Game Preview: 10/30/18 vs. Calgary
LAST GAME
Saturday, October 27
Buffalo 4 at Columbus 5 (OT)
Goals: Okposo, Skinner, Pominville, Mittelstadt
Goalie: Ullmark (32 saves/37 shots)
PP: 1/5; PK: 3/3; Shots: Buffalo 38 – Columbus 37
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 46)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Matt Hunwick (neck, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 11 games
Sean Malone (knee, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 11 games
Scott Wilson (ankle, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 11 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
N/A
UPCOMING GAMES
Thursday, Nov. 1: Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 3: Ottawa at Buffalo, 2 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 4: Buffalo at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 8: Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 10: Vancouver at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME
FLAMES at SABRES
This is the first of two meetings between the Sabres and Flames this season.
Last meeting: Calgary defeated Buffalo 5-1 in Buffalo on March 7
Next meeting: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 in Calgary
The Sabres are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Flames; 8-1-1 at home.
This is the 108th game all-time between Buffalo and Calgary/Atlanta; Buffalo has a 52-37-18 series record.
The Sabres are 33-14-6 at home against the Flames all-time.
Projected Lineup*
53 Jeff Skinner - 9 Jack Eichel - 29 Jason Pominville
43 Conor Sheary - 37 Casey Mittelstadt - 23 Sam Reinhart
72 Tage Thompson - 17 Vladimir Sobotka - 21 Kyle Okposo
10 Patrik Berglund - 22 Johan Larsson - 28 Zemgus Girgensons
26 Rasmus Dahlin - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
6 Marco Scandella - 4 Zach Bogosian
82 Nathan Beaulieu - 8 Casey Nelson
40 Carter Hutton
35 Linus Ullmark
*Dependent on the status of Jake McCabe, who will be a game-time decision.
FORWARDS
Johnny Gaudreau - Sean Monahan - Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk - Mikael Backlund - Michael Frolik
Sam Bennett - Mark Jankowski - James Neal
Dillon Dube - Derek Ryan - Garnet Hathaway
DEFENCE
Mark Giordano - TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin - Travis Hamonic
Juuso Valimaki - Rasmus Andersson
GOALTENDER
David Rittich