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GAME DISCUSSION THREAD GAME #78: BUF (21-47-9) at PHI (39-29-9) – SUN APR 6 – 7:30 PM EDT – NBCSN, TSN2 – WGR-550 BUFFALO SABRES Final Lineup 88 Cory Conacher – 63 Tyler Ennis ("A") – 23 Ville Leino 19 Cody Hodgson ("A") – 28 Zemgus Girgensons – 27 Matt D’Agostini 72 Luke Adam – 22 Johan Larsson – 44 Nicolas Deslauriers 32 John Scott – 37 Matt Ellis – 65 Brian Flynn X: 17 Torrey Mitchell (undisclosed), 21 Drew Stafford (undisclosed), 24 Zenon Konopka (back), 80 Chris Stewart (ankle), 82 Marcus Foligno (LBI) 10 Christian Ehrhoff ("A") – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 6 Mike Weber – 4 Jamie McBain 29 Jake McCabe – 5 Chad Ruhwedel X: 20 Henrik Tallinder (undisclosed), 52 Alexander Sulzer (LBI), 57 Tyler Myers (LBI) 50 Nathan Lieuwen 31 Matt Hackett X: 1 Jhonas Enroth (LBI), 34 Michal Neuvirth (LBI) Lineup News & Notes G Jhonas Enroth (LBI), F Torrey Mitchell (undisclosed), D Henrik Tallinder (undisclosed), F Drew Stafford (undisclosed), F Zenon Konopka (back), G Michal Neuvirth (LBI), D Alex Sulzer (LBI), D Tyler Myers (LBI), and F Chris Stewart (ankle) were scratches in Friday's 3-2 loss at Detroit. Weekly Transactions 04/01: Signed C Justin Kea to a three year ELC. 04/02: Signed D Jake McCabe to a three year ELC. 04/04: Recalled F Luke Adam (emergency basis) from Rochester (AHL). According to the Stats In the last 10 games, the Sabres have gone 2-7-1. Tyler Ennis has two goals and an assist over his past three games. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS Final Lineup 19 Scott Hartnell ("A") – 28 Claude Giroux ("C") – 93 Jaukb Voracek 10 Brayden Schenn – 12 Michael Raffl – 17 Wayne Simmonds 24 Matt Read – 14 Sean Couturier – 36 Zac Rinaldo 37 Jay Rosehill – 18 Adam Hall – 40 Vincent Lecavalier X: 9 Steve Downie (UBI), 15 Tye McGinn (healthy) 44 Kimmo Timonen ("A") – 5 Braydon Coburn 32 Mark Streit – 8 Nicklas Grossmann 22 Luke Schenn – 47 Andrew MacDonald X: 26 Erik Gustafsson (healthy), 75 Hal Gill (healthy) 35 Steve Mason 29 Ray Emery Lineup News & Notes Philadelphia scratched F Steve Downie, F Tye McGinn, D Erik Gustafsson, and D Hal Gill in Saturday's 5-2 loss at Boston. Weekly Transactions None According to the Stats In the Last 10 games, Philadelphia has gone 4-4-2. Vinny Lecavalier has a goal for the Flyers in each game against Buffalo this season. PREGAME LINKS 04/05 – GAME RECAP: SABRES UNABLE TO COMPLETE RALLY IN DETROIT (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com) 04/05 – GAME RECAP: Bruins clinch top seed in Eastern Conference (Matt Kalman – NHL.com) 04/05 – GAME PREVIEW: Flyers go for season sweep of Sabres (Davis Harper – NHL.com) 04/05 – Game Preview: 4/6/14 at Philadelphia Flyers (Ian Ott – Sabres PR) 04/06 – FIVE THINGS: Flyers vs. Buffalo Sabres (philadelphiaflyers.com) 04/06 – Four close to return but Enroth & Neuvirth likely done for year (Mike Harrington – buffalonews.com) 04/06 – Ted Nolan speaks with the media following Sunday's morning skate at Wells Fargo Center. <5:22> 04/06 – Hear from Couturier, Voracek, and Chief about tonight's game against the Buffalo Sabres. <2:02> 04/06 – THE MORNING SKATE: FOLIGNO SKATES BUT WILL NOT PLAY AGAINST FLYERS (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com) 04/06 – Brian Duff previews Sunday night's game against the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center. <2:42> 04/06 – Cory Conacher speaks with Brian Duff following Sunday's morning skate at Wells Fargo Center. <2:07> 04/06 – Tyler Ennis speaks with Brian Duff following Sunday's morning skate at Wells Fargo Center. <1:30> 04/06 – Luke Adam speaks with Brian Duff following Sunday's morning skate at Wells Fargo Center. <1:47> 04/06 – Sabres at Flyers Game Notes PDF (philadelphiaflyers.com) 04/06 – Joe Sacco speaks with Brian Duff prior to Sunday night's game against the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center. <1:48> POSTGAME LINKS 04/06 – NHL POST-GAME NEWSLETTER: Buffalo Sabres @ Philadelphia Flyers (NHL.com) 04/07 – GAME RECAP: Schenn's two goals help Flyers beat Sabres (Adam Kimelman – NHL.com) 04/06 – Brian Duff recaps the Sabres 5-2 loss to the Flyers. <3:29> 04/06 – Ted Nolan speaks with the media following the Sabres 5-2 loss to the Flyers. <2:34> 04/06 – Jake McCabe speaks with the media following the Sabres 5-2 loss to the Flyers. <1:45> 04/06 – Cody Hodgson speaks with the media following the Sabres 5-2 loss to the Flyers. <0:54> 04/06 – Mike Weber speaks with the media following the 5-2 loss to the Flyers. <3:05> 04/07 – Sabres’ Chad Ruhwedel out with concussion after elbow to head (Bill Hoppe – Olean Times Herald)

