Entering Tuesday’s game against the Dallas Stars, the Buffalo Sabres have earned points in five of six games in the month of November. This month has included four wins for the Buffalo Sabres, plus an overtime loss – suffered Saturday to the San Jose Sharks. Their lone loss this month came at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Tonight, the Buffalo Sabres face a Dallas Stars team that they’ll actually see twice this week. After Tuesday’s meeting at First Niagara Center in Buffalo, the teams will reconvene for another meeting on Saturday.
Highlights heading into tonight’s game include the return of Zach Bogosian to the Buffalo Sabres lineup – or more accurately, his introduction to the lineup, since he has yet to play this season. Bogosian will be a huge contributor to the Sabres’ defensive lineup and will play on the second pairing with Jake McCabe. Mark Pysyk and Cody Franson will make up the third pairing, leaving Carlo Colaiacovo as the healthy scratch.
Evander Kane also practiced with the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday morning, but he won’t get into the lineup just yet – though it sounds like that could come as soon as the upcoming road trip.
Linus Ullmark will be in goal for the Buffalo Sabres tonight as they face former head coach Lindy Ruff and his Stars team, a squad that he said he feels compares to the ’06-’07 Sabres.
Here’s the updated standings heading into tonight’s game:
And here are tonight’s fan chatter picks!
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- How many hits will Zach Bogosian have in his season debut? Considering it’s his first game – but he’s seemed roaring and eager to play for some time – it’ll be interesting to see how Bogo jumps into the lineup. He’ll be on the second defensive pairing so he’ll have to step right in. 10 points for a correct answer.
- How many points will Jack Eichel get in tonight’s game? Five points.
- How many shots will the Buffalo Sabres put up against the Dallas Stars? We’ll give you that many points if you’re right.
- Rasmus Ristolainen is on quite the point streak lately. Will he keep it going tonight – and how many points will he get? Tell us the right answer and we’ll give you 15 points.
- Going back to Bogo’s debut — what will his ice time be? Get it right within 10 seconds, 100 points. Right within 45 seconds, 35 points.
- Final question for this evening’s Fan Chatter: what will the score be, and who wins? Fifteen points for each correct answer; 50 points if you get both the score & winning team correct.
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So there you have it! Make your picks ahead of tonight’s game, then sit back and relax. After tonight, the Buffalo Sabres hit the road for a pair of 8 p.m. games against the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars.