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NHL notebook: Scott keeps All-Star spot after demotion
By The Sports Xchange


John Scott will captain the Pacific Division for NHL All-Star Weekend in Nashville, Tenn., despite a recent trade out of the division and subsequent demotion out of the league.
Scott, elected to the Pacific Division captaincy in fan voting while a member of the Arizona Coyotes, was traded Friday to the Montreal Canadiens, who are in the Atlantic Division. Scott was assigned to the American Hockey League by Montreal.
The NHL said the "unique circumstance required review (and) the result of which was a determination to maintain the status quo for the All-Star weekend in order to preserve all parties' pre-existing expectations, including Scott�s desire to participate."


---Edmonton Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will be sidelined six to eight weeks after suffering a hand injury during Monday night's game against the Florida Panthers.
Oilers coach Tod McLellan said Nugent-Hopkins sustained a broken hand as a result of blocking a shot on a penalty kill during the second period of the Oilers' 4-2 victory.
In 46 games this season, Nugent-Hopkins had eight goals and 22 assists, including an assist before he left Monday's game.


---Detroit Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall and forward Drew Miller both have knee injuries that will keep them off the ice.
Miller's injury is more serious. He had surgery on a torn ACL and is expected to be sidelined for four to six months, Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. Kronwall likely will be out for a short period, approximately two to four weeks.
The 35-year-old Kronwall leads the team's defensemen with 17 points in 45 games and also leads the team ice team at 22:45 as one of only six Red Wings players to see in action in every game this season. Kronwall also underwent surgery, opting for it before the NHL All-Star Game in order to miss fewer games.
Miller, 31, missed 14 games earlier this season with a broken jaw. The knee injury probably will end his 2015-16 season. He has only one goal and one assist this season.


---Defenseman Chris Butler was demoted by the St. Louis Blues to the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League.
Butler, 29, made five appearances with the Blues. He has dressed in 27 games for the Wolves this season, logging 10 points (two goals, eight assists) and 18 penalty minutes.

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Preview: Blues (24-15) at Red Wings (22-14)


Date: January 20, 2016 8:00 PM EDT


The Detroit Red Wings are trying to track down their first division title since joining the Eastern Conference, but they need better home results to make it a reality.


They bring a season-worst four-game home skid into Wednesday night's matchup with the St. Louis Blues, who are trying to carry the success of a recent homestand into a former Central Division rival's building.


Detroit (23-14-8) hasn't finished higher than third in two seasons in the Atlantic, and that even came with a 22-10-9 home mark last season. This season, the Red Wings are 11-8-5 and their 1.13 points per game at Joe Louis Arena is down from 1.29 in 2014-15.


They've had some road success with a 5-1-1 mark in 2016, but Sunday's 2-1 shootout loss to Philadelphia accounted for the only point in their last three home games during a 1-3-2 span in Detroit.


First-year coach Jeff Blashill has the club within three points of first-place Florida, but he's not yet looking at it as a chase.


"The thing about the standings is there's lots of things you can't control," Blashill told the team's official website.


"What I look at is we judge ourselves on (five-game) segments. We have a segment board behind us in the hallway there and that point tonight allowed us to be a playoff team for this season. We keep it for the five-game segments and the cumulative and that's what we judge ourselves on, what we can control."


A little more from Henrik Zetterberg might help that along. The center has been limited to an assist in his last six games and has five points in his last 11 at home. Zetterberg's 0.67 points per game is his lowest mark since his rookie season.


Pavel Datsyuk (0.73) is also at his lowest mark since his rookie year, but he has a goal and five assists in his last three games.


"He's playing good," Zetterberg said. "He's feeling it. He's been playing well for us here for the last two months, probably our best player. He's got a lot of strength in him, he skates well and when he skates that well he's dangerous."


Datsyuk has scored in his last two games against the Blues, who have dropped the last four meetings with the previous three all going to overtime.


