Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!
Pucks are on the menu on this day in Buffalo.
This is the first of two meetings between the Sabres and Golden Knights this season.
The Vegas Golden Knights are in town for a Thanksgiving matinee against the Sabres.
On Saturday night, the Sabres earned their first win of the season with an impressive 3-1 victory over the NY Rangers.
The Sabres earned their first win of the season with a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night.
Carter Hutton back stopped the Sabres with 43 saves, marking the second most saves of his NHL career.
Sniping winger Conor Sheary scored his first two goals for the Sabres by scoring twp powerplay goals.
Did you know that teams Sheary has played on are now 8-0-0 in his career when he scores two goals and 18-1-1 when he records at least two points.
Jack Eichel recorded netted a goals and added an assist and worked a career-high 25:45 TOI.
After being named captain on Wednesday, Jack Eichel became the 19th full-season captain in franchise history and the 28th player to wear the captain’s “C” for at least a one-month period for the Sabres.
At 21 years of age, Eichel is the youngest captain in Sabres history, passing Jim Schoenfeld, who served as the team’s captain as a 23-year-old in the 1975-76 season.
The Sabres and Knights are owners of 1-1 records.
In two games played the Sabres have scored three goals for while allowing five goals against (-2 goal differential). The Knights have allowed six goals against while scoring four goals for (-2 goal differential).
The last time these two teams tangled the Knights nipped the Sabres 2-1 in overtime in Buffalo on March 10.
This is the fourth game all-time between Buffalo and Vegas. Buffalo has a 0-0-2 series record.
The Sabres are 0-0-1 at home against the Golden Knights all-time.
Today’s matinee is the third of a four-game home stand. The Sabres will host the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night then will stab westward for five tough games against Western Conference opponents begiining Saturday night in Arizona. The Sabres will face-off against the Knights on The Strip on October 16.
The four games mark the longest home stretch to open a season in franchise history. The previous longest was three games (1975-76 and 2015-16).
Buffalo went 0-0-2 against Vegas in their inaugural season in 2017-18 and will look to extend that point streak to three games with a win today.
The Sabres have three players who registered at least a point per game against the Golden Knights in 2017-18:
Jack Eichel (1 GP, 2 assists), Jason Pominville (2 GP, 2 assists), Jeff Skinner (2 GP, 2 assists)
After his eighth career two-goal game on Saturday night vs. NY Rangers, Conor Sheary now has five goals in his last seven games dating back to last season.
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On Sunday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks played the most competitive game of the NHL season. The Hawks jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead, the Leafs then roared back. In the end, the Leafs won 7-6 in OT.
John Tavares potted his first hat trick in a Leafs sweater.
Auston Matthews have the Leafs a 6-5 lead and in so dong incited Pat Kane in the process.
The 2018-19 Leafs are an exciting team to watch because they score so many goals. In three games played, Tavares and the Leafs have scored 13 goals. Great. Hold up. Pump the brakes. The Leafs cannot keep the puck out of their own net. The Leafs have allowed 13 goals against.
Scoring 4.3 goals for per game while allowing 4.3 goals per game against is not winning hockey.
The Leafs may want to trade for a top four defenseman to keep the puck out of their net.
Trading unsigned restricted free agent William Nylander may be the cure for all that is ailing the Maple Leafs and their porous defense corps.
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