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Joe Yerdon
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Hockey, Nerd, Writer, Talker.

Sabres. NHL. B/R. Been a lot of places.

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I had the huge pleasure to speak with the cast of "Shoresy" recently to talk about hockey, their own histories in hockey, getting back into arenas with the Shoresy Classic and what the beauty of being beauties on one of the best shows on TV is like

bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
How "Shoresy" Has Reset the Tone with an Inside Look at Hockey Culture
Hockey in pop culture is kind of a rare thing.
bleacherreport.com
Back in Buffalo and buddy that wind is something.

Happy thanksgiving y’all. Time for bed.
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Reposted by Joe Yerdon
The second (and permanent) feature is a "timeline" of the standings for each conference over the course of the season - both the order of the standings, and the scale of the point gap.

Available for the overall conference standings, and for the wildcard standings.
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Reposted by Joe Yerdon
Two new features for the standings page - one temporary, one permanent.

First, TODAY ONLY, a handy visual cue to identify which teams are 4+ points out of the playoffs as of US Thanksgiving. It'll be gone once the clock ticks over to Friday!
Natural Stat Trick - Standings
www.naturalstattrick.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Lindy Ruff echoed some of my own grievances with the game about puck play and hesitancy to shoot in some cases, but in the end this felt like a game that was very gettable on the road and instead it got away.
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Jarry makes an incredible save on Zucker on the back door as the Sabres had Luukkonen pulled for the extra skater, Pens able to get the puck out of the zone and Connor Dewar puts it away in the empty net to make it 4-2 with under a minute to go
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Bang-bang and it's 3-2

Zucker gets the puck behind the net after Samuelsson sent it around the wall and bangs a pass out front to Quinn who buries it up high
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Kevin Hayes streaking to the far post gets a great pass from Erik Karlsson and buries it to make it 3-1 Pens.

Sabres play sagged after giving up the goal to Rust and the Pens seized on it.
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Quinn announced as the goal scorer despite Zucker being first guy to the bench
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Jack Quinn with the shot, Jason Zucker gets a piece of it on the way and it's 1-1.

Sabres took advantage of getting the Pens buried in their end for a stretch and forced an icing. Sabres made it a point to get the puck off the draw and keep the pressure up.

Tie short lived however...
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Two minutes into the period and the Pens are allowing the Sabres to go right in towards their net and I gotta tell ya... that's not the strategy I'd employ
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Jarry makes a great save on Tuch after Thompson was able to stickhandle all the way to the slot
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Third period about to start and somehow now the Sabres are outshooting the Pens 12-11 - go figure!
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A late 2-on-1 with McLeod and Quinn sees McLeod get the pass across but Quinn was in a bit too deep while Jarry still made it to the post.

Still 1-0 Pittsburgh after two periods. Second period dared show signs of life.
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Sabres got a shooting gallery shift and piled up more shots on goal than they had in the game to that point. Samuelsson, Dahlin, Krebs all generating opportunities but didn't break through. They needed a shift like that to get things going
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The last five minutes or so by the Sabres have been pretty rough and they're fortunate the Pens haven't extended the lead. More sloppy puck handling and decision making causing problems
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It's nice that Noah Östlund wants to hook a teammate up on a 2-on-1 but brother you gotta shoot that one
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The man with the golden voice, Liev Schreiber in the house in Pittsburgh tonight
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
If there was any kind of transition game going in this one, we'd hear about the Sabres feeding the Pens their transition game. Instead, it's the Sabres handing the puck off continually without an aim
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Wake up, the second period is approaching
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Shot took a weird deflection off his defenseman's stick. He's setting to challenge a normal shot and then oops, there it goes.
Swing and a miss by UPL.
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Timmins with a blind drop pass in the neutral zone gets taken away by Matt Dumba who skates in and lets a shot go that goes off Byram's stick and past Luukkonen

1-0 Pens
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Dahlin hobbling behind the play, gets back the other way and then heads to the bench where he's taking a minute
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sabres kill off the penalty and I am going to be stuck on wondering both what Timmins said to Crosby and what Sid said back to him.
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Conor Timmins is getting called for tripping and he is not at all pleased with the call and when Sidney Crosby goes down that's probably getting a call whether you like it or not
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is a game that is going on right now. Kind of like a feeling out process both ways
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM