The Sabres helped me celebrate my birthday (which I really don’t need to celebrate anymore) with a 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars. Of course, since it was in Dallas, the game wasn’t over until around 11 p.m. Eastern (being bleary-eyed, I didn’t take note of the exact time), so I can’t truthfully say that I saw the whole thing.
However, I did see the end when Jochen Hecht made a terrific poke check. He knocked the puck away from a Dallas player who almost assuredly would have scored the tying goal in the dying seconds of the game. Miller was out of position and one other Sabres was down on his knees with his stick flat on the ice, trying to stop the puck from sliding across the goal crease to the open Star.
It was also interesting that all of the goals were scored by current or former Sabres: Dallas’ lone goal was credited to Stu Barnes.
Kevin Sylvester did the play-by-play, and although it wasn’t bad, his style is different and his voice is much deeper than RJ’s.