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CANUCKS at SABRES
Sabres host Canucks in battle of expansion siblings
Projected Lineups
Buffalo Sabres
Forwards
Jimmy Vesey - Jack Eichel - Sam Reinhart
Michael Frolik - Marcus Johansson - Conor Sheary
Rasmus Asplund - Johan Larsson - Kyle Okposo
Evan Rodrigues - Curtis Lazar - Scott Wilson
Defense
Jake McCabe - Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin - Brandon Montour
Lawrence Pilut - Henri Jokiharju
Starting Goaltender: Carter Hutton (expected)
Scratched: Zach Bogosian, Colin Miller
Injured: Victor Olofsson (lower body), Jeff Skinner (upper body), Tage Thompson (upper body), Vladimir Sobotka (lower body)
Status report
Girgensons did not practice Friday but Sabres coach Ralph Krueger said he is expected to play. … McCabe could return after missing the game Thursday with an upper-body injury
Vancouver Canucks
Forwards
Tanner Pearson - Bo Horvat - Loui Eriksson
J.T. Miller - Elias Pettersson - Brock Boeser
Antoine Roussel - Adam Gaudette - Jake Virtanen
Tim Schaller - Jay Beagle - Tyler Motte
Defense
Alexander Edler - Tyler Myers
Quinn Hughes - Chris Tanev
Jordie Benn - Troy Stecher
Starting Goalie: Jacob Markstrom (projected)
Scratched: Oscar Fantenberg
Injured: Josh Leivo (kneecap), Brandon Sutter (upper body), Micheal Ferland (upper body), Tyler Graovac (lower body)
Canucks at Sabres preview
CANUCKS at SABRES
- This is the second of two meetings between the Sabres and Canucks this season.
- Last meeting: Vancouver defeated Buffalo 6-5 (OT) in Vancouver on Dec. 7, 2019
- The Sabres are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games vs. the Canucks; 6-4-0 at home.
- This is the 124th game all-time between Buffalo and Vancouver; Buffalo has a 50-53-20 series record.
- The Sabres are 32-21-8 at home against the Canucks all-time.
Sabres’ Jimmy Vesey looking to seize opportunity beside Jack Eichel
In Thursday’s 5-1 road loss to the St. Louis Blues, Sabres coach Ralph Krueger moved rookie Rasmus Asplund off the No. 1 trio and inserted Vesey in Olofsson’s usual spot at left wing.Krueger said “there’s a good chance” Vesey will play there again this afternoon against the Vancouver Canucks at KeyBank Center.
“An opportunity to step up,” Vesey said of his new assignment. “We’ve been looking for scoring and it can’t keep coming from the same guys. I think as a group collectively we’ve got to start pitching in up and down. I think when we do get secondary scoring, I think it just makes us that much more difficult to play against, because we know Jack and Sam and our power play are going to get looks.
Sabres host Canucks in battle of expansion siblings
Projected Lineups
Buffalo Sabres
Forwards
Jimmy Vesey - Jack Eichel - Sam Reinhart
Michael Frolik - Marcus Johansson - Conor Sheary
Rasmus Asplund - Johan Larsson - Kyle Okposo
Evan Rodrigues - Curtis Lazar - Scott Wilson
Defense
Jake McCabe - Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin - Brandon Montour
Lawrence Pilut - Henri Jokiharju
Starting Goaltender: Carter Hutton (expected)
Scratched: Zach Bogosian, Colin Miller
Injured: Victor Olofsson (lower body), Jeff Skinner (upper body), Tage Thompson (upper body), Vladimir Sobotka (lower body)
Status report
Girgensons did not practice Friday but Sabres coach Ralph Krueger said he is expected to play. … McCabe could return after missing the game Thursday with an upper-body injury
Vancouver Canucks
Forwards
Tanner Pearson - Bo Horvat - Loui Eriksson
J.T. Miller - Elias Pettersson - Brock Boeser
Antoine Roussel - Adam Gaudette - Jake Virtanen
Tim Schaller - Jay Beagle - Tyler Motte
Defense
Alexander Edler - Tyler Myers
Quinn Hughes - Chris Tanev
Jordie Benn - Troy Stecher
Starting Goalie: Jacob Markstrom (projected)
Scratched: Oscar Fantenberg
Injured: Josh Leivo (kneecap), Brandon Sutter (upper body), Micheal Ferland (upper body), Tyler Graovac (lower body)
Canucks at Sabres preview
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