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Hackett was late on the read to my eye.

We're back to having two Codys on the Sabres again. :rolleyes:

@EdmontonOilers #Oilers opt for seven defencemen, MacIntyre won't play tonight.

03/20 – GAME PREVIEW: Oilers vs. Sabres (Chris Wescott – edmontonoilers.com) 03/20 – Tom Gazzola has the pre-game story as injuries will force the Oilers to tweak the lineup against Buffalo.<2:28> 03/20 – Joe Sacco speaks with Brian Duff prior to Thursday night's game against the Oilers at Rexall Place. <1:27>

They were paired in Calgary too.

AMERKS SIGN DEFENSEMAN BLAKE KESSEL TO PTO CONTRACT

@WGR550 . @robray32 relaying a chat with Brian Burke on the #Sabres GM Search: "So many guys wanted that because of how well they're set up."

03/20 – Dan Dunleavy previews Thursday night's game against the Oilers at Rexall Place. <2:05> 03/20 – Drew Stafford speaks with the media following Thursday's morning skate at Rexall Place. <2:38> 03/20 – Tyler Ennis speaks with the media following Thursday's morning skate at Rexall Place. <1:56> 03/20 – THE MORNING SKATE: "HACK" IS BACK TO FACE THE OILERS (Kevin Snow – Sabres.com) TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LINES Marcus Foligno – Tyler Ennis – Drew Stafford Cory Conacher – Cody Hodgson – Torrey Mitchell Nicolas Deslauriers – Brian Flynn – Matt D’Agostini John Scott – Matt Ellis – Zenon Konopka DEFENSE PAIRS Christian Ehrhoff – Rasmus Ristolainen Jamie McBain – Mike Weber Chad Ruhwedel – Henrik Tallinder GOALIES Matt Hackett Nathan Lieuwen

03/20 – Ted Nolan speaks with the media following Thursday's morning skate at Rexall Place.<3:34>

@BuffaloSabres Ted Nolan confirmed that Zenon Konopka is in for Ville Leino tonight. - KS

03/20 – Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins looks ahead to tonight's game against Buffalo.<4:47> 03/20 – THE OTHER SIDE | Sabres Pre-Game Chris Wescott gets a one-on-one with Sabres right-winger Drew Stafford.<3:22>

@BuffaloSabres Based on line work, Leino appears to be the odd man out tonight. Scott skated with Ellis & Konopka. - KS

@EdmontonOilers #Oilers lines at morning skate --> Hall-Gagner-Perron, Lander-RNH-Pitlick, Hendricks-Gordon-Smyth, Gazdic-MacIntyre-Jones

This Blues' mask blows away the mask he wore with the Sabres. It's fantastic!

More pictures at the mask designer's Facebook page:

NHL draft's top four is tightly bunched New York Islanders have tough call when it comes to 2014 vs. 2015 draft

Turned off SHH because the prospect of a Scott-MacIntyre fight is all dumb dumb and Shillvester have been talking about...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ At any rate, according to Jonathan Willis of the Edmonton Journal, the "tough guy" recall has nothing to do with squaring off against Scott.

Thanks Gents!

The Oilers are really facing the injury bug with Eberle and Yakupov both out. Hendricks might also be out. 03/19 – The Panel breaks down recent Injury reports and the team's recent success in this week's episode.<5:12> 03/20 – Sabres at Oilers Game Notes PDF (Sabres.com) 03/20 – Press Clips: 3/20/14 at Edmonton Oilers (Ian Ott – Sabres PR)

@SabresProspects #Sabres playoff action today: Michigan (J.T. Compher) vs Penn State - B1G QF (3:00 ET). Sudbury (Nick Baptiste) at Barrie game 1 (7:30)

