The Sabres are ridiculously healthy, having lost only 50 man-games to injury all season. Keeping the nether regions of Doug Gilmour and Dominik Hasek in good working order is paramount. Keep playing Hasek and Biron against each other . Don't overlook the fact that as competition increased between mentor and prot g , success followed. In their recent stretch of nine games in 15 days that ended in Anaheim, the Sabres allowed a mere 13 goals and shut out their opponents four times, three courtesy of Dominik Hasek.
Defense wins championships, the clich goes.
Ask the Baltimore Ravens, who didn't score a touchdown for a month early in the season yet today find themselves in the Super Bowl. Score three goals a game again . They should consider that a magic number. Don't rely on any one player . Chris Gratton scored a goal in every game on the recent four-game road trip.