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EVERYONE CALM DOWN. NO TANKING IN THE GDT. Good, great, grande, wonderful! Now that we have that out of the way with, we can begin. The Buffalo Sabres, riding a 5 game losing streak and sitting at 29th, 1 point ahead of the BJ's and 3 behind the Oilers, are looking to make a playoff push and who else to make a statement against the the NHL's golden boys, the Chicago Blackhawks. The Sabres are coming off a 5-1 loss against Florida on Tuesday night, one that highlighted our teams complete lack of defensive awareness and the struggles of the Latvian Locomotive. But, we did see an amazing no-look pass from Eichel to Reinhart, and the crowd didn't cheer for losses, so we're getting somewhere. The Blackhawks, like the Kings, Red Wings, Panthers, etc., are coming off of their best hockey this season (yay for us). Chicago has, ironically, won 5 straight, and will look to keep the domination of Panarin - Anisimov - Kane rolling high; Panarin leads all rookies in goals, assists, +/-, and points, and Kane is on his way to an MVP season. The Blackhawks are coming off a home-and-home sweep of the Pens, one that saw the Hawks outshoot the Pens 36 - 18, and Panarin scoring 2 goals. The Hawks and Sabres have met once already this season, in a highly controversial game in which Buffalo was flagged for 2 penalties on the same play, allowing Chicago to tie the game in the last minute and ultimately win in a SO. Game Preview STATS: Chicago @ Buffalo, 3-2 SO loss All Team Rankings Team Comparison Chart Thursday Practice Report THURSDAY'S PRACTICE Forwards: 9 Evander Kane – 90 Ryan O'Reilly – 23 Sam Reinhart 28 Zemgus Girgensons – 15 Jack Eichel – 88 Jamie McGinn 82 Marcus Foligno – 22 Johan Larson – 12 Brian Gionta 26 Matt Moulson – 59 Tim Schaller – 17 David Legwand Pylons: 4 Josh Gorges – 46 Cody Franson 29 Jake McCabe –47 Zach Bogosian/55 Rasmus Ristolainen 25 Carlo Colaiacovo – 6 Mike Weber Goalies: 31 Chad Johnson 35 Linus Ullmark BTW, you guys like this image, or the actual players?