St. Louis (27-15-7) is beginning a four-game trip without a regulation win over a 1-2-2 away stretch, but it's coming off a successful homestand and has won four of its last five after Monday's 5-2 win over Pittsburgh.


Paul Stastny had a goal and three assists, and linemates Alexander Steen and Troy Brouwer each added a goal and an assist. Steen had been limited to two assists in his previous six, and Brouwer had his first multipoint effort since Oct. 27.


"I think we just work for each other," said Stastny, who's scored in consecutive games. "We're getting more and more comfortable. I think we've had chances and today they started falling."


Vladimir Tarasenko also scored, and his last seven goals have either tied the game or given the Blues a one-goal lead.


"Tarasenko's goal was, again, as timely as it could be, because we were being outplayed, our goalie was standing on his head and to score that goal, that's a great sign for us," coach Ken Hitchcock told the team's official website.


It might take a little more to beat Petr Mrazek, who will try to improve on a 5-0-1 span with a 1.31 goals-against average and .957 save percentage in 2016. He's also 3-0-0 with 0.97 and .961 marks as a starter against St. Louis.


Brian Elliott has started five straight games for the Blues since Jake Allen went down with a lower-body injury Jan. 8.

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Preview: Sabres (18-23) at Avalanche (23-21)


Date: January 20, 2016 10:00 PM EDT


The Colorado Avalanche intended to sign talented forward Ryan O'Reilly to a contract extension in the offseason. Instead, they decided the best move was to deal him.


Off to a strong start in Buffalo, O'Reilly returns to Denver looking to help the Sabres win four straight on the road for the first time in four seasons Wednesday night.


One season after O'Reilly set career highs with 28 goals and 64 points, he posted a personal-best 38 assists in 2014-15. Although he blossomed while spending his first six seasons in Colorado, the club felt it would be too expensive to keep him long-term.


The Avalanche wound up sending O'Reilly and fellow forward Jamie McGinn to Buffalo on June 26 in exchange for young defenseman Nikita Zadorov, forward Mikhail Grigorenko, the rights to J.T. Compher and the No. 31 pick in the draft.


"In the salary-cap era you have to make tough decisions sometimes," general manager Joe Sakic told the NHL's official website in June.


Signed to a seven-year, $52.5 million extension in July, O'Reilly has made an immediate impact by leading Buffalo (19-23-4) with 17 goals and 39 points. He's a big reason the Sabres are 12 points shy of matching their league-low 54 from '14-15 and have already surpassed last season's nine road wins with a 10-9-2 mark.


"He's got tremendous hockey sense," Sabres general manager Tim Murray said of O'Reilly, who turns 25 next month. "I think his hockey sense is off the charts. I think he makes everyone around him better."


Playing for his third club, McGinn is fourth on the team with 21 points. He gave Buffalo a 2-0 lead Monday at Arizona after O'Reilly assisted on Jack Eichel's goal in the 2-1 victory. O'Reilly has six goals and nine assists in the last 12 road contests.


The Sabres have yielded 10 goals to go 4-1-0 following a six-game losing streak in which they were outscored 21-8. A winner in five of seven away from home, Buffalo last won four straight on the road to open the '11-12 season.


"We can win," said Eichel, the second overall pick in 2015 who has three goals and six assists in six road games. "We know that."


Buffalo hopes its improved road play can end an 0-2-2 slide at Colorado (23-21-3), where the Avs have scored 16 times while winning four of their last five.


Colorado has not gotten much of a return on its end of the O'Reilly trade with Grigorenko recording 12 points in 40 games and Zadorov seeing action in 14 while spending most of his time in the AHL. Fighting for a wild-card spot in the Western Conference, the Avs split a two-game trip after Monday's 2-1 victory at Winnipeg.


Carl Soderberg had a goal with an assist and Semyon Varlamov made 36 saves after yielding four goals in each of his prior two starts. The Avs have given up three goals in three games but will need to improve on their 8-14-1 mark against the East.


