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Buffalo Sabres After The Horn Sportscast - 3-2 SO WIN vs SEA - Sabres Semantics · The Armchair GM's Sports Network

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to the armchair GM Sports Network play that
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  Speaker 1: Sabers dance. Sabers win it three to two over the
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  Speaker 1: Seattle Kraken on a Saturday night from Key Banks Center.
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Khudo with you to break this one down here
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  Speaker 1: on another after the Horns Sports cast on this Saturday
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  Speaker 1: a shootout victory over the Seattle Crack in the night.
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  Speaker 1: Their first ever win out of whole mice against the
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  Speaker 1: Seattle Cracking franchise took them long enough a few years
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  Speaker 1: since the Cracket have now been in the league. Sabers
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  Speaker 1: pull out to win in a shootout. We're gonna break
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  Speaker 1: this one down game stats, scoring summary, Head coach Lindia
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  Speaker 1: regardless of that, the Sabers first place in the Atlantic Division,
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  Speaker 1: tied with Carolina for top spot in the entire Eastern Conference.
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  Speaker 1: Gonna be a fun one down the stretch here, guys,
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  Speaker 1: and as always, you know what that means when the
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  Speaker 1: Sabers win on home ice. They robbed this of it
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  Speaker 1: the other day when they lost to the Bruins. But
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  Speaker 2: So there you go on that. But regardless of that.
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  Speaker 1: really matter? I guess it does. Sabers outshoot a team,
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  Speaker 1: which if you're going based off a track record, that's
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  Speaker 1: not usually a good thing because they actually lose. They
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  Speaker 1: win when they get out shot because of their high
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  Speaker 1: danger scoring opportunities more times than not. But Sabers out
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  Speaker 1: shoot the Kraken thirty six thirty four overall. Break it down,
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  Speaker 1: period by period eleven for Seattle, ten for Buffalo in
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  Speaker 1: the first second period, fourteen for Seattle, seventeen for Buffalo
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  Speaker 1: in the third nine six in favorite Seattle, and in
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  Speaker 1: the overtime Seattle Big Goose got zero shots in the
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  Speaker 1: overtime Buffalo with three, but it ended up going to
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  Speaker 1: a shootout, and we'll get to what happened there a
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  Speaker 1: little bit later in our highlights face off percent which
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  Speaker 1: Buffalo bounces back fifty two point five percent, thirty one
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  Speaker 1: to fifty nine, Seattle twenty eight to fifty nine for
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  Speaker 1: a forty seven point five percent. So we know how
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  Speaker 1: scrutinized Buffalo's face off percentage has been this year. They
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  Speaker 1: they're on the positive side tonight against the Seattle Club
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  Speaker 1: one for three on the power play tonight for a
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  Speaker 1: thirty three point three percent in the first unit scored,
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  Speaker 1: something we've we've been accustomed to. The second unit it's
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  Speaker 1: been more dangerous lately, but we'll get into that in
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. But the Sabers do get one in
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  Speaker 1: the power play, and they go four to four in
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  Speaker 1: the penalty kill Seattle, oh for on the banned advantage,
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  Speaker 1: oh for forur Tonight for the Seattle Kraken hits twenty
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  Speaker 1: seven to fourteen in favor of Buffalo. To me, one
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  Speaker 1: of the biggest ones was Josh Norris along the board.
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  Speaker 1: Don Jared mccannon, also a logan. Stanley hit absolutely demolish
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  Speaker 1: Shane Wright in the neutral zone, stayed down for a
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  Speaker 1: little bit, caused a scrum. I think Shane Wright was
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  Speaker 1: on the bench, but he did end up leaving for
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  Speaker 1: precautionary Reason's not sure if that was concussion related.
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  Speaker 2: I guess we'll have to stay tuned if you if.
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  Speaker 1: You're concerned to the Kraken social media accounts for that
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  Speaker 1: one block shots seventeen to ten in favor of the Kraken,
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  Speaker 1: giveaways eighteen fourteen for Buffalo, so it's not a stet
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  Speaker 1: they want to lead in take aways six to six
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  Speaker 1: on both ends there. Moving forward with our scoring summary
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  Speaker 2: Today and we get this.
