Dylan Cozens, Rasmus Dahlin standouts in Sabres’ loss
I’m Lance L sski the Sabers beat rer for the Buffalo News here at Key Bank Center following the Sabers 2-1 loss to the Dallas Stars Casey midad described this one as tough to swallow and it’s no secret why the Sabers had 48 shots on goal 83 shot attempts they completely
Outplayed the stars for most of this game and even though they had four penalties in the third period they still almost found a way to win but they couldn’t beat ainger this is um a very familiar storyline for the Sabers they had they’ve had nights like this too
Often it’s been against backup goalies tonight it was against uh an actual true number one and somebody who not long ago was uh playoff star for for Dallas so they’re getting the chances it’s very obvious that the sabes are trending in the right direction when it comes to
Their five on five play their PK was good tonight the despite the goal in the first period which is more of a kind of a fluke uh weird play um than anything but still not enough goals 48 shots on Goal Zero goals at even strength very
Very odd too many shots missing the net too many opportunities that just weren’t taken advantage of you know there are certain story lines you can cling to the the still paint um the fact that this team has been trending in the right direction for several weeks Dylan
Cousins had perhaps his best game of the season Rasmus Dalene had 15 shot attempts eight shots on goal a lot of guys looked you know to use Don Granado’s term or or his terminology they looked like themselves still um you shouldn’t be surprised to see Not only was there frustration in the sabber
Dressing room there was also anger they’re they’re angry they know how every game matters just given where they’re at in the standings they need points Silver Linings aren’t going to get them higher in the standings right now and with the injuries to Jack Quinn Matias Samuelson depth is still a question in a
Certain extent but that wasn’t the issue tonight they had four lines rolling they had three D pairs that played well just couldn’t beat a good goalie now there’s three days between games three practices for the Sabers to two on this one the St Louis Blues are in town on Saturday
Afternoon you can watch that game on ABC or ESPN plus it’s not going to be an MSG game and there are quite a few story lines to watch between now and then and although and I understand the fan base is is very angry upset tired of hearing
The the same story lines the same quotes after games there really wasn’t much analysis to give to this one other than the fact that Jake CER won this game for the Dallas Stars um the sabes have to continue to play the way that they did on Monday night to have success like
That is a winning formula they had traffic in front of the net most of the time they had all the scoring opportunities that you would want to generate against a very good hockey team this wasn’t the Chicago Blackhawks of the Stan Jose Sharks the Dallas Stars
Are 92 and one in their last 12 games and they are one of the best teams in the Western Conference autre had a rough start to the season but he is a very talented goalie and reminded everybody again of that fact tonight I’m Lance from the Buffalo news thanks again
Dylan Cozens and Rasmus Dahlin combined for 16 shots on goal in the Sabres’ 2-1 loss to the Stars.