"(Monday) was an important game for us. We need to continue," coach Patrick Roy said. "It is important because we're not doing so well against teams from the East for some reason."


Jarome Iginla's 13th goal Monday is Colorado's only power-play score in 11 chances over its previous five. The Avs, however, have killed all 12 penalties in the last four.


The Sabres have converted 25 percent (8 for 32) of their opportunities with the man-advantage in the last nine contests.


Buffalo's Chad Johnson has a 1.34 goals-against average in his last three starts.

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Preview: Wild (22-15) at Ducks (17-18)


Date: January 20, 2016 10:30 PM EDT


The Minnesota Wild's offense has dried up in stunning fashion over the past four games.


That's been a season-long problem for the Anaheim Ducks, the NHL's lowest-scoring team that had been producing more of late before struggling to generate goals again their last time out.


Scoring might be at a premium when these teams meet Wednesday night at Honda Center to close out their three-game season series.


The Wild's losing streak hit four with a 3-0 defeat at Nashville on Saturday as they were shut out for the second straight time. Minnesota (22-15-8), which has totaled three goals during its skid, has never been blanked in three in a row.


"We know that the one way to feel confident is to work for it, and to earn it, and we've done that in the past," coach Mike Yeo told the team's official website. "There were certainly some good things that we could have taken out of last game. Most nights we score two, three goals the way we played the game and the chances that we created."


The Wild outshot the Predators 13-5 in the second period and 29-25 overall. Minnesota was averaging 2.68 goals prior to the skid - 11th in the league.


"When things don't go your way, or the other goalie makes a couple of saves you start kind of thinking about it, and thinking, 'Is this going to be one of those nights, again?'" forward Jason Pominville said. "But we just have to find a way to bury some of our opportunities, and get our confidence, and get our swagger back."


Devan Dubnyk has posted a 1.79 goals-against average in his last four games and is expected to be in net again. He beat Anaheim 3-0 at Minnesota with 15 saves in the teams' last meeting Oct. 24, snapping the Ducks' four-game win streak in the series.


Anaheim (19-18-7) took the first matchup of the season 4-1 on Oct. 18 at home and has won 10 of 12 meetings. The Wild have scored one goal in seven of those.


A 7-2-1 stretch had the Ducks finally looking like the team that came within one game of the Stanley Cup Final last season, but the lack of offense that has plagued them throughout this disappointing season returned in a 3-2 home loss to Los Angeles on Sunday.


Though it wasn't for lack of chances - Anaheim held a 16-7 shot advantage in the third period and 32-26 overall - the club essentially hit its season average of 1.95 goals - easily the worst in the league.


The Ducks, who had scored four goals in three of the previous four contests, gave up three in the second period. They are last in the league with 1.09 goals allowed in the second.


'It's frustrating, that's for sure,' coach Bruce Boudreau said. 'I think we lead the league in fewest goals allowed in the first and third period and might be dead last in the second period. It's consistency, and we preach about it a lot. Hopefully sometime in the very near future we get that down.'


The Ducks are 4-3-0 on a homestand that concludes Wednesday.


"We're playing good teams. We're battling. We showed we could play with them," center Andrew Cogliano said of the Kings, who hold a solid lead in the Pacific Division. "They're probably the toughest team to play in the league. ... We had them on their heels a lot in the third period."


Minnesota opened a four-game road trip Saturday and is in the midst of playing seven of eight away from home. It's dropped two straight and five of six at Honda Center.

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Grand Salami - January


The Grand Salami in pro hockey is decided by adding up all the goals scored in every game scheduled for that particular day. You can wager on 'over' or 'under' the Grand Salami total. The total is set by adding up all listed 'over/under' odds for each game on that particular day.


Note: The Grand Salami will have no action if any game is suspended or cancelled before the regulation time of three twenty minute periods. Also, regardless of the number of goals scored during the shoot out portion of the overtime, the final scored recorded for the game will give the winning team on more goal than its opponent based on the score at the end of regulation time.


