It’s a hockey night in Buffalo - but it won’t be the Sabres hitting the ice at KeyBank Center this evening. The AHL’s Rochester Americans are in town, hosting the Syracuse Crunch for a 7:05 p.m. faceoff.
Heading into tonight’s game, the Amerks have accrued 66 points on the season (26-13-8-6) and are on a six-game point streak. The Crunch are just one point behind with a record of 30-18-2-3. Syracuse has also been good lately, going 5-4-0-1 in their last ten games.
Rochester is coming off a busy three-in-three weekend. They put up a commanding 12 goals in Friday’s win over Wilkes-Barre Scranton, then dropped a pair of games to Binghamton (1-0 OT, 2-1 SO).