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Florida comes in 3 Pts behind the Rags for the final WC spot. While the Sabres depleted lineup has gone 1-5-1 over the past seven. With most of his defensive corp out Enroth has cooled down lately and is 1-3-1 in his last five. His Save Percentage has dropped to .908 from .916. His GAA is up to 3.16. Risto should return to the lineup tonight and Myers is expected to rejoin the team on the upcoming road trip. Pysyk back to Rochester

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GAME DISCUSSION THREAD GAME #63: BUF (19-35-8) at FLA (23-32-7) – FRI MAR 7 – 7:30 PM EST – MSG-B, BELL TV – WGR-550 BUFFALO SABRES Final Lineup 23 Ville Leino – 63 Tyler Ennis – 21 Drew Stafford ("A") 44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 19 Cody Hodgson – 82 Marcus Foligno 72 Luke Adam – 65 Brian Flynn – 27 Matt D’Agostini 32 John Scott – 24 Zenon Konopka – 37 Matt Ellis X: 28 Zemgus Girgensons (LBI), 80 Chris Stewart (LBI), 17 Torrey Mitchell (LBI), 88 Cory Conacher (immigration issues) 10 Christian Ehrhoff ("A") – 52 Alexander Sulzer 6 Mike Weber – 57 Tyler Myers 20 Henrik Tallinder ("A") – 4 Jamie McBain 34 Michal Neuvirth 1 Jhonas Enroth Lineup News & Notes F Cory Conacher and C Zenon Konopka were scratches in Thursday's 3-1 win at Tampa Bay. 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 Brayden McNabb, F Jonathan Parker, & 2 #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 & 2 #2 picks ('14 & '16) from MIN for F Matt Moulson & F Cody McCormick. 03/07: Recalled (on an emergency basis) F Luke Adam and F Nicolas Deslauriers from Rochester (AHL). According to the Stats In the last 10 games, Buffalo has gone 5-5-0. Jhonas Enroth has won three of four after having one win prior to that. Tyler Myers has six points in his past four games. Cody Hodgson has four points in his past four games. FLORIDA PANTHERS Final Lineup 20 Sean Bergenheim – 27 Nick Bjugstad – 24 Brad Boyes 14 Thomas Fleischmann – 67 Vincent Trocheck – 19 Scottie Upshall ("A") 11 Jonathan Huberdeau – 73 Brandon Pirri – 17 Jesse Winchester 21 Krys Barch – 23 Scott Gomez – 12 Jimmy Hayes 51 Brian Campbell ("A") – 77 Tom Gilbert 55 Ed Jovanovski ("C") – 7 Dmitry Kulikov 4 Dylan Olsen – 44 Erik Gudbranson 1 Roberto Luongo 39 Dan Ellis Lineup News & Notes Florida scratched F Scott Gomez and F Shawn Matthias in Tuesday's 4-1 loss at Boston. F Tomas Kopecky (concussion) and C Alexsander Barkov (knee) are on IR. Weekly Transactions 03/02: Acquired F Mark Mancari from St Louis for LW Eric Selleck. 03/02: Acquired F Brandon Pirri from Chicago for a #3 pick '14 & #5 pick in '16. 03/04: Traded D Mike Weaver to Montreal for a #5 pick in '15. 03/04: Acquired G Roberto Luongo and F Steve Anthony from Vancouver for F Shawn Matthias and G Jacob Markstom. 03/05: Acquired G Dan Ellis from Dallas for G Tim Thomas. 03/05: Acquired a #5 pick in '14 and a #3 pick in '15 for C Marcel Goc. 03/05: Recalled F Vincent Trocheck from San Antonio (AHL); Reassigned F Drew Shore and G Scott Clemmensen to San Antonio (AHL). 03/05: Agreed to terms with F Brad Boyes on a two-year contract extension. According to the Stats In the Last 10 games, Florida has gone 2-8-0. Sean Bergenheim has four points in his past four games. Brian Campbell has three points in his past four. PREGAME LINKS 03/07 – GAME RECAP: SABRES YOUNG LEADERS STEP UP TO BEAT LIGHTNING (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com) 03/04 – GAME RECAP: Krejci's hat trick lifts Bruins past big-dealing Panthers (Matt Kalman – NHL.com) 03/06 – From The Press Box: Panthers scored big with one of the biggest acquisitions (Alain Poupart – FloridaPanthers.com) 03/07 – Luongo expected to start for Panthers vs. Sabres (Mike Battaglino – NHL.com) 03/05 – GM Dale Tallon talks to the media on the acquisition of Roberto Luongo, other moves on Trade Deadline. <4:09> 03/06 – Peter Horachek talks to the media following practice at Panthers IceDen. <4:27> 03/07 – Sabres’ Zemgus Girgensons and Chris Stewart out against Panthers (Bill Hoppe – Olean Times Herald) 03/07 – Game Preview: 3/7/14 at Florida Panthers (Ian Ott – Sabres PR) 03/07 – Sabres at Panthers Game Notes PDF (Ian Ott – Sabres PR) 03/07 – Press Clips: 3/7/14 at Florida Panthers (Ian Ott – Sabres PR) 03/07 – Panthers GameDay: Mar. 7 vs Buffalo (FloridaPanthers.com) 03/07 – Ted Nolan speaks with the media prior to Friday night's game against the Panthers at BB&T Center. <4:33> 03/07 – SABRES RECALL ADAM, DESLAURIERS (Ian Ott – Sabres PR) 03/07 – The Lowdown: Panthers vs Sabres ("Hockey Pat" McGrath – FloridaPanthers.com) 03/07 – Nicolas Deslauriers speaks with the media prior to Friday night's game against the Panthers at BB&T Center. <3:55> 03/07 – Peter Horachek talks to the media following morning skate at BB&T Center.. <4:49> 03/07 – Sabres summon Luke Adam and Nicolas Deslauriers from Amerks on emergency basis (Bill Hoppe – Olean Times Herald) POSTGAME LINKS 03/07 – NHL POST-GAME NEWSLETTER: Buffalo Sabres @ Florida Panthers (NHL.com) 03/07 – GAME RECAP: SABRES FELLED BY PANTHERS SPECIAL TEAMS (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com) 03/07 – Brian Duff and Dan Dunleavy recap the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Panthers. <4:19> 03/07 – Ted Nolan speaks with the media following the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Panthers. <2:59> 03/07 – Nicolas Deslauriers speaks with Brian Duff following the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Panthers. <2:51> 03/07 – Christian Ehrhoff speaks with the media following the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Panthers. <1:19> 03/07 – Marcus Foligno speaks with the media following the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Panthers. <2:35> 03/07 – Michal Neuvirth speaks with Brian Duff following the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Panthers. <1:48>

