I was away Saturday so I'm late with this post but here we go. Saturday night the Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 and all the talk after has been about the Milan Lucic collision with Sabres goalie Ryan Miller. First let's get to the game summary.
In the first period, Bruins killer Thomas Vanek scored to give the Sabres a 1-0 lead. That was all of the scoring in the period, but we did have some rough stuff. Milan Lucic passed the puck to himself to far ahead to catch up to it and Ryan Miller went out of his net to the defensive zone faceoff dot and Lucic collided into him sending Miller down to the ice on his butt. Miller swung his stick at Lucic trying to slash him but failed. Everyone joined in a scrum but there was nothing to come of it. No one did squat to Lucic, including Paul Gaustad or the 6'8" Tyler Myers. Lucic and Miller exchanged some words after the scrum as Lucic headed to the penalty box. Yes Lucic did not try to get out of the way and with Miller way out of the net and Lucic skating hard he couldn't stop in time. It was a shoulder on shoulder hit and not a hit to the head. A few minutes later in the game Robyn Regehr had a chance to go with Lucic as they exchanged shoves but he wanted nothing to do with Lucic. This whole Sabres not sticking up for a fallen teammate reminds me of the soft Bruins back in 2007 when Sabres Adam Mair took out David Krejci with a cheap high hit which gave Krejci a concussion. Karma anyone?
In the second period, Rich Peverley scored his 4th goal of the season to make it 1-1. Later, Tyler Seguin scored his 10th goal of the season to make it 2-1. 16 seconds later Nathan Horton scored his 5th goal of the season to make it 3-1.
In the third period, Jhonas Enroth started in net for the Sabres. Chris Kelly scored his 4th goal of the season to make it 4-1. Tyler Seguin scored his 11th goal of the season, his 2nd of the game, to make it 5-1. Later, Brad Marchand scored his 5th goal of the season to make it 6-1. Later, Marc-Andre Gragnani scored a power-play goal for the Sabres making it 6-2.
With the game out of reach, Sabres moron Patrick Kaleta then decides to run around and try for big hits. Referees gave both Kaleta and Shawn Thornton 2 and 10-minute penalties to make sure they were off the ice for the rest of the game.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in shots 35-23, faceoff wins 44-25 and hits 26-14. The Sabres led the game in blocked shots 14-11.
Tim Thomas played in net and made 21 saves on 23 shots. Thomas is now 6-4 with a 2.00 GAA and a .930 save percentage this season.
Patrice Bergeron finished the game with 1 assist, +3, going 16-4 in faceoffs.
Brad Marchand finished the game with 1 goal and 2 assists and was +3.
Tyler Seguin finished the game with 2 goals and 1 assist and was +3.
Andrew Ference did not play and Steven Kampfer took his place in the lineup. Pouliot was out and Hamill was in. Hamill was sent down to Providence (AHL) on Sunday.
Ryan Miller cries to media, wants his tires pumped, Shanny obliges
Sabres goalie Ryan Miller wasn't happy after the game and made sure to talk with the media and had some comments about Milan Lucic and the collision.
Ryan Miller on the collision with Milan Lucic:
Here's the video with Ryan Miller saying the above comments
Miller wants Lucic to be the best skater in the world and stop on a dime. But in reality Lucic is not the best skater in the world or in hockey and braced himself for contact and collided with Miller. The Sabres are one of the teams in the NHL that dive a lot and watch Miller after he is hit. He swings his goalie stick at Lucic, doesn't hit him, then lays back and down onto the ice. Then he sits up and gets up quickly and exchanges words with Lucic. What's with the laying down on the ice?
Milan Lucic on the collision with Ryan Miller:
With Miller complaining and crying to the media, and the Sabres announcing that Miller is out indefinitely with a concussion, well NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan is having a hearing with Lucic tomorrow at 1pm. Miller is not new to complaining to the media, he's getting to be an expert on it.
The Bruins and Sabres next play each other November 23rd in Buffalo and some are already saying Buffalo will try and get some revenge in that game. The only guy you have to watch out for on Buffalo is Kaleta as he likes taking cheap shots at anyone.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 8-7 this season and still in 4th place in the Northeast Division. The Bruins next game is on Tuesday, hosting the New Jersey Devils at 7pm ET.
