Sabres lose the second game of the series 4-2. And it wasn’t really that close. Listen, was that game hard to watch? Absolutely. The playoffs aren’t over, though. A lot of hockey left to play.
I alluded to the fact that stuff like this used to drive me crazy, even to the point that it would make me grumpy to my family and co-workers. I’ve worked on myself a lot to get past that, but games like this really show you how this can happen. It’s the *way* that they lost. 0 for a century on the power play. Absolutely no juice from any of the star players. The best D-man for the first 50 minutes was Logan Stanley for crying out loud. It’s enough to turn you into the Joker.
Looking at the lineup, there’s a lot of changes that can be made. Alex Lyon was solid in relief of UPL after he gave up the fourth goal, so it wouldn’t shock me if he got a start. They mostly alternated starts in the second half of the season anyway. Guys like Metsa or Schenn are in the mix, Carrick could be back in soon, Noah Ostlund is back at practice. They weren’t going to win 16 straight games for the Stanley Cup. The response in the first 10 minutes of the game in Boston tells the tale.