It's not a pretty number for the Sabres, but the facts are what they are as Buffalo tries to scratch and claw its way back into the series. Trailing 2-0 in the series with Pittsburgh playing in front of a frenzied crowd, the Sabres will try to take the first step towards winning a playoff series after dropping the first two games. To do so, Lindy Ruff will need to see his team break through Hedberg by causing all kinds of havoc in front of the rookie goalie's crease and win races to loose pucks on dump-ins into the Penguins' zone. If the Sabres can manage the opening goal of Game 3, it could go a long way to securing their first win of the series. Pittsburgh has been a perfect 6-0 when they score first.
Adversity seems to motivate the Sabres to higher levels as they showed in the past regular season.
They can't afford to pass up another opportunity to beat the Penguins without nemesis Jaromir Jagr in the lineup. I know it might look funny to people, that it's a charley horse. Mario's playing out of his mind right now at both ends of the rink. It's crazy how good he is playing. I've had concussions before that were much worse and I played in two or three days.