By Brandon J. Koch
The Buffalo Sabres defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 3-1.
This was the last thing I expected, the Sabres took control of the game early on Pittsburgh and never looked back.
Here are some observations:
Great game by Connor Sheary. Secondary scoring comes in as a huge question mark, his production and bounce back would be huge.
Rasmus Dahlin the forward? What a goal and a great pass by Sam Reinhart. Krueger talked about Dahlin being more involved offensively without the puck.
Possession kings: Sabres took control of possession you say? Against the Pens? That’s exactly what happened.
— 716sportspost (@716sportspost) October 4, 2019
Passing was crisp and accurate, not something you could say the past eight years.
High quality shots: instead of settling for long shots at the point, the Sabres put pucks down low and forced pressure on Murray.
— 716sportspost (@716sportspost) October 4, 2019
Eating crow: I know it’s only one game, but the line of Girgensons- Larsson- Okposo was good.
— 716sportspost (@716sportspost) October 4, 2019
Eichel with Olofsson and Reinhart had the better end against the Crosby line, a 7-2 scoring chance advantage.
Defense was solid:
All three pairs did a good job. Jokiharju was impressive in his debut.
— 716sportspost (@716sportspost) October 4, 2019
Charts via Moneypuck.com and Natural stat trick
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