Game Preview: 2/21/19 at Tampa Bay
GAME-DAY RESOURCES
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Tuesday, February 19
Buffalo 2 at Florida 4
Goals: Eichel, Sobotka
Goalie: Ullmark (37 saves/41 shots)
PP: 1/4; PK: 4/4; Shots: Florida 41 – Buffalo 34
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 194)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Marco Scandella (upper body, Feb. 17; injured reserve) – 2 games
Kyle Okposo (concussion, Feb. 17) – 2 games
Matt Hunwick (lower body, Feb. 19) – 1 game
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
2/17: Recalled D Casey Nelson from his conditioning assignment in Rochester (AHL)
2/19: Activated D Casey Nelson from IR; Placed D Marco Scandella on IR
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Feb. 23: Washington at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 25: Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 26: Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 1: Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 2: Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME
SABRES at LIGHTNING
- This is the fourth and final meeting between the Sabres and Lightning this season.
- Last meeting: Tampa Bay defeated Buffalo 5-3 in Buffalo on Jan. 12
- The Sabres are 3-6-1 in their last 10 games vs. the Lightning; 2-8-0 on the road.
- This is the 102nd game all-time between Buffalo and Tampa Bay; Buffalo has a 55-38-8 series record.
- The Sabres are 29-19-3 on the road against the Lightning all-time.
The Lightning put a seven-game win streak on the line on Thursday night vs. the Sabres at Amalie Arena.
This will be the final regular season meeting between the pair of division rivals. After dropping the first meeting of the season, Tampa Bay has gone on to win each of their last two matchups vs. the Sabres.
Lines from Tuesday's game subject to change.
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Steven Stamkos - J.T. Miller
Yanni Gourde - Tyler Johnson - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Adam Erne
Danick Martel - Cedric Paquette - Ryan Callahan
Defensemen
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev - Dan Girardi
Braydon Coburn - Anton Stralman
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
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