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GDT: #5 – Panthers at Sabres – Fri Oct 17, 7:00PM ET – MSG-B, Bell TV – WGR

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FLA (0-2-1) at BUF (1-3-0) – FRI OCT 17, 7:00PM ET – MSG-B, BELL TV – WGR – CHAT

Gameday Headlines

Game Preview: 10/17/14 vs. FLA – Ian Ott, Sabres PR

Panthers' Ekblad looks to keep improving vs. Sabres – Brian Hunter, NHL.com

Panthers-Sabres Preview – STATS Writer, AP

Reinhart vs Ekblad highlights tonight's matchup – Chris Ryndak, Sabres.com

Previous Headlines

Sabres’ Girgensons earning ‘legendary’ status – Bill Hoppe, OTH

Gionta gives Sabres a lesson in intensity – Mike Harrington, TBN

Pysyk, McCabe return to practice, assigned to Amerks – Chris Ryndak, Sabres.com

Panthers coach shuffles lines in search of offense – Harvey Fialkov, Sun Sentinel

Sabres face a dilemma with Zadorov – John Vogl, TBN​
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BUFFALO SABRES

Projected Lineup

26 Matt Moulson – 63 Tyler Ennis – 21 Drew Stafford
82 Marcus Foligno – 19 Cody Hodgson – 80 Chris Stewart
17 Torrey Mitchell – 28 Zemgus Girgensons – 12 Brian Gionta
44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 23 Sam Reinhart – 8 Cody McCormick
x: 65 Brian Flynn

4 Josh Gorges – 57 Tyler Myers
6 Mike Weber – 41 Andrej Meszaros
61 Andre Benoit – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
x: 51 Nikita Zadorov – 24 Tyson Strachan

1 Jhonas Enroth
34 Michal Neuvirth

Lineup News & Notes

Matt Hackett (knee) and Patrick Kaleta (face) remain on IR for Buffalo.

According to the Stats

Buffalo are 3-4-3 in their last ten games versus Florida, and 4-5-1 at home.​
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FLORIDA PANTHERS

Projected Lineup

36 Jussi Jokinen – 16 Aleksander Barkov – 12 Jimmy Hayes
11 Jonathan Huberdeau – 27 Nick Bjugstad – 19 Scottie Upshall
20 Sean Bergenheim – 63 Dave Bolland – 14 Tomas Fleischmann
82 Tomas Kopecky – 17 Derek MacKenzie – 24 Brad Boyes
x: 22 Shawn Thornton, 73 Brandon Pirri

51 Brian Campbell – 5 Aaron Ekblad
33 Willie Mitchell – 7 Dmitry Kulikov
4 Dylan Olsen – 44 Erik Gudbranson
x: 47 Colby Robak

1 Roberto Luongo
35 Al Montoya

Lineup News & Notes

Shawn Thornton (LBI) missed Monday's game and is day-to-day.

According to the Stats

Florida have won their last three games at First Niagara Center.​
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Don't worry...his spirit can't be broken too much in 6 minutes a night.
 

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Silence Of The Plams said:
Wait why is Samson on line 4?
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Some are theorizing that he's not NHL-ready and having failed to make an impact thus far, is on his way back to junior. According to Nolan, it's a bit more complicated -

"For three regular-season games and the entire preseason, Nolan threw Reinhart “right into the fire” to see how he would react. So the slick center, the No. 2 pick in June, played about 11-15 minutes on a scoring line.

Now, the Sabres are “taking a different approach, cutting back on the minutes, letting him watch game action more so than throwing him right into the fire,” Nolan said."​

It probably didn't help Reinhart's case that he didn't seem to have much instant chemistry with the assortment of linemates thrown his way - or lost all 11 of his draws in the "peewee game" which precipitated more of Nolan's juggling.

Bps21 said:
Because hodgson was so bad on wing...and a teenager once ran over Nolan's dog.
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LOL. Well, Nolan didn't mention the dog splatter factor, but he did mention Hodgson in context with the swapping around of centers -

“A goal scorer needs someone to get him the puck, and right now with the center-ice situation we have, we can’t get him the puck,” Nolan said of Hodgson. “Maybe put him with some bigger wingers, the wingers can get him the puck and he’ll have an opportunity to do his thing, that’s shoot and score.”​
 
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I'll go with a 3-2 OT win (followed by an 0-3-1 stretch vs Boston and on the California trip).

J. Jokinen
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Stafford
Stewart
Hodgson
 
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We beat the hurricanes in a shootout, so to be consistent in my 6 point October prediction, this has to be a loss. They're all going to be losses. Until Toronto, cause **** those guys.
 
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I'm less concerned with the amount of minutes but more with the line mates. Bangers like Des and McCormick just play a drastically different game style
 
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First game I am going to this year. I don't expect the team to be entertaining at all, but that's ok. I will be sitting in a suite tonight, so at least I'll have that going for me.
 
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Wearing an insanely oversized (for me) size 60 Biron jersey to the game. Last time I wore it Stamkos scored on his own net. So here's to hoping Florida screws up like that and it helps us win.
 
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