Right back at it

November 30, 2018

⏰ 7 p.m. ? MSG ? WGR550

BUF	Stats	ANA
24-23-8	Record	22-26-27
15-9-4	Home	12-10-3
9-14-4	Away	10-16-4
1-2	Shootouts	5-1
157	Goals For	143
173	Goals Against	171
22nd	PP Rank	31st
30th	PK Rank	23rd

After the Sabres miraculous win streak came to an end against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Buffalo will try to get back on top of the division against the struggling Florida Panthers. This will be the back end of their back-to-back games in the sunshine state.

Season series: This will be the first of four meetings between the clubs this year with the next game coming up on December 18th in Buffalo. The Sabres haven’t beat Florida in their last five meetings, getting swept last year and outscored during that stretch, 19-7.

Date	H/A	Time	Winner	GWG
Fri, Nov. 30th	Away	7 p.m.	L 3-2 (OT)	Aleksander Barkov
Tues, Dec. 18th	Home	7 p.m.	L 5-2	Evgenii Dadonov
Thurs, Jan. 3rd	Home	7 p.m.	W 4-3	Jeff Skinner
Tues, Feb. 19th	Away	7 p.m.	L 4-2	Aleksander Barkov

Buffalo notes: With the Sabres winning streak coming to an end, the team find themselves in unfamiliar territory. The last time the team lost was back on November 4th when the New York Rangers beat them 3-1. Tage Thompson and Casey Mittelstadt continued their hot play with a third period goal against the lightning.

#	Top Scorers	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
9	Eichel	68	36	42	78
23	Reinhart	69	22	28	50
68	Olofsson	54	20	22	42
26	Dahlin	59	4	36	40
55	Ristolainen	69	6	27	33

Florida notes: The Panthers are losers of 4 out of their last 5 games including a 3-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night, and find themselves in the basement of the Atlantic Division. Former Sabre and Head coach Bob Boughner will look to make up some ground in the standings while the Panthers are in the middle of a long 8 game home stand.

#	Top Scorers	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
15	Ryan Getzlaf	53	11	25	36
67	Rickard Rakell	49	13	20	33
33	Jakob Silfverberg	50	16	15	31
14	Adam Henrique	55	18	11	29
4	Cam Fowler	55	9	19	28

Starting goaltenders: Expect Linus Ullmark to be in net for the Sabres with Carter Hutton getting the start in Tampa. James Reimer will be in net for the Panthers since Roberto Luongo is still out with a lower body injury.