🔴No chanting, but Sabres’ good feelings abruptly end with ‘snowball effect’ loss🔴

🔴No chanting, but Sabres’ good feelings abruptly end with ‘snowball effect’ loss🔴

No chanting but saber’s good feelings abruptly end with Snowball Effect loss Buffalo and Y the Boston Bruins had the right bow the old made wild draw four go directly to jail and an ace showing against hard 16 last week the Buffalo Sabers played the doing it for Donnie card that

Strategy was trumped hard Wednesday night in Key Bank Center winning for embattled Coach Don Granado isn’t a long-term solution his players were sufficiently offended by fiery Don New York chance while letting the downscale Columbus Blue Jackets score nine goals that the Sabers achieved something unseen in four decades as they piled up

Nine goals themselves just one game later to annihilate the Toronto Maple Leafs last Thursday the emphatic response was for Granado the Sabers said a statement to show they have his back no such cards were played as the NHL returned from its Christmas break Buffalo simply folded again Boston held

A Fistful of Stoppers in an all too easy 4 to1 victory that snapped a four-game losing streak and denied Buffalo a rare and it’s amazing I’m about to type this three-game point streak with the season almost halfway over Boston tallied the first four goals and dominated on special team

Needing just 345 of power play time to score three times Buffalo managed five shots on a variety of power play configurations that totaled 932 they know what it takes to get it done Sabers defenseman Eric Johnson said of the Atlantic division leading Bruins that showed in Spades throughout the

Night tonight there wasn’t a big moment in the game where it felt like they were in danger of losing the lead they sustained pressure when they needed to they scored when they needed to Buffalo’s coaching staff had no answers fortunately for Granado and his assistant there were no chance for

Anyone to be fired that’s what happens when the visiting team has more fans in Key Bank Center Granado afterward harped on his usual watch word of pace but also emphasized not enough grind against Boston he did however reveal he has been taking a more Hands-On approach with

Power play coach Matt Ellis the former Sabers forward who recorded one power play assist in his NHL career and hadn’t coached professional hockey until Granado hired him 228 games ago we’ve had Personnel coming back into the lineup obviously and we’ll look at that Granado said referring to injuries that

Have shuffled power play units throughout the season there needs to be Personnel changes and different looks we talk a lot about refocusing on strategy per se more of a shot mentality more of an attack mentality more of a direct to the net mentality we began discussions

On that and that process I think is underway Buffalo’s power play has been rickety since the second half of last season but it never has offered such a diverse display of short circuitry as on Wednesday night the Savers had a for minute power play in the first period

When Bruins Nu since Brad Marchand was whistled for crosschecking and on sportsmanlike conduct the Sabers didn’t get a shot on net until the power play was 308 old and registered two shots in total in the second period a flurry of Bruins penalties with one for the home

Team mixed in gave the Sabers a five on three power play for 28 seconds zero shots four on three for 132 one shot and five on four for 132 one shot the Savers went on an orthodox man advantage in the third period and recorded another shot it’s 5 against four Sabers forward Alex

Touch said even removing two man power plays from the conversation I mean we shouldn’t be out there and getting out chance sometimes the PK gets more chances than us and that’s just not okay we had one of the best power plays in The League last year it’s confidence it’s Swagger we

Obviously don’t have that right now we’re going to work to get it back it’s video that’s practice it’s a mindset and mentality Buffalo didn’t have Star Center Tage Thompson who was a late scratch because of a personal issue but not having his heavy shot against Boston isn’t why the power play fizzled so

Badly Granado indicated Thompson would be back in the lineup for Saturday night’s rematch against Columbus touch described the power play as being holistically warped he rattled off problems relating to work ethic personnel and strategy while insisting the Savers have one of the NHL’s most skilled rosters we’re overthinking everything

Touch said we’re double touching pucks I’m double touching on the goal line I’m putting passes out of guys reach we’re shooting when we shouldn’t we’re not shooting when we should we’re passing up good opportunities we’re not supporting each other it just kind of adds up it’s a Snowball Effect

No chanting, but Sabres’ good feelings abruptly end with ‘snowball effect’ loss

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Boston Bruins had the right bower, the old maid, wild draw four, go directly to jail and an ace showing against hard 16.

