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Game Preview: 1/8/19 vs. New Jersey
LAST GAME
Saturday, January 5
Buffalo 1 at Boston 2
Goals: Ristolainen
Goalie: Ullmark (39 saves/41 shots)
PP: 0/1; PK: 2/2; Shots: Boston 41 – Buffalo 32
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 166)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Scott Wilson (ankle, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 42 games
Casey Nelson (upper body, Dec. 8; injured reserve) – 13 games
Zemgus Girgensons (upper body, Dec. 29; injured reserve) – 4 games
Jack Eichel (upper body, Jan. 3) – 2 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
N/A
UPCOMING GAMES
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.
Wednesday, Jan. 16: Buffalo at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 18: Buffalo at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME
DEVILS at SABRES
- This is the first of three meetings between the Sabres and Devils this season.
- Last meeting: New Jersey defeated Buffalo 3-1 in Buffalo on Jan. 30, 2018
- Next meeting: Sunday, Feb. 17 in New Jersey
- The Sabres are 2-7-1 in their last 10 games vs. the Devils; 4-5-1 at home.
- This is the 155th game all-time between Buffalo and New Jersey; Buffalo has a 75-53-26 series record.
- The Sabres are 40-27-11 at home against the Devils all-time.
- The Sabres are 11-3-4 all-time on January 8.
- January 8, 1988: Tom Barrasso stops 29 of 30 Hartford shots and Pierre Turgeon scores the game-winning goal as the Sabres top the Whalers 3-1 at the Aud.
- January 8, 2000: Miroslav Satan scores on each of his three shots to earn his third hat trick as a member of the Sabres in a 7-4 win at Ottawa.
- The Sabres are seeking their first win at home against the Devils since April 1, 2014. The Devils have won six straight road games against the Sabres after snapping a four-game losing streak in Buffalo.
- Jeff Skinner has recorded five points (3+2) in his last five meetings with New Jersey.
- Jake McCabe enters tonight’s game with a point in each of his last two games against the Devils (1+1).
- Rasmus Ristolainen posted three points (1+2) in three games against New Jersey last season.
- Conor Sheary has recorded a point in five of his last six games against the Devils (2+3).
- Sam Reinhart has already set career-high totals in assists (31) and multi-point games (13) this season. The Sabres are 17-5-4 this season when Reinhart records at least one point and 28-4-6 (.816) in his career when he records at least two.