Andersson wants to score on friend

Joakim Andersson tries to play a puck in front of Robin Lehner. The two attended school together in Sweden. In three games, Andersson has three shots on Lehner. (Photo by Dave Reginek/Detroit Red Wings) BUFFALO, N.Y. – Despite being placed on waivers this afternoon, Joakim Andersson still gets a shot at scoring on an old friend from back home when the Red Wings and Buffalo Sabres face off tonight at First Niagara Center.

Tonight will be Robin Lehner’s third start for the Sabres since returning from a high ankle sprain that forced him to miss more than three months of the season.

Andersson and Lehner attended the same school in Gothenburg, Sweden, where they played on the same junior team in…