One more overtime affair
Hey, the Sabres already had four of them, right? So what’s another one? But let’s get ultra-bold and say the Sabres-Rangers tilt does not go into overtime. Instead, the Sabres will face the Blackhawks in a trap game and the two teams will claw their way into overtime deadlocked with three goals apiece.
It’s a game where the Blackhawks, also a team with nothing to lose and a lot to prove, will give the Sabres a little taste of what they’ve been dishing out to teams. That said, the Blackhawks will rebound from a 3-1 deficit to force overtime, and the two teams will decide the game within the overtime period’s five minutes.
Let’s stay bold and predict a Sabres win. They’re three of four in overtime this month, so they’ve proven they can beat anyone in the extra period. Going ultra-bold, Rasmus Dahlin will score the game-winner as he did against the Canucks.
The Sabres survive the trap affair and it’ll be a lesson learned moving forward: Don’t underestimate so-called inferior opponents.
It’s something they should have learned given their own run against the NHL’s best. But after having become a better team in March, the Sabres are entering some unfamiliar territory. One in which they’re now, as of March 2022, expect to win games against teams like the Blackhawks.