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  Speaker 1: Thing started off with the Kraken taking a lead. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: if you have a two nothing lead in this game,
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  Speaker 1: but the Chandler Stevenson goal that I believe was a
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  Speaker 1: direct result of a bowhem byrom pretty bad turnover on
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  Speaker 1: the breakout, turns it over to Bobby McMahon, who has been,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a thorn in the sabers side since since
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  Speaker 1: his Toronto days. He's been on fire since going over
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  Speaker 1: to the Krack and just wanted to point that out.
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  Speaker 1: He gets he's able to get the pass to Capito
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  Speaker 1: Cackle Gogo's crossed ice to Chandler Stevenson on the two
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  Speaker 1: on one and he makes no mistake beating Uco Peca
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  Speaker 1: Lucanan at the twelve forty two mark. That was the
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  Speaker 1: only goal of the opening period and it got Seattle
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  Speaker 1: and won nothing lead. And then in the second period,
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  Speaker 1: the aforementioned Bobby McMahon at the thirteen to eighteen mark
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  Speaker 1: is able to get the kra extend their lead here
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  Speaker 1: and it's not looking good for Buffalo at this point,
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  Speaker 1: down to nothing. Snapshot CaCO and Stevenson. So those those
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  Speaker 1: same three players connect once again for the Kraken, and
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  Speaker 1: not not to start you want to see for Buffalo
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  Speaker 1: on home ice in front of a jam packed Key
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  Speaker 1: Bank Center that was just dying to explode in this game,
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  Speaker 1: and really until late in that second period about five
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  Speaker 1: minutes left in the second they were still waiting for
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  Speaker 1: the first goal and that second goal for Seattle. Right
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  Speaker 1: before that, Sam Carrick came down in the fourth line
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  Speaker 1: again generates an opportunity here.
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  Speaker 2: He hits both posts and it stays out.
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  Speaker 1: So a game of hockey and what should have been
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  Speaker 1: a one to one game ends up being a two
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  Speaker 1: nothing advantage for the Seattle Kraken. Literally on the next
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  Speaker 1: shift after it was reviewed quick review, clearly didn't cross
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  Speaker 1: the line, but one of those ones, it just rips
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  Speaker 1: off of both posts and stays out, So Philip Grubauer
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  Speaker 1: had to thank both of his posts on that one
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  Speaker 1: and the crack and go down. Bobby McMahon gets twenty
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  Speaker 1: sixth goal of the season from CaCO and Stevenson has
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  Speaker 1: mentioned and if you're the Sabers, oh boy, after that
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  Speaker 1: game against Detroit and even the overtime loss against Boston,
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  Speaker 1: is this going to be a sort of their four
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  Speaker 1: game losing streak here if you count the overtime loss
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  Speaker 1: in Anaheim as well. But the Sabers do end up
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  Speaker 1: being able to get this one, get the momentum swung
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  Speaker 1: in their favor. They get a power play again, whether
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  Speaker 1: you wanted to say that Mallenstein was actually slashed on
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  Speaker 1: this play or not. I know, Luke Lambert and the
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  Speaker 1: Seattle cracking bench was pretty animated about this call to
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  Speaker 1: begin with. But it is called with him crashing towards
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  Speaker 1: the net, and I believe it was Adam Lawson that
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  Speaker 1: got called for this penalty. And the puck gets the
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  Speaker 1: taps Thompson and the bumper and he finds Rasmus Dallen
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  Speaker 1: cutting in from the points to.
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  Speaker 2: The slot for Saxtors.
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  Speaker 3: Christmas Dallings with number one hundred of his career.
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  Speaker 2: Of a power player.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you Dan Dunlevy for reminding me one hundredth goal
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  Speaker 1: of his career for Rasmus Dallen on that play, power
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  Speaker 1: play goal for the Sabers, seventeenth goal of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Thompson with his thirty ninth assist of the year. Quinn
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  Speaker 1: gets a secondary assist thirty at the cists of the
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  Speaker 1: year and the Sabers are on the board, folks, and
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  Speaker 1: they really needed that one.
