Sabers read ‘body language’ to make goalie switch during East 1st Round

“That goal by (Morgan) Geekie from center ice was a killer and maybe one that (Sabres coach) Lindy Ruff on the bench looked around and saw what it did to the team and he’s like, ‘OK, I need to give them some confidence and some calm moving forward into Boston,'” Biron stated within the interview with co-hosts Dan Rosen and Shawn P. Roarke. “And Alex Lyon provided that calm and really the stops and the saves that they needed in the last three games.”

Biron is speaking concerning the heart backhand flip from Geekie that acquired previous Luukkonen at 16:29 of the second interval of Game 2 at KeyBank Center on April 21, which gave the Bruins a 2-0 lead they finally prolonged to 4-0 earlier than ending off a 4-2 win to tie the sequence 1-1.

He stated he most likely would have gone again to Luukkonen for Game 3, however the Sabers changed him within the third interval of that recreation and haven’t seemed again.

Biron referenced Luukkonen’s physique language after Geekie’s purpose as a turning level.

“One of the big things for me when I talk to young goalies or even college-aged goaltenders, I will say, ‘Making saves is one thing, keeping the puck out of your net is one thing, but giving your team confidence and not giving the other team some daylight to believe they got you is also part of that,'” Biron stated. “I feel that Luukkonen, when he gave up that purpose, he stood there like, ‘Oh, man,’ along with his shoulders down.