GDT: #61 – Sabres at Avalanche – Sat Feb 25, 10:00PM ET – MSG-B

[26CornerBlitz]

VS.

SABRES (26-24-10) at AVALANCHE (16-40-3)

SAT FEB 25, 2017 @ 10:00 PM ET

TV: MSG-B

RADIO: WGR 550

Sabres Digital Press Box Game Preview

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 297)

Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Cody McCormick (blood clots, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 60 games
Johan Larsson (wrist, Jan. 3; injured reserve) – 24 games
William Carrier (knee, Feb.4; injured reserve) – 10 games
Zemgus Girgensons (middle body, Feb. 9) – 7 games
Sam Reinhart (illness, Feb. 18) – 2 games

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
2/19: Assigned D Taylor Fedun to Rochester (AHL)
2/20: Assigned F Justin Bailey, F Nicholas Baptiste and F Evan Rodrigues to Rochester (AHL)
2/24: Recalled F Justin Bailey and F Evan Rodrigues from Rochester (AHL); Activated F Zemgus Girgensons from IR; Assigned F Derek Grant to Rochester

UPCOMING GAMES
Sunday, Feb. 26: Buffalo at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 28: Nashville at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 2: Arizona at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 4: Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 5: Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

TONIGHT’S GAME

SABRES AT AVALANCHE
This is the second of two meetings between the Sabres and Avalanche this season.
Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Colorado 2-0 in Buffalo on Feb. 16
The Sabres are 2-5-3 in their last 10 games vs. the Avalanche; 4-4-2 on the road.
This is the 141st game all-time between Buffalo and Colorado; Buffalo has a 61-55-24 series record.
The Sabres are 23-34-13 on the road against the Avalanche all-time.

Morning Skate: February 25, 2017 at 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm at Pepsi Center







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Lines and Defensive Pairings at Friday's Practice

56 Justin Bailey - 90 Ryan O'Reilly - 21 Kyle Okposo
9 Evander Kane - 15 Jack Eichel - 23 Sam Reinhart
82 Marcus Foligno - 28 Zemgus Girgensons - 12 Brian Gionta
26 Matt Moulson - 71 Evan Rodrigues - 63 Tyler Ennis - 44 Nicolas Deslauriers

29 Jake McCabe - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
77 Dmitry Kulikov - 47 Zach Bogosian
4 Josh Gorges - 6 Cody Franson
41 Justin Falk

40 Robin Lehner
31 Anders Nilsson

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[wunderpanda]

Win one for the salmon!

Hopefully he didn't get the team sick with lomi lomi

 

[Intermission]

Seriously

Nice

Fish

 

[Intermission]

Need to come out of this break better than the flat performance against Montreal after the last break.

 

[old kummelweck]

Loss here.

 

[sabresfan129103]

I know teams coming out of the break tend to play pretty badly their 1st game back. It's kind of a must win game to keep pace. You can't drop a game against the Avs.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

I know teams coming out of the break tend to play pretty badly their 1st game back. It's kind of a must win game to keep pace. You can't drop a game against the Avs.

If we blow this, we're done. Hopefully Murray would start trading players. That said, I still want a win. If we have a 5% chance of playoffs, hard to root against it.

I'm cheering for wins but I'm okay if Kulikov and Franson are traded both before game -- it won't happen. I'm expecting Murray to trade those guys at very end as he holds out hope we can win three straight.

 

[SabresBillsBuffalo]

Gorges Franson d pair is so bad. Idk why Gorges plays over Falk kid was playing his best hockey then benched

 

[LaxSabre]

 

[truthbluth]

Gorges Franson d pair is so bad. Idk why Gorges plays over Falk kid was playing his best hockey then benched

Showcasing?

 

[Revelate]

Bylsma can even coach the life out of a fish

 

[jc17]

Showcasing?

I don't think they want to showcase his game.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Bylsma can even coach the life out of a fish

I wish he were as good at coaching as he is at fishing. Those are some nice catches.

 

[jBuds]

We've been given the gift of garbalanche coming out of the gate.

Trends aside, we should win.

Eichel 1g in his last 12 games, I'm thinking a pair for him. Last year, he played well out of the break.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

 

[La Cosa Nostra]

Zads is out for the year, no reason we should lose. They are the worst team in the league, we just had a nice long break and RoR and Risto should both be refreshed and energized. I'm hoping Kane and Eichel continue their hot streak.

 

[MrMaster]

Bylsma uses the same system when fishing.
Dump and chase, stretch pass, etc

 

[ThunderD]

Win one for the salmon!

Hopefully he didn't get the team sick with lomi lomi

Not to get picky but that's a steelhead. The salmon run ended months ago. Let's get a new run of our own now.

 

[SabresBillsBuffalo]

Showcasing?

I'd showcase them in a different way then a constant exposure lmao

 

[Snippit]

This and tomorrow are must wins.

 

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Here's your projected lineup

56 Justin Bailey - 90 Ryan O'Reilly - 21 Kyle Okposo
9 Evander Kane - 15 Jack Eichel - 23 Sam Reinhart
82 Marcus Foligno - 28 Zemgus Girgensons - 12 Brian Gionta
26 Matt Moulson - 71 Evan Rodrigues - 63 Tyler Ennis

29 Jake McCabe - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
4 Josh Gorges - 77 Dmitry Kulikov
47 Zach Bogosian - 6 Cody Franson

40 Robin Lehner
31 Anders Nilsson

Scratched: 41 Justin Falk, 44 Nicolas Deslauriers

 

[Ace]

Looking forward to the board if we do what every team has done coming out of their break.

 

[Havok89]

Looking forward to the board if we do what every team has done coming out of their break.

Vs Colorado?

 

[JackTheRipper]

Kind of like this late start. Plenty of time to get some drinks in before the game

 

[JOHNBOY]

Kind of like this late start. Plenty of time to get some drinks in before the game

pre gaming hard hope I can make it through the game ... LET'S GO SWORDZ