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  Speaker 2: Be able to turn the.
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  Speaker 1: Momentum a little bit, still down to one going to
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  Speaker 1: the third period, but they do get that goal the
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  Speaker 1: fifteen to fifty five mark of the second period. We
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  Speaker 1: go to the third period, and what can you say,
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  Speaker 1: Zach Benson continues a strong play, relentless for Checker. If
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  Speaker 1: you listen to our full episode this week, Austin Brod
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  Speaker 1: really discussed just Zach Benson's all around play way that
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  Speaker 1: he's able to impact the game being an undersized player
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  Speaker 1: and up and down the lineup. He makes an impact
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  Speaker 1: wherever he is. He was on the third line tonight,
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  Speaker 1: and him and Krebs another player that sort of plays
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  Speaker 1: in that same way, an undersized player that plays with
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  Speaker 1: a lot of heart and tenacity and no fear. That
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  Speaker 1: was just a great play by Zach Benson on the
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  Speaker 1: steel finds Krebs goes down short side on the right
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  Speaker 1: wing on the right circle and risk one past Grubauer
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  Speaker 1: and we've got a tie game, folks.
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  Speaker 3: Nice us up into the play.
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  Speaker 1: A little bit extra on that one from Dan Dunleevy
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  Speaker 1: love it. Sabers get this one tied. At the eleven
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  Speaker 1: thirty nine mark of the third period, Zach Benson's twenty
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  Speaker 1: six assisted the season, Peyton Krabb's tenth goal of the season,
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  Speaker 1: and we're all tied up going to overtime, both teams
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  Speaker 1: picking up a point here for Buffalo. That's that was
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  Speaker 1: big for them, obviously, to hold that Atlantic Division lead
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  Speaker 1: and pull at least one point ahead of the Tampa
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  Speaker 1: Bay Lightning at the time, you know, at least up
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  Speaker 1: to ninety seven, if not ninety eight, being able to
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  Speaker 1: get the extra.
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  Speaker 2: Point, not a whole lot.
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  Speaker 1: In overtime, Seattle did a lot of ragging of the puck,
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  Speaker 1: I guess you could say, and you know, resetting going
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  Speaker 1: out of the zone.
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  Speaker 2: We see a lot of this in three and three overtime.
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  Speaker 2: We've talked about it a lot.
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  Speaker 1: I would like to see maybe the play get blown
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  Speaker 1: dead if they go back past center ice, but it
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  Speaker 1: is what it is. They're playing within the rules right now,
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  Speaker 1: and Seattle just played a very slow game, didn't take
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  Speaker 1: a lot of chances and didn't really give up a
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  Speaker 1: whole lot either. Buffalot a few opportunities, but nothing too crazy.
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  Speaker 2: But this one ends up going to.
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  Speaker 1: A shootout, and first shooter for Buffalo gets to start
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  Speaker 1: it off and the right way, and it's TNT Tage
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  Speaker 1: Thompson getting Buffalo the one nothing lead. In the shootout page,
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  Speaker 1: Thompson takes the puck slowing now he generates some speed,
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  Speaker 1: goes slow in on Groobauer and beats some clean on
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  Speaker 1: the glove side. Tage Thompson gets them that first goal,
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  Speaker 1: gets it off to a hot start. Frederick Cadreau was
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  Speaker 1: stopped by Uko Pecca lucan In on their first attempt.
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  Speaker 1: Second attempt for Buffalo, and it's almost mister automatic in
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  Speaker 1: the shootout, Jack Quinn.
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  Speaker 3: Quinn with the fun right circle to the middle of
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  Speaker 3: the six.
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  Speaker 2: Stop stop wonder if I'm going by Jack Quinn on.
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  Speaker 1: Their shootout as he was falling down when Grubau went
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  Speaker 1: for the poke check, he was able to continue his
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  Speaker 1: momentum and go backhand forehand beat him on the shootout
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  Speaker 1: as he's falling down.
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  Speaker 2: Goal counts. Buffalo's up to nothing in the shootout.
