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Lightning-Sabres Thursday night preview

 
Published Dec. 3, 2014

Tonight

Lightning vs. Sabres

When/where: 7:30, Amalie Arena

TV/radio: Sun Sports; 970-AM

Key stats: The Sabres have won six of their past seven, including beating Tampa Bay 2-1 in a shootout Tuesday in Buffalo. … Buffalo G Jhonas Enroth is 5-1 with a 1.55 goals-against average in the past six games. He is 4-1 overall against the Lightning. … The Sabres are 1-12-1 when opponents score first; the win was Tuesday. … Tampa Bay has won four of its past five and is 10-2-1 at Amalie Arena. … The Sabres entered Wednesday as the league's lowest-scoring team (1.64 average goals per game) and had the worst power play (7 percent, 5-for-71). ... G Ben Bishop (15-3-2) has won six of his past seven starts and is 4-0-1 with a 2.31 GAA in five career starts against Buffalo.

Joe Smith, Times staff writer