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Chicago Blackhawks will travel to the Tampa Bay Lightning Wednesday night, 6-3-2015, at 8pm EST. Tampa holds home-ice advantage for the series, which may prove a curse in disguise for the young squad that has struggled at home. The teams played twice in the regular season, splitting the games 1-1. -Chicago won the first meeting 3-2 in a shootout in Chicago -Tampa won the second meeting 4-0 in Tampa Should be a helluva series, tons of offense and scoring chances by two really fun teams. I'll take Chicago in 7.

GAME DISCUSSION THREAD GAME #64: CHI (37-13-14) at BUF (19-36-8) – SUN MAR 9 – 7:30 PM EDT – NBCSN, TSN2 – WGR-550 BUFFALO SABRES Projected Lineup (pending warmups) 88 Cory Conacher – 63 Tyler Ennis – 21 Drew Stafford ("A") 82 Marcus Foligno – 19 Cody Hodgson – 27 Matt D’Agostini 65 Brian Flynn – 23 Ville Leino – 44 Nicolas Deslauriers 32 John Scott – 24 Zenon Konopka – 37 Matt Ellis X: 28 Zemgus Girgensons (LBI), 80 Chris Stewart (LBI), 17 Torrey Mitchell (LBI) 10 Christian Ehrhoff ("A") – 5 Chad Ruhwedel 6 Mike Weber – 57 Tyler Myers 20 Henrik Tallinder ("A") – 4 Jamie McBain X: 52 Alexander Sulzer (LBI) 1 Jhonas Enroth 34 Michal Neuvirth Lineup News & Notes F Zemgus Girgensons (LBI), F Chris Stewart (LBI), F 17 Torrey Mitchell (LBI), and F Cory Conacher (visa issues) were scratches in Friday's 2-0 loss at Florida. Weekly Transactions 03/05: Claimed F Cory Conacher off waivers from Ottawa. 03/05: Acquired F Nicolas Deslauriers & F Hudson Fasching from LAK for D McNabb, F Parker, & two #2 picks ('14 & '15). 03/05: Acquired G Michal Neuvirth & D Rostislav Klesla from WAS for G Jaroslav Halak & a #3 pick in '15. 03/05: Acquired F Torrey Mitchell & two #2 picks ('14 & '16) from MIN for F Matt Moulson & F Cody McCormick. 03/07: Recalled (emergency basis) F Luke Adam and F Nicolas Deslauriers from Rochester (AHL). 03/08: Reassigned F Luke Adam to Rochester (AHL); Recalled D Chad Ruhwedel (emergency basis) from Rochester (AHL). According to the Stats In the last 10 games, Buffalo has gone 4-6-0. Tyler Myers has six points (three goals) in his past five games. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Projected Lineup (pending warmups) 20 Brandon Saad – 19 Jonathan Toews ("C") – 65 Andrew Shaw 10 Patrick Sharp ("A") – 26 Michal Handzus – 88 Patrick Kane 29 Bryan Bickell – 12 Peter Regin – 23 Kris Versteeg 52 Brandon Bollig – 16 Marcus Kruger – 28 Ben Smith 2 Duncan Keith ("A") – 7 Brent Seabrook 27 Johnny Oduya – 4 Niklas Hjalmarsson 8 Nick Leddy – 5 David Rundblad X: 32 Michal Rozsival (healthy), 17 Sheldon Brookbank (healthy) 50 Corey Crawford 31 Antti Raanta Lineup News & Notes Chicago scratched F Marian Hossa, D David Rundblad, and D Michal Rozsival in Thursday's 6-1 win vs Columbus. G Nikolai Nikolai Khabibulin (shoulder) and F Marian Hossa (UBI) are on IR. Weekly Transactions 03/02: Acquired a #3 pick in '14 and a #5 pick in '16 from Florida for F Brandon Pirri. 03/03: Agreed to terms with F Brandon Bollig on a three-year contract extension. 03/04: Acquired D David Rundblad and D Mathieu Brisebois from Phoenix for a #2 pick in '14. According to the Stats In the Last 10 games, Chicago has gone 5-3-2. Jonathan Toews has 5G/1A in his past three games. Patrick Sharp has 1G/3A in his past three games. PREGAME LINKS 03/08 – GAME RECAP: SABRES FELLED BY PANTHERS SPECIAL TEAMS (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com) 03/06 – GAME RECAP: Toews, Shaw lead Blackhawks past Blue Jackets (NHL.com) 03/08 – Blackhawks Buzz: March 9, 2014 at Buffalo Sabres (Brad Boron – chicagoblackhawks.com) 03/08 – Hossa improving, Crawford to start vs. Sabres (Tracey Myers – CSNChicago.com) 03/08 – Revamped Sabres host Blackhawks (Mike Battaglino – NHL.com) 03/08 – News: Klesla won't join Sabres after trade (NHL.com) 03/08 – SABRES RECALL RUHWEDEL (Ian Ott – Sabres PR) 03/08 – Game Preview: 3/9/14 vs. Chicago Blackhawks (Ian Ott – Sabres PR) 03/08 – Sabres vs Blackhawks Game Notes PDF (Ian Ott – Sabres PR) 03/09 – Press Clips: 3/9/14 vs. Chicago Blackhawks (Ian Ott – Sabres PR) 03/09 – Ted Nolan speaks with the media following Sunday's morning skate at First Niagara Center. <4:34> 03/09 – THE MORNING SKATE: CONACHER READY FOR FIRST GAME AS A SABRE (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com) 03/09 – Cory Conacher OK’d number with Patrick Kane; Kaleta skating again (Bill Hoppe – Olean Times Herald) 03/09 – Joel Quenneville looks ahead to Sunday night's game in Buffalo. <5:36> 03/09 – Brian Duff and Dan Dunleavy preview Sunday night's game against the Blackhawks at First Niagara Center. <3:53> 03/09 – Chad Ruhwedel speaks with the media following Sunday's morning skate at First Niagara Center. <1:19> 03/09 – Nicolas Deslauriers speaks with the media following Sunday's morning skate at First Niagara Center. <1:39> 03/09 – Cory Conacher speaks with the media following Sunday's morning skate at First Niagara Center. <6:59> 03/09 – Teppo Numminen speaks with Dan Dunleavy prior to Sunday night's game against the Blackhawks at First Niagara Center. <1:13> POSTGAME LINKS 03/09 – NHL POST-GAME NEWSLETTER: Chicago Blackhawks @ Buffalo Sabres (NHL.com) 03/09 – Post-Game Report: 3/9 vs. CHI (Ian Ott – Sabres PR) 03/09 – GAME RECAP: SABRES HANG WITH BLACKHAWKS BUT FALL SHORT (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com) 03/09 – Brian Duff and Dan Dunleavy recap the Sabres 2-1 loss to the Blackhawks. <7:16> 03/09 – Ted Nolan speaks with the media following the Sabres 2-1 loss to the Blackhawks. <4:14> 03/09 – Jhonas Enroth speaks with Brian Duff following the Sabres 2-1 loss to the Blackhawks. <1:54> 03/09 – Drew Stafford speaks with the media following the Sabres 2-1 loss to the Blackhawks. <2:22> 03/09 – Tyler Ennis speaks with the media following the Sabres 2-1 loss to the Blackhawks. <2:00> 03/09 – Christian Ehrhoff speaks with Brian Duff following the Sabres 2-1 loss to the Blackhawks. <1:39> 03/09 – Cory Conacher speaks with Brian Duff following the Sabres 2-1 loss to the Blackhawks. <1:44>