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  Speaker 1: It's all up to CaCO CaCO, and I'll let Dan
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  Speaker 1: Dunleevey take this one away because he talks about the
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  Speaker 1: crowd at key Bank Center waiting to explode on this one.
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  Speaker 2: If Lucanan can make the save, if Lucinn can.
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  Speaker 3: Stop cocko here this place smaller roup Cock come pup
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  Speaker 3: the middle.
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  Speaker 2: There still.
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  Speaker 4: Up.
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  Speaker 1: The Luke chants were out in about tonight for the Sabers.
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  Speaker 1: They pick up the three to two victory over the
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  Speaker 1: Seattle Kraken. As I mentioned their first ever win over
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  Speaker 1: the Cracking at home. They're now five to zero in
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  Speaker 1: the shootout this season and again picking up that second point,
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  Speaker 1: bringing them up to ninety eight on the season with
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  Speaker 1: eight games left in the regular season. Still not that
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  Speaker 1: ex but the magic number for them is seven now
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  Speaker 1: to clinch that all that much wanted playoff spot for
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  Speaker 1: the fourteen year drought to finally be over and we
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  Speaker 1: can put that fourteen years behind us. The Tampa Bay
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  Speaker 1: Lightning two points back of Buffalo, even though they have
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  Speaker 1: two games in hand. But Buffalo continues to even if
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  Speaker 1: you would have lost this game, still pick up a
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  Speaker 1: point other than the game against Detroit, have really been
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  Speaker 1: able to play well and even pick up points when
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  Speaker 1: they might not have their best sixty minute efforts. So
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  Speaker 1: Buffalo up to ninety eight, tied with Carolina, but both
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  Speaker 1: Tampa Bay and Carolina two games in hand. On the Sabers,
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  Speaker 1: let's pause ten seconds. Firstation identification.
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  Speaker 1: All right, we'll move forward here with our post game
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  Speaker 1: with head coach Lindy Ruff of the Buffalo Sabers brought
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  Speaker 1: twenty twelve in honor of the late William Robert Hunter.
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  Speaker 1: Here's what Lindy Ruff had to say following his teams
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  Speaker 1: three to two shootout victory over the Seattle Kraken.
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  Speaker 4: I thought our power play looked really good. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 4: Tom Or found a couple of really roll so, I
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  Speaker 4: mean there's a lot of positive too in the game.
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  Speaker 4: There was weirdness officiating, all sorts of things going on
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  Speaker 4: in that game, and you guys were able. It's stressful,
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  Speaker 4: it's unpredictable. You can get good calls, you can get bad,
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  Speaker 4: you can get borderline calls against you. There's a lot
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  Speaker 4: of stuff you gotta fight through. I thought our guys
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  Speaker 4: did they stayed to other.
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  Speaker 2: Just what do you think of the way?
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  Speaker 4: You know, I think the you know, every goal he
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  Speaker 4: probably has a book on him now that goal is
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  Speaker 4: by him, and seth Appert said, that's the move that
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  Speaker 4: Houston rotch all the time. That great play. You know,
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  Speaker 4: I think we have, like I said, we had a
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  Speaker 4: lot of good plays, some really good plays down the
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  Speaker 4: stretch for us. A lot of games to I mean,
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  Speaker 4: especially to tie this game, to play a game for
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  Speaker 4: the game winner just big plays.
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  Speaker 2: Shootouts.
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  Speaker 4: I think again, we're you know, you get the lead,
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  Speaker 4: you're gonna you know, typically win. I think it's eighty
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  Speaker 4: percent of shootouts, and so we've got a good getting
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  Speaker 4: our you know, our second guy or our first guys
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  Speaker 4: getting the goal and getting the other team down lost
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  Speaker 4: teams psych Yeah, you know, I wrestled with that. I know,
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  Speaker 4: I know it's three in a row. But at the
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  Speaker 4: same time, I think that the numbers were well in.
