New York. The Buffalo Sabers are the hottest in the entire NHL.
They picked up their fifth consecutive win last night – and they did it away against tough Winnipeg.
We did our best the whole season. It’s unbelievable,” said goalkeeper Eric Comrie, after the 3-2 win.
You almost have to rub your eyes when you see what Buffalo did last week.
Home victories against the New York Islanders and Anaheim Islanders respectively may not have been coups on newsstands, but then they traveled to the Continent with in-turn wins over Dallas (3-2), St. Louis (5-3), and then last night over Winnipeg ( 3). – 2) – All heavyweights in the Western Conference, although the Blues are slipping a bit right now.
Thus, they edge Pittsburgh and Washington for the last Wild Card spots in the East—and still have three games fewer than Washington.
– For me, it’s easy for guys to play like that in front of me, says goalkeeper Eric Comrie.
– From my point of view, it was our best match in the whole season. This was incredible.
Viktor Olofsson scored again, on a power play in the third period, and is now alone second in the Swedish shooting league with a personal record of 23.
Rasmus Dahlin was also responsible for two assists, meaning he also broke his own personal records for assists (41) and points (55) – already after 47 games.
A couple of real NHL shenanigans took place during the night.
The Calgary Flames, for example, managed to lose their home game against fellow Chicagoans 5-1 – losing ground in the West’s growing streak of inferno.
It is unacceptable not to play better against Jakob Markstrom. It was great in the end, but we didn’t help it, sighs veteran Swede Mikael Backlund.
St. Louis needed more points and wins and planned to save one easy away game against Arizona, but instead was beaten 5-0.
Two wrong passes in the second half ended in late goals. Then they do us again in the first change of the third change, when we have five veterans on the ice. Then the game ended, Coach Craig Berube muttered.
The Colorado Avalanche have had a good run in recent weeks, but they also stumbled last night, losing 5-3 at home to the Pacific jumbo Anaheim Ducks.
Frank Vatrano completed the hat-trick and Jacob Silverberg responded with an assist.
Oscar Sundqvist and Jonathan Berggren scored twice when Detroit visited Montreal – and in overtime Robbie Fabry secured a 4-3 Red Wings win.
– We were better in 60 minutes. Defender Moritz Seder says the only chances they had were when we made mistakes.
Between the Wild and Flyers in St. Paul at Minnesota was 2-2 full time.
Then Mats Zuccarello decided to perform a very elegant solo in extra time.
– I closed my eyes on my blue line and opened it again when it was ready. Nah, they didn’t have that speed, but I did, so I just drove, says the Norwegian champ.
