Lightning (29-26-8) at SABRES (27-26-11)
SAT MAR 4, 2017 @ 7:00 PM ET
TV: MSG-B
RADIO: WGR 550
Sabres Digital Press Box Game Preview
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 310)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Cody McCormick (blood clots, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 64 games
Johan Larsson (wrist, Jan. 3; injured reserve) – 28 games
William Carrier (knee, Feb.4; injured reserve) – 14 games
Kyle Okposo (ribs) – 0 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
2/26: Recalled G Linus Ullmark from Rochester (AHL)
2/28: Acquired D Mat Bodie from NY Rangers in exchange for F Daniel Catenacci
3/1: Assigned G Linus Ullmark to Rochester (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Sunday, March 5: Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, March 7: Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 10: Buffalo at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 11: Columbus at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 14: Buffalo at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME
LIGHTNING at SABRES
This is the third of four meetings between the Sabres and Lightning this season.
Last meeting: Tampa Bay defeated Buffalo 4-2 in Tampa on Jan. 12
Next meeting: Sunday, April 9 in Tampa
The Sabres are 1-9-0 in their last 10 games vs. the Lightning; 2-6-2 at home.
This is the 93rd game all-time between Buffalo and Tampa Bay; Buffalo has a 52-33-7 series record.
The Sabres are 24-17-4 at home against the Lightning all-time.
Morning Skate: March 4, 2017 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am at KeyBank Center
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Here's how Buffalo's lines stacked up in full on Friday:
9 Evander Kane - 90 Ryan O'Reilly - 12 Brian Gionta
82 Marcus Foligno - 15 Jack Eichel - 23 Sam Reinhart
63 Tyler Ennis - 71 Evan Rodrigues - 26 Matt Moulson
56 Justin Bailey - 28 Zemgus Girgensons - 44 Nicolas Deslauriers
Defensemen: 29 Jake McCabe, 55 Rasmus Ristolainen, 77 Dmitry Kulikov, 47 Zach Bogosian, 4 Josh Gorges, 6 Cody Franson, 41 Justin Falk
31 Anders Nilsson
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