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  Speaker 4: You know, two of those games, you're getting points, which
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  Speaker 4: are important points. You know, even fighting back tonight if
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  Speaker 4: you get one point, but to get back in the
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  Speaker 4: win column is a big deal because you know, you
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  Speaker 4: look at the wind column and all of a sudden
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  Speaker 4: you've lost. Like I say, it shows you've lost. You know,
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  Speaker 4: the battle by our guys tonight was was big enough
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  Speaker 4: to overcome any anything that you know, I've used the
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  Speaker 4: statement before. You have a lot of things that happened
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  Speaker 4: in the game from uh, you know, you can look
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  Speaker 4: at a fishing, you look at goaltending, you look at
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  Speaker 4: sam shot that doesn't doesn't go in, so you know,
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  Speaker 4: you get down in the last couple after you've battled
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  Speaker 4: back to get your point.
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  Speaker 1: Buffalo Sabers. There was head coach Lindy Ruff on the
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  Speaker 1: those out of repair postgame a little bit choppy tonight
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  Speaker 1: at the Mercy of the Sabers stream there, So apologies
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  Speaker 1: a little bit on Lindy being a little bit choppy
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  Speaker 1: on that one, but it was what it was tonight
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  Speaker 1: and just happy with the overall effort. Even Zach Benson
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  Speaker 1: doing the postgame interview on MSG kind of laughing that
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  Speaker 1: when Rob Ray asked him at the end, was at
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  Speaker 1: an A game or a B game? And Zach kind
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  Speaker 1: of jokingly said, I think it was an A game,
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  Speaker 1: no Razor. So I think the Sabers were a lot
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  Speaker 1: happier with the effort tonight than they were the other
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  Speaker 1: night against the Detroit Red Wings and even that game
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  Speaker 1: against Boston where they earned a point but had a
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  Speaker 1: late lead and weren't able to hold it there. So
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  Speaker 1: the Sabers bounce back with the victory tonight and don't
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  Speaker 1: make it for four in a row, even though they
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  Speaker 1: picked up points in two of those three games as well.
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  Speaker 1: So with that, Buffalo will await their next opponent in
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  Speaker 1: the New York Islanders on Tuesday. And again, the Islanders
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  Speaker 1: playing for a lot right now, and they've been riding
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  Speaker 1: their number one goaltender and Ilias Serrokan a lot lately.
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  Speaker 1: Luken got the win in the net tonight for Buffalo,
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  Speaker 1: which was nice to see. He continues to be part
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  Speaker 1: of that winning rotation that they have with Alex Lyon,
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  Speaker 1: who's had a couple of rough games here lately for Buffalo.
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  Speaker 2: But Ellis was the backup tonight.
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  Speaker 1: I know Michael kessel Wring did take warm ups, but
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  Speaker 1: he didn't end up playing. I know for Sabers fans
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  Speaker 1: out there, the Logan Stanley and Connor Timmins pairing has
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  Speaker 1: not been received with the most positivity, but the Sabers
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  Speaker 1: do pull out to victory, and even Zach Metza going
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  Speaker 1: down to Rochester in that paper transaction, I know they
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  Speaker 1: wanted him to play a little bit this weekend, but
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  Speaker 1: when you look at the stats and I'm gonna pull up.
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  Speaker 1: The tweet here from iron Mike Harrington. Sabers are twenty
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  Speaker 1: five five and two with Zach Mitza in the lineup,
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  Speaker 1: they're seventeen sixteen and four without him in the lineup.
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  Speaker 1: He needs to be on the ice Tuesday night period
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  Speaker 1: is from obviously Mike Harrington, the Buffalo News, So I
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  Speaker 1: we'll see about that. As I mentioned, Chad de Dominicus said,
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  Speaker 1: the playoff magic number for Buffalo is now seven, So
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  Speaker 1: the countdown is on for that X to be beside
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  Speaker 1: the Sabers name and to put this number fourteen in
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  Speaker 1: the rear view mirror. But at the very least because
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  Speaker 1: right now they're on top of the Atlantic Division, tied
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  Speaker 1: for the conference lead, and when you've got this opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: you want to take advantage of it, especially when the
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  Speaker 1: defending Stanley Cup champions are most likely going to be
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  Speaker 1: out of it in the Florida Panthers, and that's a
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  Speaker 1: tough team there, and you want to be able to
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  Speaker 1: have homelice advantage over any of the teams right now
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  Speaker 1: in the East that are very good.
