bostonbruinsfan on Apr 23, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Saw that, good stuff. Keep it up!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
He needs to kill Sidney Crosby(Or at least Matt Cooke). If you manage to lose the series by some rediculous twist of make-up calls, can we borrow him?
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That’s awesome. I think I might have to post that on Facebook to antagonize all my Sabres-loving friends.
Instead of “Pissing off buffalo” put “Failing to serve 5 minute penalty”
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Nah, that one works.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
As an aside
Tonight should be interesting from a ratings standpoint, with the Sox, Celts, and B’s all on simultaneously. I would think the pink hat juggernaut is going to win out (even on NESN Plus), but hopefully the B’s potential series clincher can trump the Celts.
My prediction: Sox > NFL Draft > NBA > NHL tonight. But I hope I’m wrong.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Your market doesn’t deserve you, then. Buffalo tends to be the highest rated market on all the versus non-buffalo hockey games for reasons i cannot fathom. (Oh, and the gold medal game, and the winter classic…)
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There’s nothing to do in Buffalo, is why.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
We could watch the bills… gag
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watch the bills gag
Well they are the masters of that.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
That why they watch, you realize. You wonder “They’re up 14 points with two minutes to go… i wonder how they’ll lose this time.” But they always find a new way to lose. Every time.
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It’s like watching Nascar for the crashes. You know it’s going to eventually happen.
by bostonbruinsfan on Apr 23, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Don’t knock it. I’m at my mother-in-law’s house this evening and plan to drink beer and watch the game on CBC, so y’know, there’s that. If the Bruins close out the series, I will have to resist the urge to walk into the bar down the street with my #17 jersey on and shout “LOOOOOOCH!”
Why resist?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
You realize that’s why they are paying him 3.5$m rather than the 2.7$m he should be making.
Also, im jealous of your cbc. They’re actually competent.
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I love Hockey Night in Canada. I grew up in the Adirondacks (Hab Country – yuck), and got Ron and Don every Saturday night. In Rochester, we don’t get CBC, but when I went to law school in Buffalo, I found CBC was on the air and rejoiced. I don’t live in Buffalo any more (just visiting this weekend), but I always love when I’m there and there’s a quality game on CBC.
Also, having CBC is nice but I’d rather have a nightlife more than local sports teams’ home games.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I’m married and have a <2 yr. old daughter now, so the concept of “nightlife” has passed me by.
same boat. Nightlife = getting the kids washed and in bed before the game starts
by bostonbruinsfan on Apr 23, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup, that’s pretty much it. Tuck her in before the game starts, and then check at the intermission to make sure that chaos and mayhem haven’t erupted. Excitement is defined by “hey, I’ve still got a 12 pack of Sam Adams in the fridge and remembered to frost a mug in the freezer, all right!”
Yep playoff hockey = Sam Summer Ale
Need the recliner with the built in fridge in the arm and toilet under my ass.
by bostonbruinsfan on Apr 23, 2010 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Congratulations! I feel sorry for the kid growing up in buffalo now though.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you! We live in Rochester, though, which is…either better or worse, depending on your point of view.
Rochester and buffalo were two of the 5 cities least effected by the recession, because they’d been in recession since 2003 and it couldn’t get any worse.
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thank you
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually, I would have said it’s because housing prices remained relatively normal, thus making irresponsible lending and housing “bubbles” far less prevalent, and in turn, all the disasters that followed that.
cheap amerks tickets, I guess
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
8.50 for a good seat. Those were the days (And they didn’t suck back then either!)
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No way!!
Bruins, Celtics, Sox, Draft. The bruins will be the ratings champ tonight.
by bostonbruinsfan on Apr 23, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Correction, they’re saying “likely out”. The announcer said he was out, but the graphic said “likely out”.
Lindy Ruff would say “Likely out” even if he was in a full body cast in the hospital just to annoy the sports people which have to say “Likely” out all day.
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Lindy Ruff is a pretty competent troll.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
They talked about hockey on ESPN?
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 23, 2010 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
hogan?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 23, 2010 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I am PUMPED
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 23, 2010 5:16 PM EDT reply actions
agree
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 23, 2010 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions
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