Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
The season opener for the Sabres brings with it this season's inaugural Game Thread - come chat about the Sabres all night here in the comments, and enjoy the first of at least 82 blue and gold games this season with us.
Game #1
Buffalo Sabres (0-0-0) at Detroit Red Wings (0-0-0)
Puck Drop - 8:00pm EST - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI
TV - NHLN | Radio - WGR 550-AM
SBNation Red Wings Blog - Winging it in Motown (Please play nice if you're going to visit.)
Projected BUF Lines
Vanek - Hodgson - Stafford
Ott - Ennis - Leino
Girgensons - Grigorenko - Flynn
Porter - McCormick - Kaleta
Ehrhoff - Pysyk
Tallinder - Myers
Weber - Ristolianen
Goal: Ryan Miller
Scratches/Injuries: Foligno, Scott, Larsson, McBain
Projected DET Lines
Henrik Zetterberg – Pavel Datsyuk – Justin Abdelkader
Johan Franzen – Stephen Weiss – Daniel Alfredsson
Daniel Cleary – Joakim Andersson – Todd Bertuzzi
Drew Miller – Cory Emmerton – Mikael Samuelsson
Niklas Kronwall – Jonathan Ericsson
Danny DeKeyser – Jakub Kindl
Kyle Quincey – Brendan Smith
Goal: Jimmy Howard