One thing we know for certain is the Buffalo Sabres will be returning home to face the Washington Capitals tonight at the HSBC Arena. What remains to be seen is exactly who will or won’t be on the roster that was when everyone went to bed last night.
As of this posting the NHL trade deadline was under five and a half hours away and Buffalo had yet to make a move.
Buffalo News Sabres beat writer John Vogl wrote last night that Sabres general manager Darcy Regier was not close to making any trades.
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When the Buffalo Sabres take the ice tonight at the HSBC arena to play their fourth of five consecutive home games, which team will we be seeing? We will be witnessing the version that peppered opposing goaltenders to the tune of 18 goals over four consecutive victories? Or we will observe a squad that’s mustered exactly one goal in dropping their last two contests?
If the Sabres want any chance of going to bed with two more points in the standings bank, it better be the former. The red-hot Washington Capitals are coming to town on a roll, winning their past six games and sporting a handsome 19-5-6 record on the season, tops in the entire NHL.
Buffalo has been missing oomph in their scoring attack, and lately they’ve been lacking in the toughness department as well. Paul Gaustad has been out with a lower body injury and it got compounded when Mike Grier left the team on Monday to be with his ailing mother. Neither will be in the lineup tonight.
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