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Buffalo Sabres 3-4-0, 6 pts | vs. | Toronto Maple Leafs 3-3-1, 7 pts |
Projected Line-ups |
Benson-Kulich-Thompson Doan-McLeod-Tuch Zucker-Ostlund-Quinn Malenstyn-Kozak-Krebs Byram-Dahlin Timmins-Power Samuelsson-Metsa Lyon | McMann-Matthews-Nylander Knies-Tavares-Maccelli Joshua-Roy-Cowan Lorentz-Domi-Jarnkrok McCabe-Carlo Rielly-OEL Benoit-Myers Stolarz |
Scratches |
Mason Geertsen Jacob Bryson Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | | Nick Robertson Sammy Blais Dakota Mermis |
Injuries |
Jason Zucker - Upper Body - Day to day Jacob Bryson - Concussion - Questionable Jordan Greenway - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Michael Kesselring - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Josh Norris - Upper Body - Injured Reserve Justin Danforth - Lower Body - Injured Reserve | | Morgan Rielly - Undisclosed - Day to day Chris Tanev - Upper Body - Injured Reserve Scott Laughton - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Joseph Woll - Personal - Out |
Game Notes |
| BUF -Alex Lyon will likely start for the Sabres -Buffalo currently has 3 goalies on the roster: NHL journeyman Alex Lyon, 25-year old rookie Colten Ellis who just won his first NHL game with a 29 save effort over Detroit, and last years starter Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen who just returned to the team after a quick 1 game AHL conditioning stint as he works his way back from a preseason injury -Things weren't looking good for Buffalo to start the season as they went 0-3 and were outscored 2-10. They've shaken off that rough start by going 3-1 and outscoring their opposition 17-10 in that span |
| TOR -Anthony Stolarz will likely start for the Leafs -After making his frustrations with the top line clear following the loss to New Jersey Berube made some big changes with the lines at practice on Thursday. He made the decision to move Nylander into the 1RW spot, while dropping Knies to the second line to keep some balance in the top-6 -Rielly missed practice on Thursday, with Berube only offering that he was "dealing with something". His status for Friday's game is unclear, but with the Leafs having to play at least a few games without Tanev another loss to the D would be difficult to handle |
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