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Tonight: Lightning vs. Sabres
By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published November 27, 2002
WHEN/WHERE: 7; HSBC Arena, Buffalo, N.Y.
TV/RADIO: Sunshine; WDAE-AM 620.
THE LOWDOWN: The game features two of the league's best faceoff men. Entering Tuesday, Tampa Bay's Dave Andreychuk led the league with a 63.95 winning percentage (188 of 294). Buffalo's Chris Gratton was third at 61.6 (239 of 388). ... Buffalo's power play was the league's second-worst at 10.6 percent. ... The Sabres have lost eight of their past nine and three of four at home. ... The Lightning has won four of its past six and two straight on the road. ... Buffalo is expected to be without team ice-time leader D Alexei Zhitnik (foot, groin, knee) and D Henrik Tallinder (separated shoulder). D Dmitri Kalinin (shoulder) is questionable. ... Sabres RW Miroslav Satan has a goal and four assists in his past five games. ... Lightning F Vinny Prospal has two goals, nine assists in his past 10 games. ... Buffalo is 3-8-1 against the East. Tampa Bay is 10-6-1. ... The Sabres are 3-5-1 at home. The Lightning is 5-4-2 on the road. ... Tampa Bay trails the series 10-24-3-1 and is 6-12-1 at Buffalo, where it hasn't won since March 1999 (0-6).
-- Compiled by Damian Cristodero.
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