*The majority of sportsbooks do not put out a total on the Grand Salami when there is only one game on the card. For tracking purposes, we will continue to show the 'over/under' for goals and combined goals scored on days with just one game.


NHL GRAND SALAMI
Date No. of Games Total Goals Combined Goals Scored Result
1/1 2 10.5 9 UNDER
1/2 12 61.5 63 OVER
1/3 4 21 22 OVER
1/4 5 27 17 UNDER
1/5 8 43.5 46 OVER
1/6 5 26.5 23 UNDER
1/7 7 38.5 29 UNDER
1/8 6 31.5 34 OVER
1/9 10 53 47 UNDER
1/10 6 30 32 OVER
1/11 4 20.5 22 OVER
1/12 8 42.5 45 OVER
1/13 4 21.5 20 UNDER
1/14 8 42.5 37 UNDER
1/15 6 31 31 PUSH
1/16 10 52 48 UNDER
1/17 7 35 34 UNDER
1/18 5 26.5 26 UNDER
1/19 8 42.5 50 OVER
1/20 3 - - -
1/21 10 - - -
1/22 6 - - -
1/23 11 - - -
1/24 5 - - -
1/25 6 - - -
1/26 9 - - -
1/27 4 - - -
1/28 No games scheduled - - -
1/29 No games scheduled - - -
1/30 No games scheduled - - -
1/31 No games scheduled - - -

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NHL


Hot teams
-- St Louis won four of its last five games. Detroit won five of its last seven.
-- Buffalo won four of its last five games. Colorado won four of last five at home.
-- Anaheim won three of its last five games.


Cold teams
-- Minnesota lost its last four games, outscored 9-3.


Series records
-- Blues lost their last four games with Detroit.
-- Sabres lost their last nine games with Colorado.
-- Ducks won four of last five games with Minnesota.


Totals
-- Five of last six Detroit-St Louis games stayed under.
-- Last seven Buffalo-Colorado games went over total.
-- Under is 4-0-1 in last five Minnesota games.


Back-to-backs
-- None

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NHL Hockey Odds and Picks: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews


Count me among the many who expected the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks to take a step back this season. Sure, they'd still make the playoffs because that's not all that tough in the NHL, especially in the Western Conference where there are two fewer teams than in the East. But I certainly didn't expect the Hawks to be one of the league's best regular-season teams and a top Stanley Cup contender again after losing the likes of Brandon Saad and Patrick Sharp, among others, off last year's team for salary-cap reasons.


But clearly GM Stan Bowman knows what he's doing (other than giving Bryan Brickell a big extension a couple of years ago). In the trade for Saad, Bowman landed gifted second-line center Artem Anisimov. He has solidified that position, which has been a weak spot on the Hawks for years. Anisimov has 15 goals and 10 assists and has helped second-line right wing Patrick Kane get off to the best start of his career. The Hart Trophy favorite leads the NHL with 29 goals and 69 points. Bowman also got Russian KHL player Artemi Panarin on a low-cost, low-risk two-way contract, and he's your Calder Trophy favorite with 43 points (16 goals).


Last week, Bowman made sure to keep his incredibly successful head coach happy by signing Joel Quenneville to a three-year extension. He deserved a monster raise with those three Cups, and the $50 million deal that Mike Babcock got from the Maple Leafs this past offseason changed the financial landscape for coaches across the NHL.


The Hawks enter Tuesday's game at Nashville on an 11-game winning streak, which has tied the 2012-13 team for the longest in franchise history. They haven't lost since a 2-1 defeat at home to Carolina on Dec. 27 that dropped Chicago to 20-13-4. The Hawks were 13 points behind Central Division-leading Dallas then. Now Chicago has a three-point cushion atop the division and leads the West with 66 points. If you are wondering, the NHL record winning streak is 17 games, set by the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins.


