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Game Preview: 1/3/19 vs. Florida
LAST GAME
Monday, December 31
NY Islanders 3 at Buffalo 1
Goals: Okposo
Goalie: Hutton (30 saves/32 shots); 1 ENG
PP: 1/2; PK: 2/2; Shots: Buffalo 40 – NY Islanders 33
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 158)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Scott Wilson (ankle, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 40 games
Casey Nelson (upper body, Dec. 8; injured reserve) – 11 games
Zemgus Girgensons (upper body, Dec. 29; injured reserve) – 2 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
12/29: Recalled G Scott Wedgewood from Rochester (AHL); Activated F Jason Pominville from IR; Placed F Zemgus Girgensons on IR
12/30: Assigned G Scott Wedgewood to Rochester (AHL)
12/31: Recalled F C.J. Smith from Rochester (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
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.
Saturday, Jan. 12: Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 14: Buffalo at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME
PANTHERS at SABRES
- This is the third of four meetings between the Sabres and Panthers this season.
- Last meeting: Florida defeated Buffalo 5-2 in Buffalo on Dec. 18, 2018
- Next meeting: Thuesday, Feb. 19 in Florida
- The Sabres are 2-6-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Panthers; 3-7-0 at home.
- This is the 99th game all-time between Buffalo and Florida; Buffalo has a 48-41-9 series record.
- The Sabres are 11-5-5 all-time on January 3.
- January 3, 1974: Rick Martin opens the scoring and then scores twice more to earn his fifth career hat trick as the Sabres dispatch the Penguins 6-1.
- January 3, 1993: Alexander Mogilny scores twice (and assists on Brad May’s overtime goal), stretching his goal streak to eight games to tie a franchise record.
- The Sabres are 7-4-3 against the Atlantic Division this season, including a 4-2-2 record at home.
- Buffalo entered play Wednesday ranked fifth in the NHL with a penalty kill percentage of 83.8 percent this season and ranked first during the month of December with a 91.7 percent success rate.
- Jack Eichel’s 18 multi-point games this season tied him for second-most in the league entering play Wednesday and have already matched his single-season high.
- With no wins in their last seven games against Florida, Buffalo needs a win tonight to avoid the team’s first-ever eight-game winless streak against the Panthers.
- Sam Reinhart has 15 points (8+7) in 15 career games against the Panthers, including five multi-point games and points in each of the last five meetings (3+4). His point-per-game rate against Florida ties his output against Nashville (6+1 in 7 GP) for his best against any NHL team.
- Jeff Skinner has recorded eight points (6+2) in his last seven games against Florida.
- Carter Hutton is 2-1-0 in four career appearances against the Panthers with a .933 save percentage and a 2.03 goals-against average.