The Dallas Stars visited the state of New York tonight to take on the Buffalo Sabres at their home in the KeyBank Center.
The Sabres aren’t exactly in the basement, but they’re close, 10 points out of a playoff berth and few chances left to get there. Tonight they’re without captain Jack Eichel as he serves the first of a two-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Carl Soderberg in Saturday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche.
The Stars scratched Taylor Fedun tonight in favor of Jamie Oleksiak, a decision which did not seem to have a lot of impact on the game, but was noted anyway.