Chicago is back up to the second-favorite to win the Stanley Cup at +500, behind only Eastern Conference-leading Washington (+400). The Hawks are now +300 favorites to win the West. The team has quality wins over Pittsburgh (twice) and Montreal (twice) during the streak. But Chicago has had a fairly beneficial schedule. The Blackhawks are just -110 favorites for Tuesday's game at Nashville. They are 2-1 vs. the Preds this season but lost the only meeting in Tennessee, 5-1 on Dec. 10. It should be said that No. 1 goaltender Corey Crawford, having his best season, got that night off.


The schedule gets much tougher for Chicago after Tuesday. It visits Tampa Bay on Thursday night in a Stanley Cup Finals rematch; the Hawks beat the visiting Lightning 1-0 in overtime on Oct. 24. The next night, Chicago goes to Atlantic Division-leading Florida; Chicago beat the visiting Panthers 4-3 on Oct. 22. And then St. Louis visits the Windy City in an NBC national TV game on Sunday night. I don't expect Chicago gets through that Florida Swing with the winning streak intact, however.


Here are some other games to watch this week:


Vancouver at Boston, Thursday: The Canucks got some bad news in that star Henrik Sedin is likely out until after the All-Star break with an upper-body injury that came courtesy of a first-period hit from the Islanders' Mikhail Grabovski on Sunday. Grabovski received a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct but no suspension. Sedin has nine goals and 28 assists this season. Expect some payback on Grabovski on March 1 when the Canucks see the Isles again. Boston thinks it might have center David Krejci back for this game. He has been out since Dec. 27 with an upper-body injury. Krejci practiced with the team Monday for the first time since then.


Anaheim at Washington, Friday: The Ducks continue to limp around near the bottom of the Pacific Division and on the fringes of the playoff race but still haven't made a major shakeup of the vastly disappointing team. There has been some talk the team was looking to acquire young Jonathan Drouin, the No. 3 overall pick in 2013, from Tampa Bay as Drouin has requested a trade and is currently in the AHL. Anaheim was involved in a trade with Pittsburgh over weekend, but I don't think it solves the team's offensive problems. The Ducks got forward David Perron and defenseman Adam Clendening for forward Carl Hagelin. Perron scored in his Duck debut Sunday, a 3-2 loss to the Kings. The Capitals might clinch the Metropolitan Division by mid-February as they have a 17-point lead entering the week. They are going to be the East's top seed barring an epic collapse. The Caps could get back defenseman John Carlson here. He has missed 11 games with a lower-body injury. Carlson had six goals and 27 points in 34 games prior to the injury.

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NHL MONEYLINE

NHL > (55) MINNESOTA@ (56) ANAHEIM | 2016-01-20 22:35:00 - 2016-01-20 22:35:00
Play AGAINST ANAHEIM using money line in All games after a division game
The record is 3 Wins and 10 Losses for the this season (-12.4 units)

NHL > (55) MINNESOTA@ (56) ANAHEIM | 2016-01-20 22:35:00 - 2016-01-20 22:35:00
Play AGAINST ANAHEIM using money line in Home games after a division game
The record is 2 Wins and 8 Losses for the this season (-11.05 units)

NHL > (51) ST LOUIS@ (52) DETROIT | 2016-01-20 20:05:00 - 2016-01-20 20:05:00
Play AGAINST DETROIT using money line in Home games when playing with 2 days rest
The record is 7 Wins and 17 Losses for the last three seasons (-20.2 units)

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NHL PUCKLINE

NHL > (55) MINNESOTA@ (56) ANAHEIM | 2016-01-20 22:35:00 - 2016-01-20 22:35:00
Play AGAINST ANAHEIM in All games after a division game
The record is 3 Wins and 10 Losses for the this season (-12.4 units)

NHL > (55) MINNESOTA@ (56) ANAHEIM | 2016-01-20 22:35:00 - 2016-01-20 22:35:00
Play AGAINST ANAHEIM in Home games after a division game
The record is 2 Wins and 8 Losses for the this season (-11.05 units)

