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5 Things to Know: Sabres at Blue Jackets

March 28, 2017

BY: DAVID KOLB
Follow @DavidKolbMSG

BUFFALO SABRES (32-32-12) @ COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS (48-19-7)
Coverage begins at 6:30 PM MSG-B

After winning last night, the Sabres visit Columbus for their third meeting this month.

1 WHERE THEY STAND

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Tonight the Sabres head to Columbus to face the Blue Jackets for the final meeting this season

The Sabres are 5-5-0 in their last 10 games

Buffalo is 13-19-6 on the road in 2016-17

The Sabres take the ice eight points behind the Boston Bruins for the final Wild Card slot in the Eastern Conference

2 WHO'S HOT

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Center, Jack Eichel gained two helpers in the Sabres’ 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers Monday

The Chelmsford, Massachusetts native now has nine goals and nine assists for 18 points in only 13 games in March

With two points Monday night, Eichel is now averaging a point-per-game, with 55 points in 55 games this season

3 SAY WAHT?

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“When he scored the goal, I think half our bench jumped up like it was a playoff goal.”

— Sabres’ coach, Dan Bylsma on captain, Brian Gionta scoring in his 1000th game

4 DID YOU KNOW?

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Blue Jackets’ coach, John Tortorella served as an assistant coach for the Sabres from 1989 to 1995.

5 MUST-SEE VIDEO

Watch Brian Gionta score a goal in his 1000th game Monday vs. the Florida Panthers.