Match-up - Buffalo Sabres (9-13-2) @ New Jersey Devils (10-8-5)
Road/Home records - 5-7-1 -------------- 6-3-2
TV - MSG Plus, MSG-B
Puck drop - 7:00 PM ET
Season series - Sabres lead 1-0
Last 10: Sabres 4-5-1 / Devils 2-6-2
Projected starting goalies - Jhonas Enroth (BUF) vs. Johan Hedberg(NJ)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Buffalo - 2.50 / 3.17
New Jersey - 2.44 / 2.70
Power play/Penalty Kill percentage
Buffalo - 11.5% / 79.8%
New Jersey - 16.5% / 79.2%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Sabres:
Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
Thomas Vanek - Cody Hodgson - Jason Pominville
Steve Ott - Tyler Ennis - Nathan Gerbe
Marcus Foligno - Mikhail Grigorenk - Drew Stafford
Jochen Hecht - Kevin Porter - Brian Flynn
Christian Ehrhoff - Tyler Myers
Andrej Sekera - Robyn Regehr
T.J. Brennan - Mike Weber
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Travis Zajac - Ilya Kovalchuk
Patrik Elias - Adam Henrique - David Clarkson
Stefan Matteau - Andrei Loktionov - Steve Bernier
Ryan Carter - Stephen Gionta - Tom Kostopoulos
Bryce Salvador - Anton Volchenkov
Andy Greene - Peter Harrold
Henrik Tallinder - Marek Zidlicky
Notes: Johan Hedberg will start..Tom Kostopoulos was claimed off waivers by the Devils yesterday...He'll wear No. 25 and will play tonight...Based off the morning skate Mark Fyane and Adam Larsson along with Krys Barch are expected to sit as healthy scratches.
Sabres to watch out for:
Jason Pominville - The Sabres Captain has been heating up of late recording four points in his last three games, including two goals against the Devils in the Sabres' shootout win.
Mikhail Grigorenko - He's finally seeing 3rd line duties. Still not ideal for an offensive minded rookie, but better than playing five minutes a night on the 4th line.
Marcus Foligno - After a respectable start to the season Foligno has been ice cold of late recording just one assist in his last 12 games.
Devils to watch out for:
David Clarkson - After a stellar start to the season Clarkson has really struggled offensively of late. Clarkson has just one assist and a minus-5 rating in his last 10 games.
Peter Harrold - It looks like Harrold will be in the lineup tonight and play in just his 2nd game of the season. You can bet he'll be looking to make an impact and trying to earn a spot as a regular in the Devils lineup.
Johan Hedberg - The entire Devils roster needs to be better and I don't want to single Hedberg out, but if he doesn't play better tonight it won't matter how the rest of the team plays.
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