Zenon Konopka Tweaks Game for Ted Nolan

In six games with Buffalo, Konopka’s taken four minor penalties. Three of the four penalties have been for goaltender interference and three of the four penalties have resulted in goals for the opposition. Nolan was upset about it after the Columbus game and he hadn’t cooled down about it by Monday. Nolan said Konopka’s going to have to wait his turn, “He’s going to have to wait. If we’re going to change things it can’t be just for a chosen few, it has to be for everybody and those penalties could be avoided. We can’t afford to take bad penalties in a game as they’re going to kill us every time, so in order for us to show the young guys what it takes to win on a consistent basis, that’s the type of thing we have to do.”