Sabres @ Leafs - Jan. 27th, 7:00pm - TSN4

[CarltonTheBear]

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Buffalo Sabres 29-17-5, 63 points​	@​	Toronto Maple Leafs 24-19-9, 57 pts​

Projected Line-ups​

Benson-Thompson-Tuch Zucker-McLeod-Quinn Doan-Ostlund-Helenius Kozak-Krebs-Malenstyn Samuelsson-Dahlin Byram-Power Jones-Kesselring Luukkonen​

McMann-Matthews-Domi Maccelli-Tavares-Knies Cowan-Roy-Robertson Lorentz-Laughton-Jarnkrok McCabe-OEL Rielly-Carlo Benoit-Stecher Woll​

Scratches​

Jordan Greenway Zachary Jones Alex Lyon​

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Jacob Quillan Henry Thrun Philippe Myers​

Injuries​

Josh Norris - Ribs - Injured Reserve Jacob Bryson - Upper Body - Injured Reserve Justin Danforth - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Jiri Kulich - Ear - Injured Reserve Conor Timmins - Leg - Injured Reserve​

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William Nylander - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Dakota Joshua - Upper Body - Injured Reserve Chris Tanev - Lower Body - Injured Reserve​

Game Notes​

BUF -Ukko-Pekka Luukonen will likely start for the Sabres -Against all odds (being the Sabres) Buffalo finds themselves in a playoff spot almost two-thirds into the season. They're currently 3rd in the Atlantic, although Montreal and Boston are both behind them with the same amount of points

TOR -Joseph Woll will start for the Leafs

Streams​

Sportsurge OnHockey NHL66​

 

[herman]

Leaf fans looking across the lake at the dead cat bounce firing a GM has done

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2016180858240082239

Obviously Quillan should be playing. Best way to look at this is that it's hopefully just for the purposes of getting Jarnkrok into more trade conversations.

 

[Bender]

I have no idea how Buffalo is so good this year.

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

I have no idea how Buffalo is so good this year.

Conor Timmins.

 

[rdowdall]

I have no idea how Buffalo is so good this year.

Their roster isn't that bad. There defense is quite good. I think they just put it all together. Lots of first rounders on this team, with two d-men who were drafted 1st overall.

 

[rdowdall]

Hopefully the Leafs are not in for a night of Tuch love. I have a pickup game at 9:00 tonight, so I will be missing most if not all of this game.

 

[Bender]

Their roster isn't that bad. There defense is quite good. I think they just put it all together. Lots of first rounders on this team, with two d-men who were drafted 1st overall.

They definitely aren't a bad team, just I didn't expect better than the Leafs good.

 

[rdowdall]

They definitely aren't a bad team, just I didn't expect better than the Leafs good.

I think that is more about the Leafs being bad than the Sabres being good. So much parity, but I also think that stuff has gone sideways quite a bit for the Leafs this year. Good in a way though if it lets the Leafs do a bit of a mini-reset.

 

[AtomicMapleLeaf2]

If we lose this game, Leafs are not making the playoffs. Book it.

 

[cw]

If we lose this game, Leafs are not making the playoffs. Book it.

It currently 'calculates' that if they lose in regulation tonight, they would need to play .707 hockey the rest of the way to get the 98 points projected as needed for the last wild card berth. Not impossible but it is getting increasingly grim/unlikely.

I suspect Treliving has one hail Mary trade left in him to titillate the fans ... He's got to be feeling the heat desperately searching for the DNA that has eluded him his entire hockey career.

 

[dappleganger]

It currently 'calculates' that if they lose in regulation tonight, they would need to play .707 hockey the rest of the way to get the 98 points projected as needed for the last wild card berth. Not impossible but it is getting increasingly grim/unlikely.

I suspect Treliving has one hail Mary trade left in him to titillate the fans ... He's got to be feeling the heat desperately searching for the DNA that has eluded him his entire hockey career.

Treliving does have some cap space to make one significant move.

 

[Arn]

Can’t wait for the new guy to come in in the summer and try and undo whatever Trelivings Hail Mary might be. While handcuffed to some untradeable behemoth contract overpayment to a mediocre non-fit on this roster. Which needs overhauled cos it has no identity or style anyway.

 

[ZBBM]

Can’t wait for the new guy to come in in the summer and try and undo whatever Trelivings Hail Mary might be. While handcuffed to some untradeable behemoth contract overpayment to a mediocre non-fit on this roster. Which needs overhauled cos it has no identity or style anyway.

Can I like this 100x, or piled high like a double Club Sandwich? Because I would/do.