Buffalo Sabres Zone

The Sabres will be in Phoenix tonight for their first of 2 meetings against the Coyotes this season.  The Sabres got destroyed last year when they place the Coyotes by a score of 6-2.  Ryan Miller will make his first start against them in his career against a team that has slowed down as of late.  The Coyotes sit in 7th place in the West with 53 points, are 5-5 in their last 10 and look to avoid dropping 3 straight tonight.  They have a 16-7-2 record at home this season so this will be no cake walk for Buffalo who is coming off a loss in Calgary a few nights ago.  The big thing for Buffalo will be to keep Coyotes captain Shane Doan off of the score sheet.  He leads their team in goals with 20, and points, 48.  In net for Phoenix should be Ilya Bryzgalov who is 11-4-2 at home this season.  The Sabres look to finish the month of January on a good note as they have won 8 of 12 games thus far and have been one of the hottest teams in the league since the new year.  The game is set to start at 9pm tonight and as always, Let’s Go Buffalo!

-Sabs Hockey Nut