First published at InsideHockey.com
2010 has been good to the Buffalo Sabres so far, as the team has yet to suffer a regulation loss in the new year.
In fact, the team has gained at least a point in each of its last ten games. Their last regulation loss was a 5-2 contest against the Washington Capitals on December 23rd.
In that ten game stretch, the team is 7-0-3.
The Sabres look to continue this bout as they play the third of a seven-game road trip tonight in Phoenix before hitting the West Coast for several late-night starts.
The lineup will remain the same, with Patrick Kaleta back in. Matt Ellis, Nathan Paetsch, and Andrej Sekera will most likely be healthy scratches for the Sabres.
Ilya Bryzgalov will be in net for the Coyotes, who are second in the Pacific Division with 61 points. The team is also on a two-game winning streak.
Taylor Pyatt, who was a member of the Sabres organization from 2001 to 2006, has eight goals and four assists in 42 games this season.
In their first match-up of the season, the Sabres beat the Coyotes 2-1 on a Thomas Vanek power play goal (October 8, 2009).
Key to the Win: If the Sabres want to continue this streak, they'll need to stay out of the penalty box. Although their penalty killing has been excellent as of late, taking too many consecutive penalties doesn't help the team. They saw this in Atlanta on Thursday, when their sixth penalty of the game finally cost them a goal. If they can stay out of the box, the team won't have to worry as much about killing penalties and can instead focus on their offense.
Tim Connolly will look to extend his point streak to 12 games.
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3 years ago
I swear, I thought that Coyotes game was 3-2, not 2-1. Sad thing is I was at that game and don't remember, haha.
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