The Buffalo Sabres are preparing for their second-straight game against a Western Conference playoff team, but as has been the case all season, the team is a bit banged up.
With the Anaheim Ducks (66 points, 4th in the Western Conference) in town tonight, the Sabres have recalled Derek Grant and Evan Rodrigues from the Rochester Americans. (Sorry, Amerks fans!) Many of you probably assumed that one of those players was getting the call in order to replace Evander Kane, who went hard into the boards following his dramatic OT winner against San Jose Tuesday evening.
I would have thought the same thing, but as it turns out it was Zemgus Girgensons, not Evander Kane, who sat out this morning’s skate:
Zemgus Girgensons is not on the ice this morning.