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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 19h

this is a roller coaster already

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Reposted by Joe Yerdon

It's easy to put your finger on the moment when the Stars said "we've done enough".

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The 5-on-5 shot attempts in the final 40 minutes of play were 41-15 in the Sabres favor and 8-3 in high danger chances, but I'd be hard pressed to recall too many of those eight. This was a belt-to-ass game by the Stars and the Sabres weren't ready for it

Pretty much no one happy about the effort in that game. Samuelsson and Luukkonen each said the total effort has to be better. Luukkonen said it wouldn't matter if it was four breakaways against him, he's got to make more stops. Ruff said the PP is in a delicate spot with lack of success right now.

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A quiet end to this one. Stars take it 4-0 -- a 26-save shutout for Jake Oettinger

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"Margartiaville" came after it!

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A little "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life" on the organ from Curtis Cook with 4:30 to go in this one

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oh! i thought it was a pretzel with almonds on it whoops haha

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real tough team to try and get it going against that's for sure

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What started too casual ended with the Sabres getting some looks on the peeper but nothing doing goal-wise. Fans grumpin'

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Lian Bichsel gets in Malenstyn's way of a puck pursuit and you can't do that

Luukkonen back in net for the third period in case you were wondering

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Sabres power play had a great chance off the hop after winning the draw, but stymied yet again as time ticks down in the second. Stars with a 4-0 lead after two periods, they've been bosses in this one

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Rantanen with a casual four-point game going right now

Roope Hintz ripping up the slot on the power play and goes top corner to make it 4-0. Rantanen backed Metsa in and Hintz followed right in behind him.

A little bit of pushing and shoving around the Stars net after a freeze by Oettinger and Jack Quinn apparently ran afoul of the law with a cross-check

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What you're seeing from Dallas tonight is them at their best. Smothering defensively, quick strike counters and just making things happen at all turns. To beat them you have to play as close to perfect as they are and if you're not? Good luck to ya

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A Stars shot goes off the end boards and kicks out to the far post where Luukkonen wasn't and Mikko Rantanen bats it home to make it 3-0. Crevier lost track of Rantanen on the play to make matters a little worse for wear

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I don't know if it was the guy wearing the Team USA Connor Hellebuyck jersey yelling for Jarmo to get Hellebuyck after the Stars' second goal, but I know who my leading suspect for yelling it is nonetheless

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A shift built upon Mikko Rantanen owning the puck sees Sam Steel let one go from out high with Rantanen holding down the front of the net. Steel's shot squeezes through Luukkonen's pads and over the line 2-0 Stars

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Nothing at all doing for the Sabres power play. Stars PK sends their two forwards in to forecheck way out high and that stunted the Sabres efforts to start up the ice, never mind get established in the attack zone

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A bit of a butt clencher during the PK for a few moments, but Owen Power got the chance to head up ice wih the puck and drew a hook from Heiskanen with one second left on the penalty. Sabres PP imminent

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Beck Malenstyn got caught tripping Miro Heiskanen, a play that sprung the Sabres the other way for a potential chance. Upon replay it looked a little less than what was called. Stars to the power play regardless, an advantage that carries into the second period. Dallas up 1-0

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Sabres get caught deep on their own rush and Robertson and Rantanen take off on a 2-on-1 against Samuelsson and that, kids, is an unfair duo to contend with 1-0 Dallas

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Zellweger's skating is a treat to watch

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Benson with a great chance after the Stars turned it over right around the net. Best look of the game so far.

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there's a theory that some fans from Southern Ontario get seasons for their team specifically (leafs, habs) but come and make sure to also root against the sabres to benefit their own team but they love hockey that much. it's a stretch but a theory i enjoy anyway

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Welland, Fort Erie, thereabouts

Solid cross section of alums names on jerseys in front of us tonight: O'Reilly, Satan, Hasek, Gerbe, Connolly, Hodgson and of course Rob Ray

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With the forwards and how this lineup has roughly seven or eight guys who can play center, I suggest freeing your mind of positions and instead envision them as a swarm of bees on the ice

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That's likely what it'll be when Timmins is healthy again

well, I wouldn't say scorned so much as it was his talent got him as far as he'd go