GDT: Buffalo Sabres @ Tampa Bay Lightning 11/10/2015 7:30 pm EST

BUFFALO SABRES TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
NOV. 10, 2015
7:30 PM ET

Lightning, without Palat, aim for sweep of Sabres

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SABRES (6-8-0) at LIGHTNING (7-2-2)

TV: NBCSN

Sabres team scope: Defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo, who has missed two games with an upper-body injury told reporters at practice Monday he is ready to return to action. Coach Dan Bylsma mixed up his lines, putting rookie center Jack Eichel between Jamie McGinn and Tyler Ennis. Bylsma said it's something of an experiment putting Eichel and Ennis together, since they each like to handle the puck. However, it's an experiment he thinks is worthwhile: "I'd like to see that creativity together," Bylsma told buffalohockeybeat.com "I think two skilled players having the chance to play together and create off each other is what we're hoping for."

Lightning team scope: Forward Ondrej Palat will miss 3-5 weeks with a lower-body injury. Tampa Bay announced Monnday. Palat was injuried in a 1-0 loss in Minnesota on Saturday. "Our depth will be tested now, because he is a big part of our team," coach Jon Cooper said. With 12 healthy forwards on the roster, the Lightning recalled forward Mike Blunden from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Monday. This is the first of three straight home games six of seven in Tampa, and seven straight in Florida for the Lightning, who have been shut out three times in their past eight games and scored more than one goal twice in that span. One of those times was their 4-1 win the previous time they faced Buffalo.

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