The moment we've all been waiting for. Look for the game on NBC. I'm predicting a Sabres win of 3-0 with a goal each from the 1st, 2nd & 3rd lines.

I hate these guys. And the Flyers are awful lately. So awful we could beat them and look good doing it. We haven't played them since the first game of the season, a 5-2 win in favor of the good guys. Just win. :pirate:

I have one seat for sale on the Blue Line facing the net where the Sabres shoot twice. PM me for additional info. Thanks, Chuck

Laviolette's job on the line. Probably Rolston too. Sabres pretty much out of it but this game could give hope (not much). Coming up as both MSG and NBCSN game.

Off to Broad Street for the Sabres tonight. They have 6 points in there last 4 games and Philly has bounced back from their losing streak as well. I will miss this one as I will be seeing Star Wars and getting my inner and outer nerd on tonight

Um.... Here's what you need to know. With a win tonight, the Sabres will have won the season series between the teams for the second consecutive year. A win would also give the Sabres wins in three consecutive home games against the Flyers for the first time since Oct. 17, 2006 to Dec. 21, 2007. Eichel enters tonight's game on a career-best 10-game point streak (3+10). It's the longest active streak in the NHL and the longest by a Sabre since Tim Connolly tallied points in 16 straight from Dec. 23, 2009 to Jan. 25, 2010. In the time since his Nov. 29 return from an injury that sidelined him for 21 games, Eichel is tied for 10th among all NHL skaters with 42 points (16+26) and leads the league with 185 shots on goal. Eichel's .93 points per game this season rank him 14th among all players with at least 20 games played this season. Kane has 18 points (11+7) in his last 20 games, including nine goals in his last 13. Risto has a point in 11 of his last 16 games (1+10). O'Reilly has recorded six points (3+3) during his current four-game point streak. (That is all from the Game Notes, courtesy of our friends at @SabresPR.)

Philly is always a good game. Some of the best Sabres games I can remember are against the Flyers. No matter where each team is in the standings, these games are usually intensely competitive for two teams from different divisions. EDIT: Line Updates (the picture from DailyFaceOff does not match morning skate): 48-Carrier 90-ROR 21-Okposo 82-Foligno 15-Eichel 12-Gionta 9-Kane 23-Reinhart 56-Bailey 44-DeslaurierS 28-GirgensonS 26-MoulsonS Starting goalies are likely to be Nilsson (Lehner has the flu... musta been kissing Carrier) and Mason. Jack and Sam back together, hopefully the magic will be strong. In fact the top three lines look like they can put some points up. Let's hope they score early and often.

For some, maybe even for most, this is the team to hate. The Fog Game, the brawls of the late 90's, the Umberger hit, the 98 playoff series and brawl. This was everything you could possibly hate if you were lucky enough to watch hockey back then. So, because I'm a little tired, and some of these clips and pics could do a way better job and stoking the fire for some of you that watched those games, here you go: The Sabres will look to bounce back after having a 4 game point streak snapped. After losing 7-4 in epic fashion against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night, Buffalo looks to drink deep from the character created from that loss, one that saw continual comebacks, a pissed of Jack Eichel, and Evander Kane going 3-0 in fights. Lehner was pulled after giving up 4 goals in barely over 1 period of work. McCabe got a taste at forward, and ROR was double-shifted a ton to make up for the unexpected losses of Girgensons and Larsson Larsson and Girgensons are still questionable, though one or both is unlikely to play given the call up of Justin Bailey from Rochester. Bailey will make his first ever NHL appearance, and it couldn't be more fitting to have it come against an old Sabres rival, perhaps the oldest rival indeed. Game Preview STATS: All Stats Buffalo @ Philly (3-1 win) All Stats Buffalo @ Florida (4-3 OT win) All Team Rankings Team Comparison Chart Wednesday Practice Report Forwards: Nicolas Deslauriers - Ryan O'Reilly - Jamie McGinn Evander Kane - Sam Reinhart - Brian Gionta Marcus Foligno - Jack Eichel - Matt Moulson Daniel Catenacci - David Legwand - Justin Bailey Blue-Liners: Zach Bogosian - Mark Pysyk Josh Gorges - Rasmus Ristolainen Mike Weber - Cody Franson Goalies: 40 Robin Lehner 31 Chad Johnson By the way, those videos are ###### awesome. That hockey was so much damn fun to watch. Made me rethink my position about some things