Dreakon13
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Game Preview: 12/29/18 vs. Boston
LAST GAME
Thursday, December 27
Buffalo 1 at St. Louis 4
Goals: Eichel
Goalie: Hutton (28 saves/32 shots)
PP: 1/2; PK: 1/1; Shots: St. Louis 32 – Buffalo 31
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 151)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Scott Wilson (ankle, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 38 games
Casey Nelson (upper body, Dec. 8; injured reserve) – 9 games
Nathan Beaulieu (upper body, Dec. 16) – 5 games
Jason Pominville (undisclosed, Dec. 21; injured reserve) – 3 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
N/A
UPCOMING GAMES
Monday, Dec. 31: NY Islanders at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 3: Florida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 5: Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 8: New Jersey at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 11: Buffalo at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME
BRUINS at SABRES
- This is the third of four meetings between the Sabres and Bruins this season.
- Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Boston 4-2 in Boston on Dec. 16
- Next meeting: Saturday, Jan. 5 in Boston
- The Sabres are 4-6-0 in their last 10 games vs. the Bruins; 2-6-2 at home.
- This is the 292nd game all-time between Buffalo and Boston; Buffalo has a 125-122-44 series record.
- The Sabres are 74-50-23 at home against the Bruins all-time.
- The Sabres are 8-11-4 all-time on December 29.
- December 29, 1983: Real Cloutier scores three times in a span of 5:21 in the second period to kick-start the Sabres’ offense in an 8-5 win vs. Quebec.
- December 29, 2017: Jake McCabe records an assist in his 200th NHL game, a 4-3 overtime win at New Jersey.
- The Sabres are 7-4-2 against the Atlantic Division this season, including a 4-2-1 record at home.
- Rasmus Ristolainen enters tonight’s game on a season-best, four-game point streak (1+3) and is looking to stretch the streak to five games for the first time since January 2018.
- Linus Ullmark stopped 35 of 37 shots (.946) to post a win in his only previous meeting with Boston when these teams met on Dec. 16.
- Rasmus Dahlin has two assists in two meetings with the Bruins this season.
- Jack Eichel has totaled 11 points (5+6) in 12 career games against Boston, including two of his five career games with four or more points.
- Sam Reinhart has posted six assists in six games against the Bruins since the beginning of last season.
Detail Source: SabresDigitalPressBox.com
Image Source: BostonHerald.com