Preview: Sabres prepare to set franchise record

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Season Series: 1-0 Sabres

Puck Drop: 7:30 PM | Amalie Arena | Tampa, FL

TV: MSG-B

Radio: WGR 550

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Record: (17-7-1) | 35 PTS

Last 10: 6-4-0

Division Ranking: 3rd in the Atlantic Division

Conference Ranking: 3rd in the Eastern Conference

PP: 6th (26.7%)

PK: 12th (80.9%)

What to Watch

1. Rollin’

Eight games ago, these same two teams squared off in Buffalo. For the Sabres it was the team’s third consecutive win - the beginning of what has grown to be a franchise-tying ten straight victories.

The wins haven’t come easily. There has been a lot of come-from-behind and seven of the victories have come in…