SABRES (23-28-6) at SENATORS (25-26-6)
TV: 7:30 p.m. ET; Bell-TV, MSG-B, RDS, TSN5, NHL.TV
Season Series: The Buffalo Sabres and Ottawa Senators have split two games this season. Ottawa won 3-1 at First Niagara Center on Oct. 8; Buffalo won 3-2 at Canadian Tire Centre on Jan. 26. Sabres rookie forward Jack Eichel has three goals, including the game-winner on Jan. 26. Senators forward Kyle Turris had two goals on Oct. 8, but did not play in the second game.
Sabres team scope: Forward Evander Kane will not play after he slept in and missed practice on Monday. Coach Dan Bylsma told the Sabres website he was aware Kane attended the NBA All-Star Game in Toronto on Sunday after the Sabres matinee. Kane phoned to alert the Sabres that he was going to miss practice. "He could've made it to the game just fine and made it back," Bylsma said. "I'm disappointed." Kane has five goals his past six games. Goalie Robin Lehner will start and forward Johan Larsson is expected to return after missing two games with a lower-body injury. Lehner made 34 saves in a 4-1 home win against the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, Buffalo's second straight win.
Senators team scope: Forward Mika Zibanejad (illness) and defenseman Mark Borowiecki (upper body) did not practice on Monday. Coach Dave Cameron told the Senators website each are day-to-day, and if Zibanejad can't play, a forward will be recalled from Binghamton of the American Hockey League. Forward Clarke MacArthur, who has been out with a concussion since Oct. 14, practiced, including contact. MacArthur may return to the lineup as early as next week. The Senators have lost three straight games since acquiring defenseman Dion Phaneuf to fall eight points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. "This is it this week," MacArthur said. "We need to have a good week, start chipping away and stay in the hunt and hope some of the other teams lose games. That's the position we've put ourselves in."
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