~ The Boys Are Coming Home ~

And it's not to go golfing.   They came out firing and in the first 9 seconds the boys were on the board.  A turnover that went directly to Christopher Drury who quickly passed it to Derek Roy and it was in the back of the net.  Sabres up 1-0.  I was stoked, but there was a lot of game left.  The period ends with us up 1-0.  The Sabres took 3 penalties in the first and had me on pins and needles.  The Ottawa power play has been deadly, but the defense was stellar tonight.  The second period started and about 4 minutes in we got a power play.  Our power play on the other hand has been horrid, but not tonight.  Max scores on the power play and we are up 2-0.  Four more minutes and Christopher stuffs one home to put us up 3-0.  Six minutes later Ottawa is on the board.  GRRRRRRR  then another couple of minutes and they do it again cutting the boys lead to 1.  Second period ends boys up 3-2.   Third period starts and 20 minutes away.  Can they do it?  They played their hearts out and Ottawa was not standing still.  They wanted to end it tonight, their fans armed with brooms to celebrate the predicted sweep.  Back and forth, both goalies standing on their heads not to let another goal in.  I don't remember breathing at all.  I know my hands shook.  With just over 2 minutes left Ottawa takes a penalty and the end of the game ends with us coming off the power play.  No goals, and when the buzzer goes off the boys pulled it off and won 3-2.  You can put the brooms away, game 5 will be in Buffalo on Saturday.   It's a confidence booster without a doubt, but they need 3 more wins to move on.  Lose and go home.  The city will be buzzing until Saturday.  The faithful showed up in droves down at the arena tonight.  The team opened the arena for away games.  Come and watch on the jumbo-tron and big screen TVs.  They are saying 10,000 showed up....... Believe............

Tags: Buffalo Sabres, Stanley Cup Playoffs