3 – Playing THEIR game
This one rests with the Tage Thompson line, which has zero points over the first pair of contests. However, we saw them start to shift back to life last night, and Tage especially looked like a better player than he did on Thursday, pacing the team with four shots on goal and using his size to muscle through the Islanders.
We have, however, seen the Buffalo Sabres showing off their high-octane approach with the Mittelstadt line, where Zach Benson, Casey Mittelstadt, and Jordan Greenway have been remarkable throughout the first two contests.
While we only saw the Sabres score twice last night and three times in the first two games, they looked more like their old selves offensively against the Isles. The game was a definite building block that should lead to some improvement for the upcoming slate of games.
Source: Observations: Sabres ‘sped it up’ but comeback fell short on controversial goal by Lance Lysowski, Buffalo News
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