Sabres vs. Kings preview: Sabres hope comforts of home lead to points
Winless in their last three games, the Sabres face the Kings tonight.
Game #30
Buffalo Sabres (11-15-3) vs.
Los Angeles Kings (19-8-1)
Puck Drop: 7:00 pm EST | First Niagara Center | Buffalo, NY
TV: MSG, Bell, FS-W | Radio: WGR 550
SB Nation Kings Blog: Jewels From The Crown
Two Questions
1. How will the new lines fare?
For the first time in a while, Dan Bylsma has made significant changes to his second and third lines, putting Matt Moulson with Jack Eichel, moving Brian Gionta down, and switching Zemgus Girgensons to the wing. Will new lines mean better results for the Sabres?
2. Which former Sabre will have the biggest impact on the game?
Half of the Los Angeles defense has traded blue and gold for black and purple, with Christian Ehrhoff, Jamie McBain, and Brayden McNabb on the back end. Jhonas Enroth could get the start against the team he played so well for last season. Which of them will have the biggest impact on the game?
Projected BUF lines
McGinn - R. O'Reilly - Reinhart
Moulson - Eichel - Kane
Gionta - Larsson - Girgensons
Foligno - Legwand - Deslauriers
Gorges - Ristolainen
McCabe - Bogosian
Weber - Franson
Weber - Franson
Goal: Linus Ullmark
Projected LAK lines
Pearson - Kopitar - Gaborik
Lucic - Carter - Toffoli
Mersch - Shore - Brown
Andreoff - Weal - Nolan
McNabb - Doughty
Muzzin - Martinez
Ehrhoff - McBain
Ehrhoff - McBain
Goal: Jhonas Enroth