‘Jake McCabe (shoulder) and Zach Bogosian (lower body), the club’s likely No. 2 pair, were both missing due to injury and their status is murky at best for Thursday’s season opener against Montreal. Meanwhile, newly acquired Marco Scandella went hard through the entire practice that took place on both rinks. Scandella did not play in any of Buffalo’s six exhibition games on the road back from hip surgery and could be looking at the tough chore of playing his first game in Blue and Gold without any rehearsals.’