NHL Hockey Preview, The Sports Network, Buffalo Sabres hope to light the lamp versus Atlanta Thrashers
NHL Hockey Preview, The Sports Network, Buffalo Sabres hope to light the lamp versus Atlanta Thrashers
(Sports Network) - The Buffalo Sabres are finding goals hard to come by lately. Playing against the Thrashers may help that, as the club heads to Atlanta for a test tonight at Philips Arena.
The Sabres are currently on a season-long five-game slide (0-3-2) and have netted just eight goals in that span. However, Atlanta has allowed 140 goals so far this season, third most in the Eastern Conference.
No one on the Sabres has netted more than 15 goals yet this season, with Jochen Hecht's 14 leading the way.
Buffalo is trying to avoid its longest losing streak since going 0-5-1 from March 18-27, 2006.
Buffalo trailed 3-1 in Friday's contest with Ottawa before Hecht and Michael Ryan scored consecutive goals to even things up in the third. However, the Senators answered with two straight tallies to claim a 5-3 victory.
Ales Kotalik also scored for Buffalo, while Ryan Miller allowed three goals on 16 shots before he was replaced by Jocelyn Thibault, who finished the game with nine saves.
Drew Stafford played for the first time since sustaining a concussion on December 26, however, Daniel Paille left the game with a head injury and sore neck after taking a hit in the first period. He is questionable for tonight's game.
Buffalo is 8-9-2 on the road this season and begins a three-game swing tonight. The club will also play in New Jersey and Ottawa.
Meanwhile, Atlanta missed an opportunity to make up ground in the Southeast Division. After defeating the standing's leader, Carolina, on the road in overtime on Wednesday, the Hurricanes handed the Thrashers a 4-3 setback on Friday.
The loss dropped Atlanta five points back of Carolina in the standings.
Mark Recchi and Todd White had a goal and an assist each for Atlanta, which has lost four of its last six. White now has a helper in five straight games while also netting a goal in that span.
Pascal DuPuis also scored, while Kari Lehtonen turned aside 29-of-33 shots in defeat.
Carolina held Ilya Kovalchuk, the NHL's current leading goal scorer with 33, without a goal, but the Russian playmaker did tally an assist to run his point streak to five games. He has four goals and seven helpers during that run, and Friday's game marked just the fourth time in his last 11 games Kovalchuk was held without a goal.
The setback came in the opener of a five-game homestand for Atlanta, which fell to 10-10-0 as the host this season. The Thrashers have still won four of their last six at Philips Arena.
Buffalo posted a 6-0 win over Atlanta when the teams met for the first time this season back on October 11. Brian Campbell and Tim Connolly had a goal and two assists each in that win, which was part of the Thrashers' 0-6-0 start to the year that cost former head coach Bob Hartley his job.
The Sabres have won three of their last four against the Thrashers and seven of the last 11, as well as three of their last five trips to Atlanta.
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(Sports Network) - The Buffalo Sabres are finding goals hard to come by lately. Playing against the Thrashers may help that, as the club heads to Atlanta for a test tonight at Philips Arena.
The Sabres are currently on a season-long five-game slide (0-3-2) and have netted just eight goals in that span. However, Atlanta has allowed 140 goals so far this season, third most in the Eastern Conference.
No one on the Sabres has netted more than 15 goals yet this season, with Jochen Hecht's 14 leading the way.
Buffalo is trying to avoid its longest losing streak since going 0-5-1 from March 18-27, 2006.
Buffalo trailed 3-1 in Friday's contest with Ottawa before Hecht and Michael Ryan scored consecutive goals to even things up in the third. However, the Senators answered with two straight tallies to claim a 5-3 victory.
Ales Kotalik also scored for Buffalo, while Ryan Miller allowed three goals on 16 shots before he was replaced by Jocelyn Thibault, who finished the game with nine saves.
Drew Stafford played for the first time since sustaining a concussion on December 26, however, Daniel Paille left the game with a head injury and sore neck after taking a hit in the first period. He is questionable for tonight's game.
Buffalo is 8-9-2 on the road this season and begins a three-game swing tonight. The club will also play in New Jersey and Ottawa.
Meanwhile, Atlanta missed an opportunity to make up ground in the Southeast Division. After defeating the standing's leader, Carolina, on the road in overtime on Wednesday, the Hurricanes handed the Thrashers a 4-3 setback on Friday.
The loss dropped Atlanta five points back of Carolina in the standings.
Mark Recchi and Todd White had a goal and an assist each for Atlanta, which has lost four of its last six. White now has a helper in five straight games while also netting a goal in that span.
Pascal DuPuis also scored, while Kari Lehtonen turned aside 29-of-33 shots in defeat.
Carolina held Ilya Kovalchuk, the NHL's current leading goal scorer with 33, without a goal, but the Russian playmaker did tally an assist to run his point streak to five games. He has four goals and seven helpers during that run, and Friday's game marked just the fourth time in his last 11 games Kovalchuk was held without a goal.
The setback came in the opener of a five-game homestand for Atlanta, which fell to 10-10-0 as the host this season. The Thrashers have still won four of their last six at Philips Arena.
Buffalo posted a 6-0 win over Atlanta when the teams met for the first time this season back on October 11. Brian Campbell and Tim Connolly had a goal and two assists each in that win, which was part of the Thrashers' 0-6-0 start to the year that cost former head coach Bob Hartley his job.
The Sabres have won three of their last four against the Thrashers and seven of the last 11, as well as three of their last five trips to Atlanta.
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