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Buffalo has a beast on its hands in Rasmus Ristolainen: http://bit.ly/1Pdl4hb

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With Buffalo leading Anaheim 2-0 last night, Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen collected a loose puck and swooped in from the right wall towards the Ducks net. He made a move in front and Jamie McGinn ended up with the back-breaking 3-0 goal. I couldn’t help but feel like I had seen a very similar play before and I think most of Finland might be with me on this one.

Slightly more than two years ago, Ristolainen scored the golden goal for Finland at the world juniors in Malmo. Facing a great Swedish team on Swedish soil, Ristolainen had swooped in from the right wall, put a fiendish move on defenseman Robert Hagg and in this case, buried the overtime winner himself for a 3-2 gold-medal shocker.

Based on what Ristolainen has been doing this year for the Sabres, I suppose his heroics in Malmo were more of a preview than anything.

 

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@TheHockeyNews

Buffalo has a beast on its hands in Rasmus Ristolainen: http://bit.ly/1Pdl4hb

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But if the end sum of this season is Ristolainen adjusting to a huge work load while Eichel and Reinhart continue to mature, that’s gotta be seen as a win. And hey; the Sabres can still win the draft lottery even if they don’t have the top odds.

 

How does it work this year? I know the top 4 spots are up for grabs.

 

Schopp had this article the other day about it, tanking, etc.:

 

http://www.wgr550.com/Leaf-peeping-enviously/22282095

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"Solid, compact, controlled." 1f3a5.png Coach Bylsma on why Chad Johnson has been so good lately: http://bufsabres.co/xhv89m

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Evander Kane hosting 50 @BGCBuffalo kids to dinner & shopping. "Something I wanted to do." 1f3a5.pnghttp://bufsabres.co/Wfmm9M

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Ennis hopes to provide a "spark" when he returns to the lineup. 1f3a5.png More of his comments: http://bufsabres.co/sqXEbS

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Jack Eichel and Evander Kane are building chemistry. 1f3a5.png Today's #Sabres in :90 - http://bufsabres.co/FtJMyS

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BLACKHAWKS (18-11-4) at SABRES (14-16-3)

SAT DEC 19, 2015 @ 1:00 PM ET

TV: MSG-B/SN

NHL.com Game Preview: Sabres get Ennis back against Blackhawks

Sabres Digital Press Box Game Preview

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 156)

Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Cody McCormick (blood clot, Oct. 8; injured reserve) – 33 games
Robin Lehner (high ankle sprain, Oct. 10; injured reserve) – 32 games
Mark Pysyk (bone bruise, Nov. 19; injured reserve) – 15 games
Tyler Ennis (upper body, Nov. 25; injured reserve) – 15 games
Marcus Foligno (upper body, Dec. 15) – 2 games

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
12/18: Assigned forward Cal O’Reilly to the Rochester Americans (AHL).

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Dec. 26: Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 28: Washington at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 30: Buffalo at Washington, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 31: NY Islanders at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 2: Detroit at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

TODAY’S GAME

BLACKHAWKS at SABRES
This is the first of two meetings between the Sabres and Blackhawks this season.
Last meeting: Chicago defeated Buffalo, 4-3, in Buffalo on April 3
Next meeting: Friday, Jan. 8 in Chicago
The Sabres are 2-8-0 in their last 10 games vs. the Blackhawks; 5-4-1 at home
This is the 116th game all-time between Buffalo and Chicago; Buffalo has a 53-49-13 series record.
The Sabres are 34-17-7 at home against the Blackhawks all-time.

 

@MarkLazerus

Patrick Kane has changed the narrative. It's up to each fan if he/she buys in. My column: http://bit.ly/1NtQY6G

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@JoeYerdon

Tyler Ennis is back for the #Sabres and Phillip Danault gets his shot with the #Blackhawks #CHIvsBUF http://www.nhl.com/ice/blogpost.htm?id=43848

Here are the projected lineups:

 

BLACKHAWKS

Teuvo Teravainen - Jonathan Toews - Marian Hossa

Artemi Panarin - Artem Anisimov - Patrick Kane

Bryan Bickell - Dennis Rasmussen - Andrew Shaw

Andrew Desjardins - Phillip Danault - Ryan Garbutt

 

Duncan Keith - Trevor van Riemsdyk

Niklas Hjalmarsson - Brent Seabrook

Rob Scuderi - Michal Rozsival

 

Corey Crawford

Scott Darling

 

Injured: Marcus Kruger (dislocated wrist)

 

Scratched: Brandon Mashinter, David Rundblad

 

SABRES

Jamie McGinn - Ryan O'Reilly - Sam Reinhart

Evander Kane - Jack Eichel - Tyler Ennis

Zemgus Girgensons - Johan Larsson - Brian Gionta

Matt Moulson - David Legwand - Nicolas Deslauriers

 

Josh Gorges - Rasmus Ristolainen

Jake McCabe - Zach Bogosian

Mike Weber - Cody Franson

 

Chad Johnson

Linus Ullmark

 

Injured: Marcus Foligno (upper body), Mark Pysyk (lower body), Robin Lehner (ankle), Cody McCormick (blood clot)

 

Scratched: Carlo Colaiacovo

 

Status report: With the afternoon start, neither the Blackhawks nor the Sabres skated in the morning. Lineups will be game-time decisions.

 

Who's Hot: Patrick Kane has points in 27 of the past 28 games. … Ryan O'Reilly has 11 points in the past 10 games. … Ristolainen has six points in the past five games.

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