The Sabres will have two home games with a quick trip to Ohio in the middle of the week. On Tuesday night, they will host Detroit Red Wings. Then Wednesday night, they will travel to Ohio to face the Columbus Blue Jackets on the Wednesday Night Rivalry Game. They will finish up the week back at home where they will take on the San Jose Sharks.
The Sabres need to build off of its big win on Saturday night against the Bruins. They need to get the first goal of the game to keep the home crowd in the game. Buffalo is going to need to be aware of the Red Wings physical game, but don't play tentative. The Sabres will need to play a good defensive game and eliminated the turnovers that have plagued them in the early season. Buffalo is going to need to keep an eye on Henrik Zetterberg and Dylan Larkin since those two can put up points during game.
The Red Wings will need to get the first goal of the game and make the Sabres play from behind. Detroit will need to win the special teams battle since the Sabres are pretty evenly matched at even strength. The Red Wings will need to stop the trio of Evander Kane, Jack Eichel and Jason Pominville since they each have 11 points already on the year. The Red Wings need to get off to a better start since they are being outscored in the first periods of games. They'll need to get pucks on net and attack the Sabres defense. The Red Wings will need to get the road power going since the Sabres don't have the best penalty kill.
On Wednesday night, the Sabres take on the Blue Jackets in Columbus. Buffalo will need to figure out a way to get some pucks past Sergei Bobrovsky, if he is in net. The Sabres will need to be ware of the Blue Jackets defense since they can join the offense. Buffalo will also need to get the first goal of the game and keep attacking to neutralize the balanced attack of the Blue Jackets. The Sabres will need to limit the mistakes, turnovers and be better with the puck on the power play.
The Blue Jackets will need to attack the Sabres and keep attacking. The Blue Jackets will need to hold the top line of the Sabres in-check since they are the best producing line. The Blue Jackets need to take advantage of the weak penalty kill of the Sabres while on the road. Columbus need to look for shorthanded chances because the Sabres will give up chances. They will also need to be aware of shorthanded chances while Evander Kane is in the ice.
The Sabres end the week at home by facing the San Jose Sharks. The Sabres will need to get a fast start and establish the forecheck. They will need to get the first goal of the game and get some shots on goal with traffic. Buffalo will need to have the leads after two periods since the Sharks don't have any come-from-behind third period wins this season. The Sabres will need to stop the balanced attack of the Sharks, but especially Logan Couture.
The Sharks will need to get the offense going against a bad team and capitalize on their chances. San Jose will need to have a lead heading into the third period since the Sharks don't finish games strong. San Jose will also need to be the better team at even strength since they have struggled in that department so far this year too. The Sharks will need to stop Rasmus Ristolainen and Ryan O'Reilly, who can both set up their teammates. They will also need to force turnovers and then capitalize on those chances.
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