GDT: Game 36 - Sabres (20-10-5) vs. Capitals (20-10-3) at 7 PM ET on NBCSN and WGR

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Game Preview: 12/21/18 at Washington



GAME-DAY RESOURCES

LAST GAME
Tuesday, December 18
Florida 5 at Buffalo 2
Goals: Skinner, Ristolainen
Goalie: Hutton (31 saves/35 shots); 1 ENG
PP: 0/3; PK: 2/3; Shots: Florida 36 – Buffalo 32

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 139)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed

Scott Wilson (ankle, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 35 games
Jake McCabe (upper body, Nov. 29; injured reserve) – 9 games
Casey Nelson (upper body, Dec. 8; injured reserve) – 6 games
Lawrence Pilut (lower body, Dec. 15; injured reserve) – 3 games
Nathan Beaulieu (lower body, Dec. 16) – 2 games

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
12/15: Recalled D Matt Hunwick from his conditioning loan in Rochester (AHL); Activated D Marco Scandella from IR
12/16: Recalled D Brendan Guhle from Rochester (AHL); Placed D Lawrence Pilut on IR
12/17: Assigned D Matt Tennyson to Rochester (AHL)
12/19: Placed F Patrik Berglund on unconditional waivers with intent to terminate his contract

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Dec. 22: Anaheim at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 27: Buffalo at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29: Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 31: NY Islanders at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 3: Florida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

TONIGHT’S GAME
SABRES at CAPITALS

  • This is the second of three meetings between the Sabres and Capitals this season.
  • Last meeting: Washington defeated Buffalo 4-3 (SO) in Washington on Dec. 15
  • Next meeting: Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 in Buffalo
  • The Sabres are 2-6-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Capitals; 2-6-2 on the road.
  • This is the 160th game all-time between Buffalo and Washington; Buffalo has an 88-50-21 series record.
  • The Sabres are 41-27-12 on the road against the Capitals all-time.
Sabres vs. Capitals Game Preview

Dec. 21 vs. Buffalo Sabres at Capital One Arena

Time: 7:00 p.m.

TV: NBCSW

Radio: Capitals Radio 24/7, FAN 106.7

Buffalo Sabres 20-10-5 vs. Washington Capitals 20-10-3

Washington finishes off a three-game homestand and starts a set of back-to-backs games on Friday night when it hosts the Buffalo Sabres for the second time in less than a week. The Caps edged Buffalo 4-3 in a shootout decision here last Saturday night.

In between the two games against the Sabres, the Caps dropped a 2-1 decision to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night in Washington. The loss to the Pens ended the Caps' five-game winning streak, and also halted Caps captain Alex Ovechkin's career high scoring streak at 14 straight games.







WASHINGTON

Forwards

8-Ovechkin, 19-Backstrom, 77-Oshie
13-Vrana, 92-Kuznetsov, 43-Wilson
65-Burakovsky, 20-Eller, 10-Connolly
18-Stephenson, 26-Dowd, 25-Smith-Pelly

Defensemen
6-Kempny, 74-Carlson
9-Orlov, 2-Niskanen
34-Siegenthaler, 22-Bowey

Goaltenders
70-Holtby
1-Copley

Injuries
29-Djoos (lower body)
44-Orpik (lower body)

Scratches
23-Jaskin
72-Boyd
78-Lewington

BUFFALO

Forwards

53-Skinner, 9-Eichel, 23-Reinhart
43-Sheary, 17-Sobotka, 71-Rodrigues
28-Girgensons 37-Mittelstadt, 21-Okposo
81-Elie, 22-Larsson, 72-Thompson

Defensemen
26-Dahlin, 4-Bogosian
24-Pilut, 55-Ristolainen
6-Scandella, 19-McCabe

Goaltenders
40-Hutton
35-Ullmark

Injuries
8-Nelson (upper body)
20-Wilson (ankle)
29-Pominville (upper body)
82-Beaulieu (lower body)

Scratches
45-Guhle
48-Hunwick
 
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Damn i'm gonna have to miss this game. Driving up to Buffalo in a couple hours to visit family for Christmas. Hope they play as well as they did last time against the champs but pull out the W.
 

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Oh yeah,another game where we're forced to watch home crew only! I mean Joe Beninati is actually pretty good play-by-play,but at this point i'd rather listen to Dunleavy,he's impressed me so far.
 

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Oh yeah,another game where we're forced to watch home crew only! I mean Joe Beninati is actually pretty good play-by-play,but at this point i'd rather listen to Dunleavy,he's impressed me so far.
It’s on NBCSN; does Joe call those games?
 

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NHL on NBCSN: Capitals, Sabres look to rebound following defeats

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NBCSN’s coverage of the 2018-19 NHL season continues with Friday night’s matchup between the Buffalo Sabres and the Washington Capitals with coverage beginning at 6 p.m. ET. You can watch the game online and on the NBC Sports app by clicking here.

The Sabres and Capitals meet for the second time in less than a week with both teams coming off home defeats. Washington had their five-game winning streak snapped by a 2-1 Pittsburgh Penguins win on Wednesday night and look to head into the Christmas break on a winning note.

Both teams blew leads in their defeats this week with the Capitals watching a 1-0 lead get erased by two Penguins goals. The Sabres lead the Florida Panthers 2-1 after 40 minutes and fell 5-2. Buffalo had been 9-0-2 when leading after two periods this season.

“It just seems like we lost momentum. It’s frustrating,” said Sabres captain Jack Eichel. “We’re at home. We’ve got to find a way to have a better third period than that. … Maybe our puck management wasn’t there. I don’t think the desperation was there; they were definitely desperate. They played hard in their own end, but I don’t think we outworked them.”

The loss was the continuation of some struggles for the Sabres, who are now 3-4-3 since reeling off 10 straight wins earlier this season.
 

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It’s on NBCSN; does Joe call those games?
I'm just assuming that they're gonna broadcast Caps feed which is "NBCSN-WAS",similar as they did with the last Flyers @ Sabres game,where it was "NBCSN",but they just played the Flyers feed.

EDIT: And it's confirmed on NBSCN website -
Joe Beninati (play-by-play) and Craig Laughlin (‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst) will have the call from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Paul Burmeister hosts NHL Live, which begins at 6 p.m. ET, alongside Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter.
 
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I'm just assuming that they're gonna broadcast Caps feed which is "NBCSN-WAS",similar as they did with the last Flyers @ Sabres game,where it was "NBCSN",but they just played the Flyers feed.

EDIT: And it's confirmed on NBSCN website -
Joe Beninati (play-by-play) and Craig Laughlin (‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst) will have the call from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Paul Burmeister hosts NHL Live, which begins at 6 p.m. ET, alongside Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter.

Yuck. As I've stated before, I cannot STAND Beninati and Laughlin. I'll probably go soundless, or try to kind of sync the NHL feed with the behind steaming Sirius/XM Buffalo call. It's not easy.
 
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