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Game Preview: 1/29/19 at Columbus
LAST GAME
Friday, January 18
Buffalo 3 at Vancouver 4
Goals: Rodrigues, Okposo, Reinhart
Goalie: Ullmark (19 saves/23 shots)
PP: 0/2; PK: 1/1; Shots: Buffalo 39 – Vancouver 23
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 173)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Casey Nelson (upper body, Dec. 8; injured reserve) – 19 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
N/A
UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday, Jan. 30: Buffalo at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 1: Chicago at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 5: Minnesota at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 7: Carolina at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 9: Detroit at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME
SABRES at BLUE JACKETS
- This is the second of three meetings between the Sabres and Blue Jackets this season.
- Last meeting: Columbus defeated Buffalo 5-4 (OT) in Columbus on Oct. 27, 2018
- Next meeting: Sunday, March 31 in Buffalo
- The Sabres are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games vs. Blue Jackets; 4-5-1 on the road.
- This is the 31st game all-time between Buffalo and Columbus; Buffalo has an 11-16-3 series record.
- The Sabres are 4-8-2 on the road against the Blue Jackets all-time.
- The Sabres are 7-7-5 all-time on January 29.
- January 29, 1971: Gilbert Perreault scores the first hat trick in franchise history as the Sabres down the Golden Seals 4-2 in California.
- January 29, 1984: Gilbert Perreault records three points (2+1) in his 1,000th NHL game, a 7-3 win in Buffalo against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Perreault was the 52nd player in NHL history to reach this milestone and is joined by Craig Ramsay as the only two players to play at least 1,000 games with the Sabres.
- Evan Rodrigues has scored in each of Buffalo’s last three games, marking the longest scoring streak of his career. He now has points in five of his last six games (3+2), including points in four straight road games.
- Jack Eichel has totaled 11 points (3+8) in 10 career games against the Blue Jackets.
- Kyle Okposo has recorded 10 points (5+5) in his last 10 games against Columbus.
- Jeff Skinner has totaled 19 points (10+9) in 24 career games against the Blue Jackets, including 12 points (5+7) in his last 11.
- A win or overtime loss tonight would give the Sabres points in three straight games against the Blue Jackets for the first time since Dec. 3, 2010 to Oct. 27, 2011 (3-0-0).
- Sam Reinhart has already set career-high totals in assists (33) and multi-point games (13) this season. The Sabres are 18-8-4 this season when he records at least one point and 28-4-6 (.816) in his career when he records at least two.