Losers of five-straight, Buffalo will try to get back in the win column at home against the last-place Los Angeles Kings.
By Anthony Sciandra / Diebytheblade.com
What to Watch
1. A Depleted Kings Roster
At the moment, the Kings are absolutely decimated with injuries. Key players like Ilya Kovalchuk, Carl Hagelin, Kyle Clifford, Trevor Lewis, and Alec Martinez remain sidelined with various ailments. With names like Matt Luff and Brendan Leipsic filling top-six roles, the Kings’ already shallow talent pool on offense has diminished even further.
2. The Return (sort of) of Cal?
With Jonathan Quick playing last night against the Detroit Red Wings, there is a good chance that fans in attendance will see former-Sabres’ prospect, Cal Petersen between the pipes for Los Angeles. As a collegiate free-agent, Petersen elected not to sign with Buffalo (the team that drafted him). Fans in Buffalo did not take kindly to the decision, so if he does play, expect the boo birds to come out every time he makes a save.
3. Not a Must-Win, but a “Really Should Win”
Tonight is the perfect night for the Sabres to get back in the win column. They’re on home ice against a heavily-depleted team in the middle of an East Coast road-trip, who also just played in Detroit last night. There is no excuse not to come out of this one with a regulation victory. A beat-down of the last-place team in the Pacific Division should serve as a confidence boost for a team that was embarrassed by an inferior Philadelphia Flyers team on Saturday afternoon.