Last week, the Buffalo Sabres played the “Doing it for Donny” card. That strategy was trumped hard Wednesday night in KeyBank Center.

Winning for embattled coach Don Granato isn’t a long-term solution. His players were sufficiently offended by “Fi-re Don-ny!” chants while letting the downscale Columbus Blue Jackets score nine goals that the Sabres achieved something unseen in four decades, as they piled up nine goals themselves just one game later to annihilate the Toronto Maple Leafs last Thursday.

The emphatic response was for Granato, the Sabres said, a statement to show they have his back.

No such cards were played as the NHL returned from its Christmas break. Buffalo simply folded. Again.

Boston held a fistful of stoppers in an all-too-easy 4-1 victory that snapped a four-game losing streak and denied Buffalo a rare — and it’s amazing I’m about to type this — three-game point streak with the season almost halfway over. Boston tallied the first four goals and dominated on special teams, needing just 3:45 of power-play time to score three times. Buffalo managed five shots on a variety of power-play configurations that totaled 9:32.

They know what it takes to get it done,” Sabres defenseman Erik Johnson said of the Atlantic Division-leading Bruins. “That showed in spades throughout the night tonight.

“There wasn’t a big moment in the game where it felt like they were in danger of losing the lead. They sustained pressure when they needed to. They scored when they needed to.”

Buffalo’s coaching staff had no answers. Fortunately for Granato and hi assistants, there were no chants for anyone to be fired. That’s what happens when the visiting team has more fans in KeyBank Center.

Granato afterward harped on his usual watchword of “pace,” but also emphasized not enough “grind” against Boston. He did, however, reveal he has been taking a more hands-on approach with power-play coach Matt Ellis, the former Sabres forward who recorded one power-play assist in his NHL career and hadn’t coached professional hockey until Granato hired him 228 games ago.

“We’ve had personnel coming back into the lineup, obviously, and we’ll look at that,” Granato said, referring to injuries that have shuffled power-play units throughout the season. “There needs to be personnel changes and different looks. We talk a lot about refocusing on strategy, per se, more of a shot mentality, more of an attack mentality, more of a direct-to-the-net mentality.

“We’ve began discussions on that, and that process, I think, is underway.”

Buffalo’s power play has been rickety since the second half of last season, but it never has offered such a diverse display of short-circuitry as on Wednesday night.

The Sabres had a four-minute power play in the first period, when Bruins nuisance Brad Marchand was whistled for cross-checking and unsportsmanlike conduct. The Sabres didn’t get a shot on net until the power play was 3:08 old, and registered two shots in total.

In the second period, a flurry of Bruins penalties — with one for the home team mixed in — gave the Sabres a five-on-three power play for 28 seconds (zero shots), four-on-three for 1:32 (one shot) and five-on-four for 1:32 (one shot). The Sabres went on an orthodox man advantage in the third period and recorded another shot.

“It’s five against four,” Sabres forward Alex Tuch said, even removing two-man power plays from the conversation. “I mean, we shouldn’t be out there and getting out-chanced sometimes. The PK gets more chances than us, and that’s just not OK.

“We had one of the best power plays in the league last year. It’s confidence. It’s swagger. We obviously don’t have that right now. We’re going to work to get it back. It’s video. That’s practice. It’s a mindset and mentality.”

Buffalo didn’t have star center Tage Thompson, who was a late scratch because of a personal issue, but not having his heavy shot against Boston isn’t why the power play fizzled so badly. Granato indicated Thompson would be back in the lineup for Saturday night’s rematch against Columbus.

Tuch described the power play as being holistically warped. He rattled off problems relating to work ethic, personnel and strategy while insisting the Sabres have one of the NHL’s most skilled rosters.

“We’re overthinking everything,” Tuch said. “We’re double-touching pucks. I’m double-touching on the goal line. I’m putting (passes) out of guys’ reach.

“We’re shooting when we shouldn’t. We’re not shooting when we should. We’re passing up good opportunities. We’re not supporting each other. It just kind of adds up. It’s a snowball effect.”

Sabres goaltender Devon Levi made 21 saves and suffered his first loss since being recalled from the AHL. Bruins defenseman Mason Lohrei scored on a rebound