NHL > (51) ST LOUIS@ (52) DETROIT | 2016-01-20 20:05:00 - 2016-01-20 20:05:00
Play AGAINST DETROIT in Home games when playing with 2 days rest
The record is 7 Wins and 17 Losses for the last three seasons (-20.2 units)

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NHL TOTALS

NHL > (51) ST LOUIS@ (52) DETROIT | 2016-01-20 20:05:00 - 2016-01-20 20:05:00
Play UNDER DETROIT on the totalin All games when playing with 2 days rest
The record is 4 Overs and 17 Unders for the last two seasons (+12.7 units)

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Preview: St. Louis at Detroit
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Where: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan
The Detroit Red Wings answered a wildly successful six-game road trip by once again coming up short at Joe Louis Arena. After dropping five of their last six contests at home (1-3-2), the Red Wings look to get back on track when they host the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday.
A lack of offense and inability to convert on the power play is plaguing Detroit, which has mustered just 19 goals in its last 10 games (5-4-1) while going 4-for-28 with the man advantage. “You’re not always going to score four to five goals, and the league is so good – and everyone plays defense and it’s not easy to score goals in this league,” Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader said. Vladimir Tarasenko scored his team-leading 25th goal on Monday as St. Louis posted its fourth win in five outings with a 5-2 triumph over Pittsburgh. The 24-year-old Russian has seven points in his last nine contests and collected a goal and an assist in the Blues’ 4-3 overtime loss to the Red Wings on Nov. 21.
TV: 8 p.m. ET, NBCSN, RSN, TVA
ABOUT THE BLUES (27-15-7): Paul Stastny scored a goal for the second straight contest on Monday and added three assists to increase his total to 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in the last nine games. Brian Elliott is also having a strong stretch of late as the 30-year-old goaltender has stopped 82-of-87 shots over the last two contests and is 4-1-0 in his last five. Elliott could use a bit of good fortune as he has dropped eight of 11 (3-6-2) career encounters with Detroit.
ABOUT THE RED WINGS (23-14-8): After scoring his team’s lone goal in a 2-1 shootout loss to Philadelphia on Sunday, defenseman Niklas Kronwall underwent arthroscopic surgery on his knee two days later and is sidelined two-to-four weeks. “It’s something that’s been planned for a little bit here,” coach Jeff Blashill told the team’s website. “… We utilized the All-Star break in that time period to try to minimize the games that he misses.” Blue-liner Alexey Marchenko will draw back into the lineup after serving as a healthy scratch the last two contests.
OVERTIME
1. Detroit G Petr Mrazek has stopped 87-of-91 shots to win all three career decisions versus St. Louis.
2. The Blues sent D Chris Butler to Chicago of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.
3. Red Wings LW Teemu Pulkkinen, who returned from a shoulder injury on Sunday, had an assist before scoring in overtime of the team’s initial meeting with the Blues.