In the first period, Bruins killer Thomas Vanek scored to give the Sabres a 1-0 lead. That was all of the scoring in the period, but we did have some rough stuff. Milan Lucic passed the puck to himself to far ahead to catch up to it and Ryan Miller went out of his net to the defensive zone faceoff dot and Lucic collided into him sending Miller down to the ice on his butt. Miller swung his stick at Lucic trying to slash him but failed. Everyone joined in a scrum but there was nothing to come of it. No one did squat to Lucic, including Paul Gaustad or the 6'8" Tyler Myers. Lucic and Miller exchanged some words after the scrum as Lucic headed to the penalty box. Yes Lucic did not try to get out of the way and with Miller way out of the net and Lucic skating hard he couldn't stop in time. It was a shoulder on shoulder hit and not a hit to the head. A few minutes later in the game Robyn Regehr had a chance to go with Lucic as they exchanged shoves but he wanted nothing to do with Lucic. This whole Sabres not sticking up for a fallen teammate reminds me of the soft Bruins back in 2007 when Sabres Adam Mair took out David Krejci with a cheap high hit which gave Krejci a concussion. Karma anyone?
Milan Lucic collides with Ryan Miller
In the second period, Rich Peverley scored his 4th goal of the season to make it 1-1. Later, Tyler Seguin scored his 10th goal of the season to make it 2-1. 16 seconds later Nathan Horton scored his 5th goal of the season to make it 3-1.
In the third period, Jhonas Enroth started in net for the Sabres. Chris Kelly scored his 4th goal of the season to make it 4-1. Tyler Seguin scored his 11th goal of the season, his 2nd of the game, to make it 5-1. Later, Brad Marchand scored his 5th goal of the season to make it 6-1. Later, Marc-Andre Gragnani scored a power-play goal for the Sabres making it 6-2.
With the game out of reach, Sabres moron Patrick Kaleta then decides to run around and try for big hits. Referees gave both Kaleta and Shawn Thornton 2 and 10-minute penalties to make sure they were off the ice for the rest of the game.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in shots 35-23, faceoff wins 44-25 and hits 26-14. The Sabres led the game in blocked shots 14-11.
Tim Thomas played in net and made 21 saves on 23 shots. Thomas is now 6-4 with a 2.00 GAA and a .930 save percentage this season.
Patrice Bergeron finished the game with 1 assist, +3, going 16-4 in faceoffs.
Brad Marchand finished the game with 1 goal and 2 assists and was +3.
Tyler Seguin finished the game with 2 goals and 1 assist and was +3.
Andrew Ference did not play and Steven Kampfer took his place in the lineup. Pouliot was out and Hamill was in. Hamill was sent down to Providence (AHL) on Sunday.
Ryan Miller cries to media, wants his tires pumped, Shanny obliges
Sabres goalie Ryan Miller wasn't happy after the game and made sure to talk with the media and had some comments about Milan Lucic and the collision.
Ryan Miller on the collision with Milan Lucic:
"I just stuck around because I just wanted to say what a piece of [expletive] I think Lucic is," said Miller. "Fifty pounds on me, and he runs me like that? It's unbelievable. Everyone in this city sees him as a big, tough, solid player."
"I respected him for how hard he played. That was gutless. Gutless, piece of [expletive]."
Source
Here's the video with Ryan Miller saying the above comments
Miller wants Lucic to be the best skater in the world and stop on a dime. But in reality Lucic is not the best skater in the world or in hockey and braced himself for contact and collided with Miller. The Sabres are one of the teams in the NHL that dive a lot and watch Miller after he is hit. He swings his goalie stick at Lucic, doesn't hit him, then lays back and down onto the ice. Then he sits up and gets up quickly and exchanges words with Lucic. What's with the laying down on the ice?
Milan Lucic on the collision with Ryan Miller:
"Well I blocked a shot, and it's a race for the puck," said Lucic. "I just put my head down and tried to get to it first. Next thing I looked up, he was out of his net and it was a collision."
"Obviously, going into the situation like that, I'm gonna brace myself. I was going full speed so it's pretty hard for me to put on the breaks."
Source
With Miller complaining and crying to the media, and the Sabres announcing that Miller is out indefinitely with a concussion, well NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan is having a hearing with Lucic tomorrow at 1pm. Miller is not new to complaining to the media, he's getting to be an expert on it.
The Bruins and Sabres next play each other November 23rd in Buffalo and some are already saying Buffalo will try and get some revenge in that game. The only guy you have to watch out for on Buffalo is Kaleta as he likes taking cheap shots at anyone.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 8-7 this season and still in 4th place in the Northeast Division. The Bruins next game is on Tuesday, hosting the New Jersey Devils at 7pm ET.
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