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  Speaker 2: So didn't put a fan pull up tonight.
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  Speaker 1: So we don't have our usual fan updates from this one.
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  Speaker 1: But we will obviously have your your guys' thoughts here
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  Speaker 1: going forward at Saber Semantics. You can follow us on
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  Speaker 1: x if you want to be get in on the
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: fan conversation there with us again. The Sabers now improve
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  Speaker 1: their home record at Key Banks Center to twenty three
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  Speaker 1: ten and four, six to two and two over the
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  Speaker 1: LAS ten games and continue to still be one of
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  Speaker 1: the NFL's best teams in the second half. And for
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  Speaker 1: the Sabers, as I mentioned, they will await the New
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  Speaker 1: York Islanders next Tuesday. There'll be in Ottawa on April second,
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  Speaker 1: and as well in the Nation well two Nations capitals
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  Speaker 1: in Canada on April second in Ottawa and April fourth
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  Speaker 1: in Washington. So before that big game on April sixth
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  Speaker 1: against the Tampa Bay Lightning, which almost feels like it's
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  Speaker 1: a playoff game in and of itself, could be for
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  Speaker 1: the Atlantic Division crown at that point. So with that,
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  Speaker 1: the I'm gonna give my player the game tonight, and
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  Speaker 1: My player of the game tonight got a lot of
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  Speaker 1: good options. I think I'm gonna go, man, I really
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  Speaker 1: want to. I really want to give it to Luken In,
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  Speaker 1: but I feel like I've given it to the goalie
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  Speaker 1: on almost every episode. In this one, Zach Benson gets
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: an honorable mention because he was just a dog tonight,
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  Speaker 1: fourteen thirty nine, time on I set up that one
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  Speaker 1: goal for the Sabers, We'll give it to Thompson, got
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  Speaker 1: the shootout winner, got the primary assist on the Dollen
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  Speaker 1: goal to get the Sabers first goal. He was an
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: impact tonight, twenty four shifts played over twenty four minutes.
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  Speaker 2: On the night, five shots on that.
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  Speaker 1: Tage Thompson was obviously noticeable tonight for the Sabers. So
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna give it to Tage Thompson. I will say
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: honorable mention tonight. Rasmus Dallen. He was a minus two
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: and he took two penalties. But that big power play
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: goal for Buffalo, obviously at the time, was big and
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: also Jack Quynn ceiling it there. He had an assist
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: as well in the game and the Sabers other power
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: or excuse me, assist on that power play goal by
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: Rasmus Dallen Peyton. Krebs also had a really good game
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  Speaker 1: obviously with that goal. Zach Benson, I really want to
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: give him a showout on almost every show just by
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: the way that he plays dog on a bone mentality.
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  Speaker 1: So those are a few of the guys. We'll give
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: it to Thompson tonight. But there were a few players
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: obviously that could have been been in on this tonight
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: the three Stars in the building where Luken and got
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: first star, Krebs got second, and Quinn got third. So
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: I didn't even look at that. I'd like to give
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  Speaker 1: my own opinions before I look at those as well.
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  Speaker 1: Player of the game. So with that said, folks, that's
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  Speaker 1: going to wrap it up for tonight's After the Horn
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  Speaker 1: over the Seattle Kraken on home ice five and zero
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  Speaker 1: in the shootout, continue to hold their lead in the
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  Speaker 1: Atlantic Division, tied for the conference lead in the East.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of great things here in Buffalo right now.
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  Speaker 1: Magic number seven continues to go down and the Sabers
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  Speaker 1: will clinch that playoff spot.
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  Speaker 2: As always, I'm the host.
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  Speaker 1: Of Saber Smantic, sperandic Kudo, reminding you of tonight's final
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  Speaker 1: score the Seattle Cracking two and the Buffalo Sabers three
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  Speaker 1: in a shootout. Talk to you guys following Tuesday Night's
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: game against the New York Islanders until next time. That's
• 22:42
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