5 Things to Know: Sabres at Blue Jackets

• Tonight the Sabres travel to Columbus to face the Blue Jackets for the first time this season.
• The Sabres are 3-5-2 in their last 10 games.
• Buffalo is 11-16-6 on the road in 2016-17.
• The Sabres take the ice nine points behind the New York Islanders for the final Wild Card slot in the Eastern Conference.

• Sabres’ center, Jack Eichel scored two goals and picked up an assist in the Sabres 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.
• The 2015 2nd overall pick enters tonight’s game on a career-best 11-game point streak (five goals, 11 assists).

“We have a lot to prove with the last 15 games, with who we are and how we’re going to play. Pride is a big factor.”

–Sabres head coach, Dan Bylsma on finishing the season off strong.

• Evander Kane has recorded a point in five straight games against the Blue Jackets entering tonight’s game.

• Blue Jacket’s Head Coach, Tortorella served as an assistant coach for the Sabres from 1989 to 1995.
• The last time Buffalo faced Columbus was their last home game of the 2015-16 season on April 8th. That was also game No. 81!