@SabresProspects

GAME DISCUSSION THREAD GAME #70: BUF (19-42-8) at EDM (25-36-9) – THU MAR 20 – 9:30 PM EDT – MSG-B, TSN – WGR-550 BUFFALO SABRES Final Lineup 82 Marcus Foligno – 63 Tyler Ennis – 21 Drew Stafford ("A") 88 Cory Conacher – 19 Cody Hodgson – 17 Torrey Mitchell 44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 65 Brian Flynn – 27 Matt D’Agostini 32 John Scott – 24 Zenon Konopka – 37 Matt Ellis X: 28 Zemgus Girgensons (LBI), 80 Chris Stewart (ankle), 23 Ville Leino (healthy) 10 Christian Ehrhoff ("A") – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 20 Henrik Tallinder ("A") – 5 Chad Ruhwedel 6 Mike Weber – 4 Jamie McBain X: 52 Alexander Sulzer (LBI), 57 Tyler Myers (elbow) 31 Matt Hackett 50 Nathan Lieuwen X: 1 Jhonas Enroth (LBI), 34 Michal Neuvirth (LBI) Lineup News & Notes F Zemgus Girgensons (LBI), F Chris Stewart (ankle), F Zenon Konopka (healthy), D Alex Sulzer (LBI), D Tyler Myers (elbow), and G Michal Neuvirth were scratches in Tuesday's 3-1 loss at Calgary. Weekly Transactions 03/15: Recalled D Rasmus Ristolainen (emergency basis) from Rochester (AHL). 03/16: Recalled G Nathan Lieuwen (emergency basis) from Rochester (AHL). 03/17: Recalled G Matt Hackett (emergency basis) from Rochester (AHL). According to the Stats In the last 10 games, Buffalo has gone 2-8-0. Drew Stafford has five points (4G/1A) in the past six games. EDMONTON OILERS Final Lineup 4 Taylor Hall – 89 Sam Gagner – 57 David Perron 51 Anton Lander – 93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – 68 Tyler Pitlick 23 Matt Hendricks ("A") – 27 Boyd Gordon – 94 Ryan Smyth ("A") 20 Luke Gazdic – 28 Ryan Jones X: 6 Jesse Joensuu (ankle), 64 Nail Yakupov (ankle), 14 Jordan Eberle (knee), 33 Steve MacIntyre (healthy) 85 Martin Marincin – 2 Jeff Petry 84 Oscar Klefbom – 21 Andrew Ference ("C") 5 Mark Fraser – 19 Justin Schultz 36 Philip Larsen 30 Ben Scrivens 35 Viktor Fasth Lineup News & Notes Edmonton scratched F Nail Yaukupov and F Jesse Joensuu in Tuesday's 5-1 win vs. Nashville. D Anton Belov (oblique) is on IR. Weekly Transactions 03/19: Recalled F Tyler Pitlick (emergency basis) from Oklahoma City (AHL). 03/19: Recalled F Steve MacIntyre (emergency basis) from Oklahoma City (AHL). According to the Stats In the Last 10 games, Edmonton has gone 5-3-2. Sam Gagner has 10 points in his last 11 games. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins & Jordan Eberle each had three-points in Tuesday's win over Nashville. PREGAME LINKS 03/19 – GAME RECAP: Sabres drop seventh straight in Lieuwen's first start (Kevin Snow – Sabres.com) 03/18 – GAME RECAP: Oilers 5, Predators 1 (Chris Wescott – edmontonoilers.com) 03/19 – Hackett making first start for Sabres (Eric Goodman – NHL.com) 03/19 – BEYOND THE BOARDS: CHANGES ON THE WAY AS SABRES PREP FOR EDMONTON (Kevin Snow – Sabres.com) 03/19 – Inside the Oilers (edmontonoilers.com) 03/19 – Jordan Eberle hurt; Edmonton Oilers recall enforcer Steve MacIntyre (Jonathan Willis – edmontonjournal.com) 03/19 – Sabres goalie Matt Hackett to start against Oilers (Bill Hoppe – Olean Times Herald) 03/19 – Game Preview: 3/20/14 at Edmonton Oilers (Ian Ott – Sabres PR) 03/19 – Dallas Eakins shares his thoughts on Yakupov and Hendricks and Pitlick call-up.<8:39> 03/19 – Dan Dunleavy recaps Wednesday's practice at Millennium Place in Edmonton. <1:46> 03/19 – Ted Nolan speaks with the media following Wednesday's practice at Millennium Place in Edmonton. <3:16> 03/19 – Michal Neuvirth speaks with the media following Wednesday's practice at Millennium Place in Edmonton. <1:57> 03/19 – Matt Hackett speaks with the media following Wednesday's practice at Millennium Place in Edmonton. <4:06> 03/19 – Nicholas Deslauriers speaks with the media following Wednesday's practice at Millennium Place in Edmonton. <2:53> 03/19 – The Panel breaks down recent Injury reports and the team's recent success in this week's episode.<5:12> 03/20 – Sabres at Oilers Game Notes PDF (Sabres.com) 03/20 – Press Clips: 3/20/14 at Edmonton Oilers (Ian Ott – Sabres PR) 03/20 – Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins looks ahead to tonight's game against Buffalo.<4:47> 03/20 – THE OTHER SIDE | Sabres Pre-Game Chris Wescott gets a one-on-one with Sabres right-winger Drew Stafford.<3:22> 03/20 – Ted Nolan speaks with the media following Thursday's morning skate at Rexall Place.<3:34> 03/20 – Dan Dunleavy previews Thursday night's game against the Oilers at Rexall Place. <2:05> 03/20 – Drew Stafford speaks with the media following Thursday's morning skate at Rexall Place. <2:38> 03/20 – Tyler Ennis speaks with the media following Thursday's morning skate at Rexall Place. <1:56> 03/20 – THE MORNING SKATE: "HACK" IS BACK TO FACE THE OILERS (Kevin Snow – Sabres.com) 03/20 – GAME PREVIEW: Oilers vs. Sabres (Chris Wescott – edmontonoilers.com) 03/20 – Tom Gazzola has the pre-game story as injuries will force the Oilers to tweak the lineup against Buffalo.<2:28> 03/20 – Joe Sacco speaks with Brian Duff prior to Thursday night's game against the Oilers at Rexall Place. <1:27> POSTGAME LINKS 03/21 – GAME RECAP: CONACHER SPARKS BUFFALO WIN OVER EDMONTON (Kevin Snow – Sabres.com) 03/20 – Brian Duff and Dan Dunleavy recap the Sabres 3-1 win against the Oilers. <4:26> 03/20 – Ted Nolan speaks with the media following the Sabres 3-1 win against the Oilers. <2:18> 03/20 – Matt Hackett speaks with Brian Duff and Brad May following the Sabres 3-1 win against the Oilers. <2:05> 03/20 – Drew Stafford speaks with the media following the Sabres 3-1 win against the Oilers. <1:54> 03/20 – Cory Conacher speaks with Brian Duff following the Sabres 3-1 win against the Oilers. <3:16>

@BuffaloSabres Dominik Hasek will be the guest speaker at our next Power Play Luncheon on Friday, March 28th. Join us: http://goo.gl/i30jXm

3/19: Sabres Prospect JT Compher on Hockey Hotline <11:16>

3/19: http://pmd.fan960.com/audio_on_demand_2013/Rob-Ray-with-Dean-Molberg-DM-20140318-Interview.mp3 <10:19>