It worked once, let's try it again:

Having beaten the Rangers, the Sabres are a good team again, right? Right? Well whatever. The past is passed and it's time for the Sabres to prove themselves all over again. Let's hope they can get rolling. I'm not going to bother with the DaileyFaceOff pretty picture because, well, they're not keeping up very well. I'm gonna go with the lines in practice Wednesday with the hope that ROR will be ready to go against the Blackhawks: Sabres Lines: 82 Marcus Foligno - 15 Jack Eichel - 21 Kyle Okposo 9 Evander Kane - 23 Sam Reinhart - 56 Justin Bailey 27 Derek Grant - 90 Ryan O'Reilly - 12 Brian Gionta 44 Nicolas Deslauriers - 28 Zemgus Girgensons - 26 Matt Moulson 4 Josh Gorges - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 47 Zach Bogosian - 6 Cody Franson 41 Justin Falk - 38 Taylor Fedun Nilsson in goal. Blackhawks Lines: 72 Artemi Panarin - 15 Artem Anisimov - 88 Patrick Kane 24 Spencer Abbott - 19 Johnathan Toews - 81 Marian Hossa 38 Ryan Hartman - 67 Tanner Kero - 14 Richard Panik 11 Andrew Desjardins - 70 Dennis Rasmussen - 48 Vince Hinostroza 2 Duncan Keith - 4 Niklas Hjalmarsson 41 Brian Campbell - 7 Brent Seabrook 6 Machal Kempny - Trevor van Riemsdyk 50 Corey Crawford Go Sabres!