PREDICTION: Blues 3, Red Wings 2

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Preview: Buffalo at Colorado
When: 10:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Ryan O’Reilly makes his return to the Mile High City as the Buffalo Sabres seek a season high-tying third straight victory when they visit the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. O’Reilly has recorded team highs of 17 goals and 39 points in his first campaign with Buffalo, which acquired the center – along with left wing Jamie McGinn – from Colorado in a five-player trade over the summer after he spent the first six seasons of his NHL career with the Avalanche.
“It feels like forever ago that I was here,” O’Reilly told the Avalanche’s website. “It’s an exciting experience and I’m looking forward to it.” The 24-year-old, who already has matched his 2014-15 total in tallies, has notched a point in six of his last seven contests but enters with a five-game goal-scoring drought. Colorado is coming off a two-game trek during which it split a pair of 2-1 decisions but has won four of its last five at home. The Avalanche swept the two-game series last season, outscoring the Sabres 10-4 in the process.
TV: 10 p.m. ET, MSG, BELL TV (Buffalo), Altitude (Colorado)
ABOUT THE SABRES (19-23-4): Despite ranking in the bottom third of the league, Buffalo has been stellar on the penalty kill of late, going four straight games without allowing a power-play goal and 15-for-16 over its last seven contests. “It’s huge,” rookie Jack Eichel told the team’s website. “Guys are going over the boards, getting the job done, and that’s what you want to see.” Defenseman Josh Gorges could return to the lineup Wednesday after missing two games with an upper-body injury.
ABOUT THE AVALANCHE (23-21-3): Mikhail Grigorenko, the key player that came over from Buffalo in the O’Reilly trade, has struggled in his first season with Colorado. The 21-year-old Russian center has recorded just two goals and 10 assists in 40 games and was a healthy scratch each of the last two contests but is expected to be in the lineup Wednesday. Jarome Iginla’s goal in Monday’s victory at Winnipeg was his 602nd career tally, moving him past Jari Kurri for sole possession of 18th place on the all-time list, his 96th game-winner – tying him with Mats Sundin for seventh in NHL history – and his team-leading seventh on the power play.
OVERTIME
1. The Sabres have won four of their last five overall games and two straight on the road.
2. Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog has gone five games without a goal and has registered only three in his last 22 contests.
3. O’Reilly also leads Buffalo with seven power-play goals after totaling two in 82 games with Colorado last season.
PREDICTION: Avalanche 3, Sabres 2

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Preview: Minnesota at Anaheim
When: 10:30 PM ET, Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Where: Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Goals could be in short supply when the sputtering Minnesota Wild visit the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. Minnesota saw its losing skid reach four games after being shut out in back-to-back contests while Anaheim (1.95 goals per game) has languished as the lowest-scoring team in the league throughout much of the season.
“We can’t wait around until it’s desperation time. It needs to be desperation time now, and we all understand that,” Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk told the Minneapolis Star Tribune of his team’s struggles. Dubnyk made 22 saves in a 3-0 setback to Nashville on Saturday and has yielded just six goals during his personal three-game skid, but stopped all 15 shots he faced in the Wild’s 3-0 victory over Anaheim on Oct. 24. While Minnesota is playing the second contest of its four-game road trip, the Ducks have posted a 4-3-0 mark heading into the finale of their eight-game homestand. Rickard Rakell, who scored in Anaheim’s 4-1 win over the Wild on Oct. 18, also tallied in his team’s 3-2 setback to Pacific Division-rival Los Angeles on Sunday.
TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN
ABOUT THE WILD (22-15-8): Jason Pominville is doing his best to keep his spirits up as the veteran forward has been held off the scoresheet in each of his last 12 games. “When things don’t go your way, or the other goalie makes a couple of saves, you start kind of thinking about it, and thinking, ‘Is this going to be one of those nights, again?'” Pominville said. Fellow forwards Nino Niederreiter and Mikael Granlund likely would agree as the former has two tallies in his past 29 games while the latter has just one goal – into an empty net, no less – in his last 26 contests.
ABOUT THE DUCKS (19-18-7): Acquired from Pittsburgh over the weekend, David Perron made a favorable impression on his new teammates by scoring a goal versus the Kings. The 27-year-old Perron, who scored just four times in 43 games with the Penguins, is looking to rediscover his offense after a pair of 20-goal seasons with St. Louis and a 28-tally campaign with Edmonton. “That’s why I’m here,” Perron told the Orange County Register. “I want to get things going again. I know I’m a good player in this league and I want to prove that every night.”
OVERTIME
1. Minnesota, which suffered a 1-0 loss to Winnipeg on Friday and a 3-0 setback to Nashville the following night, has mustered just 15 goals during a 2-5-2 stretch.
2. Anaheim has allowed a power-play goal in back-to-back games after killing off all 28 short-handed opportunities in its previous eight contests.
3. The Wild are 0-for-21 with the man advantage during the last 10 games.
PREDICTION: Wild 1, Ducks 0