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GDT: #45 – Red Wings at Sabres – Fri Jan 20, 7:00PM ET – MSG-B

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RED WINGS (20-19-6) at SABRES (17-18-9)

FRI JAN 20, 2017 @ 7:00 PM ET

TV: MSG-B

RADIO: WGR 550

Sabres Digital Press Box Game Preview

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 220)

Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Cody McCormick (blood clots, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 44 games
Dmitry Kulikov (lower back, Dec. 29; injured reserve) – 10 games
Johan Larsson (wrist, Jan. 3; injured reserve) – 8 games
Josh Gorges (hip, Jan. 7) – 6 games

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
1/14: Assigned F Justin Bailey and G Linus Ullmark to Rochester (AHL)
1/16: Recalled F Cal O’Reilly from Rochester (AHL); Activated F Tyler Ennis from IR
1/19: Recalled G Linus Ullmark from Rochester (AHL)

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Jan. 21: Buffalo at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 24: Buffalo at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 26: Buffalo at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 31: Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 2: NY Rangers at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

TONIGHT’S GAME

RED WINGS at SABRES
This is third of four meetings between the Sabres and Red Wings this season.
Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Detroit 4-3 in Detroit on Dec. 27, 2016
Next meeting: Monday, March 20 in Detroit
The Sabres are 2-6-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Red Wings; 2-6-2 at home.
This is the 132nd game all-time between Buffalo and Detroit; Buffalo has a 56-57-18 series record.
The Sabres are 35-19-10 at home against the Red Wings all-time.

Morning Skate: January 20, 2017 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am at KeyBank Center








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Red Wings Projected Lineup

Gustav Nyquist -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Anthony Mantha

Andreas Athanasiou -- Frans Nielsen -- Thomas Vanek

Tomas Tatar -- Riley Sheahan -- Dylan Larkin

Justin Abdelkader -- Darren Helm -- Luke Glendening

Danny DeKeyser -- Mike Green

Alexey Marchenko -- Jonathan Ericsson

Xavier Ouellet -- Nick Jensen

Petr Mrazek

Jared Coreau

Scratched: Drew Miller, Steve Ott, Ryan Sproul

Injured: Niklas Kronwall (lower body), Brendan Smith (knee), Jimmy Howard (knee)

Sabres Projected Lineup

Tyler Ennis -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Kyle Okposo

Marcus Foligno -- Jack Eichel -- Sam Reinhart

Evander Kane -- Zemgus Girgensons -- Brian Gionta

Matt Moulson -- Cal O'Reilly -- William Carrier

Jake McCabe -- Rasmus Ristolainen

Zach Bogosian -- Cody Franson

Justin Falk -- Taylor Fedun

Anders Nilsson

Robin Lehner

Scratched: Nicolas Deslauriers

Injured: Josh Gorges (hip), Johan Larsson (wrist), Dmitry Kulikov (lower back), Cody McCormick (blood clots)
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The Red Wings are about to add some more speed to their lineup. Darren Helm, who has missed the last 28 games with a dislocated shoulder, is ready to return. "Darren right now, we're shooting for tomorrow but we'll have a final determination after the pre-game skate," Wings coach Jeff Blashill said after Thursday's practice at Joe Louis Arena.

In order to make room on the roster to activate Helm, the Wings would move goaltender Jimmy Howard to long-term injured reserve and place Steve Ott on short-term injured reserve. "Steve Ott, he hurt his shoulder in Toronto, played with it in Dallas, hurt it again there so he'll be out here for a little bit," Blashill said. "But he's able to skate through it." Ott has been a scratch the last three games.

Helm was originally injured on November 15 when Tampa Bay's Nikita Nesterov upended him. "We'll ease Darren in the same way we eased Abby (Justin Abdelkader) in," Blashill said. "You can't just throw him right to the fire when they haven't played at all otherwise you leave them susceptible to injury. We'll end up easing him in, probably on that fourth line and then work his way in." Helm was on a line with Luke Glendening and Abdelkader Thursday with Drew Miller rotating in.

https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/helm-ready-to-return-kronwall-getting-close/c-285873254
 
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Well now that I have given up on the season (again) I expect Buffalo to play like a contender and pull me back in. Again. 4-2 Buffalo. Kane continues to score.
 
JLewyB

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Detroit and Toronto, the prince and princess of interference. should be another frustrating game to watch. maybe i just won't.
 
Mattilaus

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Part of me wants a big loss. Not for any tank reasons, but simply because it increases the likelihood that Bylsma will be fired sometime soon.
 

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‏@BuffaloSabres - Coach Bylsma - Ennis will return to the lineup tonight and Nilsson starts in goal.
LaxSabre - looks like Lehner will be the backup and start on Saturday vs MTL. Ullmark will probably be sent down to Rochester today.

@mikemorrealeNHL - Al Montoya the likely starter for MTL tonight vs NJ. Carey Price will then start vs BUF on SAT.
 
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I think we win, Ennis has a multi-point game, misses tomorrow night's loss, and we spend several days listening to how Ennis is the key to the team.
 

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‏@DetroitRedWings - Petr in goal. Coach says he expects Helm to play. Other lineup decisions will be made after warmups tonight.
 
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