GAME DISCUSSION THREAD
GAME #63: BUF (19-35-8) at FLA (23-32-7) – FRI MAR 7 – 7:30 PM EST – MSG-B, BELL TV – WGR-550
BUFFALO SABRES
Final Lineup
23 Ville Leino – 63 Tyler Ennis – 21 Drew Stafford ("A")
44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 19 Cody Hodgson – 82 Marcus Foligno
72 Luke Adam – 65 Brian Flynn – 27 Matt D’Agostini
32 John Scott – 24 Zenon Konopka – 37 Matt Ellis
X: 28 Zemgus Girgensons (LBI), 80 Chris Stewart (LBI), 17 Torrey Mitchell (LBI), 88 Cory Conacher (immigration issues)
10 Christian Ehrhoff ("A") – 52 Alexander Sulzer
6 Mike Weber – 57 Tyler Myers
20 Henrik Tallinder ("A") – 4 Jamie McBain
34 Michal Neuvirth
1 Jhonas Enroth
Lineup News & Notes
F Cory Conacher and C Zenon Konopka were scratches in Thursday's 3-1 win at Tampa Bay.
Weekly Transactions
03/05: Claimed F Cory Conacher off waivers from Ottawa.
03/05: Acquired F Nicolas Deslauriers & F Hudson Fasching from LAK for D Brayden McNabb, F Jonathan Parker, & 2 #2 picks ('14 & '15).
03/05: Acquired G Michal Neuvirth & D Rostislav Klesla from WAS for G Jaroslav Halak & a #3 pick in '15.
03/05: Acquired F Torrey Mitchell & 2 #2 picks ('14 & '16) from MIN for F Matt Moulson & F Cody McCormick.
03/07: Recalled (on an emergency basis) F Luke Adam and F Nicolas Deslauriers from Rochester (AHL).
According to the Stats
In the last 10 games, Buffalo has gone 5-5-0.
Jhonas Enroth has won three of four after having one win prior to that.
Tyler Myers has six points in his past four games.
Cody Hodgson has four points in his past four games.
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Final Lineup
20 Sean Bergenheim – 27 Nick Bjugstad – 24 Brad Boyes
14 Thomas Fleischmann – 67 Vincent Trocheck – 19 Scottie Upshall ("A")
11 Jonathan Huberdeau – 73 Brandon Pirri – 17 Jesse Winchester
21 Krys Barch – 23 Scott Gomez – 12 Jimmy Hayes
51 Brian Campbell ("A") – 77 Tom Gilbert
55 Ed Jovanovski ("C") – 7 Dmitry Kulikov
4 Dylan Olsen – 44 Erik Gudbranson
1 Roberto Luongo
39 Dan Ellis
Lineup News & Notes
Florida scratched F Scott Gomez and F Shawn Matthias in Tuesday's 4-1 loss at Boston.
F Tomas Kopecky (concussion) and C Alexsander Barkov (knee) are on IR.
Weekly Transactions
03/02: Acquired F Mark Mancari from St Louis for LW Eric Selleck.
03/02: Acquired F Brandon Pirri from Chicago for a #3 pick '14 & #5 pick in '16.
03/04: Traded D Mike Weaver to Montreal for a #5 pick in '15.
03/04: Acquired G Roberto Luongo and F Steve Anthony from Vancouver for F Shawn Matthias and G Jacob Markstom.
03/05: Acquired G Dan Ellis from Dallas for G Tim Thomas.
03/05: Acquired a #5 pick in '14 and a #3 pick in '15 for C Marcel Goc.
03/05: Recalled F Vincent Trocheck from San Antonio (AHL); Reassigned F Drew Shore and G Scott Clemmensen to San Antonio (AHL).
03/05: Agreed to terms with F Brad Boyes on a two-year contract extension.
According to the Stats
In the Last 10 games, Florida has gone 2-8-0.
Sean Bergenheim has four points in his past four games.
Brian Campbell has three points in his past four.
PREGAME LINKS
03/07 – GAME RECAP: SABRES YOUNG LEADERS STEP UP TO BEAT LIGHTNING (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com)
03/04 – GAME RECAP: Krejci's hat trick lifts Bruins past big-dealing Panthers (Matt Kalman – NHL.com)
03/06 – From The Press Box: Panthers scored big with one of the biggest acquisitions (Alain Poupart – FloridaPanthers.com)
03/07 – Luongo expected to start for Panthers vs. Sabres (Mike Battaglino – NHL.com)
03/05 – GM Dale Tallon talks to the media on the acquisition of Roberto Luongo, other moves on Trade Deadline. <4:09>
03/06 – Peter Horachek talks to the media following practice at Panthers IceDen. <4:27>
03/07 – Sabres’ Zemgus Girgensons and Chris Stewart out against Panthers (Bill Hoppe – Olean Times Herald)
03/07 – Game Preview: 3/7/14 at Florida Panthers (Ian Ott – Sabres PR)
03/07 – Sabres at Panthers Game Notes PDF (Ian Ott – Sabres PR)
03/07 – Press Clips: 3/7/14 at Florida Panthers (Ian Ott – Sabres PR)
03/07 – Panthers GameDay: Mar. 7 vs Buffalo (FloridaPanthers.com)
03/07 – Ted Nolan speaks with the media prior to Friday night's game against the Panthers at BB&T Center. <4:33>
03/07 – SABRES RECALL ADAM, DESLAURIERS (Ian Ott – Sabres PR)
03/07 – The Lowdown: Panthers vs Sabres ("Hockey Pat" McGrath – FloridaPanthers.com)
03/07 – Nicolas Deslauriers speaks with the media prior to Friday night's game against the Panthers at BB&T Center. <3:55>
03/07 – Peter Horachek talks to the media following morning skate at BB&T Center.. <4:49>
03/07 – Sabres summon Luke Adam and Nicolas Deslauriers from Amerks on emergency basis (Bill Hoppe – Olean Times Herald)
POSTGAME LINKS
03/07 – NHL POST-GAME NEWSLETTER: Buffalo Sabres @ Florida Panthers (NHL.com)
03/07 – GAME RECAP: SABRES FELLED BY PANTHERS SPECIAL TEAMS (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com)
03/07 – Brian Duff and Dan Dunleavy recap the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Panthers. <4:19>
03/07 – Ted Nolan speaks with the media following the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Panthers. <2:59>
03/07 – Nicolas Deslauriers speaks with Brian Duff following the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Panthers. <2:51>
03/07 – Christian Ehrhoff speaks with the media following the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Panthers. <1:19>
03/07 – Marcus Foligno speaks with the media following the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Panthers. <2:35>
03/07 – Michal Neuvirth speaks with Brian Duff following the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Panthers. <1:48>
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