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Game Preview: 2/7/19 vs. Carolina
LAST GAME
Tuesday, February 5
Minnesota 4 at Buffalo 5 (SO)
Goals: Rodrigues, Smith, Dahlin, Reinhart; GDG-Reinhart
Goalie: Ullmark (41 saves/45 shots)
PP: 2/2; PK: 3/3; Shots: Minnesota 45 – Buffalo 39
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 179)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Casey Nelson (upper body, Dec. 8; injured reserve) – 23 games
Johan Larsson (upper body, Feb. 1) – 2 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
2/2: Placed F Remi Elie on waivers
2/3: Assigned F Remi Elie to Rochester (AHL)
2/4: Recalled F C.J. Smith from Rochester (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Feb. 9: Detroit at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 10: Winnipeg at Buffalo, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 12: NY Islanders at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 15: NY Rangers at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 17: Buffalo at New Jersey, 6 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME
HURRICANES at SABRES
- This is the second of three meetings between the Sabres and Hurricanes this season.
- Next meeting: Saturday, March 16 at Carolina
- Last meeting: Carolina defeated Buffalo 4-3 at Carolina on Jan. 11
- The Sabres are 3-5-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Hurricanes; 5-4-1 at home.
- This is the 203rd game all-time between Buffalo and Carolina; Buffalo has a 102-74-26 series record.
- The Sabres are 58-33-9 at home against the Hurricanes all-time.
- The Sabres are 12-7-1 all-time on February 7.
- February 7, 1980: Danny Gare scores his eighth career hat trick and Don Edwards stops 25 shots to earn his 11th career shutout in a 9-0 win vs. Pittsburgh.
- February 7, 1995: Donald Audette plays in his 200th NHL game, a 2-1 win vs. Washington.
- February 7, 2013: Tyler Ennis records his 100th NHL point (assist) in a 5-4 shootout win vs. Montreal.
- Tonight’s matchup is the third game of a seven-game homestand that ties the stretch from Jan. 20 to Feb. 2, 1997 as the longest in franchise history.
- Zach Bogosian is expected to appear in his 600th NHL game tonight.
- C.J. Smith has scored in each of his last two NHL games, marking the first and second goals of his career.
- The Sabres are seeking their first win against the Hurricanes since March 22, 2016.
- Jack Eichel has totaled nine points (6+3) in 10 career games against the Hurricanes, including six (3+3) in his last three.