MAPLE LEAFS (28-37-11) at SABRES (31-35-11)
TV: 7 p.m. ET; MSG-B, BELL TV, TSN4, NHL.TV
Season series: The Buffalo Sabres have defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in two of three games this season. The Sabres won 2-1 in a shootout at home Oct. 21 and 4-3 in a shootout in Toronto March 7. The Maple Leafs won 4-1 in Toronto on March 19. Sabres forward Evander Kane has two goals and an assist and goalie Chad Johnson is 2-1-0 with a .909 save percentage. Maple Leafs forward PA Parenteau has a goal and two assists.
Maple Leafs team scope: Toronto has won four of the past six games and seven of the past 10. "We're not laying down, we're in the games right to the end," defenseman Morgan Rielly told the Toronto Star after a 5-2 win Tuesday against the Florida Panthers in which forward Nazem Kadri had a hat trick. "We're playing hard. We're playing with a lot of pride." The Maple Leafs did not practice Wednesday and complete a three-game road trip in Buffalo. Goalie Garret Sparks is 1-0-1 against the Sabres this season with a .917 save percentage and 1.92 goals-against average.
Sabres team scope: Buffalo has lost two straight games but has won its past two games at home. Kane did not play in the Sabres' 5-4 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday after he sustained an upper-body injury on Monday against the Detroit Red Wings. The Sabres did not practice Wednesday and Kane's status is still day-to-day. Cal O'Reilly replaced Kane in the lineup. Johnson is expected to start. He has made six consecutive starts since Robin Lehner re-aggravated his right ankle injury March 16 against the Montreal Canadiens. Lehner had season-ending surgery to repair the ankle Wednesday.
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