The Sabres embark on their first road trip of the season this year, heading down to Florida to take on the Florida Panthers tonight and the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday night. The Sabres will face a Panthers team that has come swinging out of the gates. Stalwart goaltender Luongo and his partner Montoya have combined .968 sv % to start the season, only allowing 3 goals so far. The Panthers and the Sabres will be looking to build off impressive wins against the Hurricanes and Blue Jackets. Luongo is expected to start tonight The Panthers went 4-0-1 vs Buffalo last year, although that might be a team's worst record against us last year for all we know Gionta is expected to make his season debut. Here's the game preview http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020055&navid=sb:preview&intcmpid=sb-preview If the Sabres hope to make the playoffs this season, the Panthers are a good measuring stick

The Buffalo Sabres continue their road trip tonight in Sunrise, Florida as they take on division rivals the Florida Panthers in a key Thursday night showdown. The Sabres, 5-2 in their past 7 games, look to continue the hot streak and vault into the playoff picture, as a win tonight could see them in 4th in the Atlantic Division (even typing that idiotic name pisses me off). Coming off a huge win in Tampa Tuesday night, which saw Eichel collect his first road goal, assist, and points; Franson his first goal as a Sabre; Foligno his first goal of the season; Chad Johnson's streak of making at least one miraculous save extended, and the Sabres first win against the Lightning, the Sabres will look to continue take advantage of a Barkov-less Panthers team that has been struggling lately. Florida is 1 point ahead of the Sabres. As mentioned, Florida is in some rough shape, It's been 3 weeks without their top center, the young Alexander Barkov, and boy do they miss him. Florida (3-4-3 in their last 10), is coming off a 4-3 win vs the Flames, have scored less than 2 goals in 5/6 games, has given up 20 goals in those last 6 games as well, and had lost 5 straight prior to beating the Flames. The Sabres lost in Florida in the only match-up this season thus far, falling 3-2 on goals from McCabe and Ennis. Look for Luongo to start, I will post the Sabres starting goalie once I know in the a.m. Barkov is expected to resume skating today after suffering a broken hand, but is day-to-day. Mike Weber is out, and back in Buffalo with an LBI. Game Preview Stats: Game 1: 3-2 Loss Team Comparison Chart All Team Rankings Wednesday's Practice Report The lines below are from the previous game, no line combinations were released Wednesday, I will update these as well in the a.m. Forwards: 26 Matt Moulson – 90 Ryan O'Reilly – 12 Brian Gionta 88 Jamie McGinn – 15 Jack Eichel – 63 Tyler Ennis 22 Johan Larsson – 28 Zemgus Girgensons – 23 Sam Reinhart 44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 17 David Legwand – 82 Marcus Foligno Defense: 4 Josh Gorges – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 29 Jake McCabe – 46 Cody Franson 25 Carlo Colaiacovo– 3 Mark Pysyk 6 - Mike Weber 35 Linus Ullmark 31 Chad Johnson