Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Buffalo Sabres (2-7-0, four points) and Toronto Maple Leafs (3-4-1, seven points) take the ice at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto for the first of four meetings against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Buffalo fans can hear all of the action on WGR 550 while Toronto fans can do the same on TSN 1050.
Buffalo snapped a four-game losing streak last time out and will look to win two consecutive games for the first time this season while Toronto has lost two of its last three games.
The Sabres are coming off of a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks Saturday night. One member of Buffalo that the Maple Leafs fans might be familiar with is Josh Gorges, who turned down a trade from the Montreal Canadiens to Toronto and was eventually dealt to the Sabres.
"When it happened I was caught off guard," Georges said via NHL.com. "I told my agent right away that I needed some time to think. When you have the option, as I did, I wanted to talk it over with my wife and make sure before I made any decisions I knew what I was getting myself into and where I would be starting he next phase of my career."
Drew Stafford has paced the Sabres with four points all off of assists while Tyler Ennis has a team-best three goals thus far this season.
In net, Buffalo is expected to turn to Michal Neuvirth, who is 1-2-0 with a 3.02 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage. Toronto will likely counter with Jonathan Bernier in the crease, who is 1-3-1 with a 3.38 GAA And .904 save percentage thus far.
With the Maple Leafs struggling, coach Randy Carlyle has shuffled his lines up and one of the changes will see Joffrey Lupul play alongside Phil Kessel.
"This is the type of thing that happens throughout the season to try to get a little bit of a spark," Lupul told NHL.com. "Phil and I obviously have some familiarity having played together before so we're comfortable being on the ice together. Hopefully it can spark both of us."
Kessel (four goals, four assists) is tied with Tyler Bozak (three tallies, five helpers) for the team lead with eight points thus far this season.
The Sabres look for their second straight win while the Maple Leafs look to put together a winning formula when the lights come up tonight at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
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