Strange, isn't it?

I was always one of those weird children, that preferred writing over playing with Barbies. Why am I telling you this? Because I felt like writing something, so you're gonna get an unbiased (that's my favorite word) recap of the Sabres/rangers Game 5.


As Maxim Afinogenov scored just 4:39 into overtime, the Buffalo Sabres took a 3-2 series lead over the new york rangers (unbiased or not, none of those words are getting capitalized).

At 16:41 of the third, martin straka broke a scoreless tied with an even strength goal from karel rachunek and Brendan Shanahan (he was a Devil, so his name can be capitalized), only to have Chris Drury of the Sabres tie it up with less than eight seconds left in regulation. Daniel Briere and Tim Connolly picked up the assists.

When blaire betts was called for hooking at 4:28, both teams were unsuccessful on the power play, with the Sabres going 0/5, and the rangers 0/7. Eleves seconds later, Afinogenov scored the only power play goal of the night, which stood as the game winner. Jason Pominville and Dmitri Kalinin assisted on this important goal for the Sabres. Neither team had been sucessfun on the road, with each now suffering an overtime loss, and the rangers losing games 1 and 2, and the Sabres game 4 in regulation.

The Sabres out shot the rangers 40-22 through out the whole game, with the rangers only registering more shots on goal in the first (8-7) and both team only having 3 shots in OT.

With a win on the road on Sunday, the Sabres can close out their series against the rangers in six games, and wait for the Devils/Senators series is over to find out who their next opponent will be.




I like being biased better. Oh well.