Heather Engel

Lines and pairings remain the same from last game:

Krebs-Thompson-Tuch
Zucker-McLeod-Quinn
Östlund-Norris-Doan
Benson-Kozak-Malenstyn

Samuelsson-Dahlin
Byram-Power
Metsa-Kesselring
Dunne-Bryson

Oh, hello again.

Sabres back at it ahead of a busy month of March. 10 of their 15 games this month are at home.

Sabres officially announce that Anton Wahlberg has been sent back to Rochester.

Zach Benson has been activated from injured reserve, per the NHL Media site. Anton Wahlberg is no longer listed on the roster; per the AHL Transactions page, he's been sent back to Rochester.

Josh Norris, Josh Dunne and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen have all been activated from injured reserve, per the NHL Media site, and Zach Benson and Jordan Greenway have been placed on it.

Tage Thompson is on the ice for the Sabres’ morning skate in New Jersey. Michael Kesselring gave him a big hug when he got on the ice.

The NHL announced that the Sabres-Bruins game at KeyBank Center on March 25 will now start at 7:30 p.m. and be a national broadcast on TNT.

The Sabres have recalled Anton Wahlberg from Rochester.

Lindy Ruff didn’t have an update on Zach Benson, who is dealing with a different upper-body injury, but said it’s unlikely he plays on the trip.

Still TBD on Tage Thompson, with everything going on with Team USA’s schedule.

Good morning. Practice to begin in a few minutes.

Rasmus Dahlin is back.

Rasmus Dahlin is headed back to Buffalo today. Could practice tomorrow.

Tage Thompson gets back tomorrow night and could possibly play Wednesday.

Benson has been skating on his own.

Lindy Ruff said he doesn’t expect Zach Benson to play Wednesday. He’s dealing with an issue unrelated to the upper-body injury and they’re not waiting for more info on that.

Zach Metsa is here after being recalled earlier this morning.

Practice has begun. Looks like Zach Benson is still absent.

Tage Thompson with his second gold medal in nine months.

Yep

When the gold medal game is headed to overtime but there’s practice scheduled, too

Seen that a few times before.

Per the Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin is expected to be back with the team either Sunday or Monday.

Sabres back at it. Zach Benson remains absent.

Sabres practice set to begin shortly.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is on the ice.

Josh Norris and Josh Dunne are each in regular practice jerseys after being in no-contact ones yesterday.

Norris was indeed there, in a no-contact jersey. Lindy said that if all went well today, he could be in a regular practice jersey tomorrow.

He was on the ice for practice in a no-contact jersey. Lindy said that if all went well, he thinks he could be in a regular practice jersey tomorrow.

Updates from Lindy Ruff:

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen skated this morning and is "within days" of returning to practice.

Zach Benson was being evaluated today to find out if he'll join practice tomorrow.

Good morning!

While Rasmus Dahlin and Tage Thompson get set to face off later today, their Sabres teammates are back at practice.

Josh Dunne in a no-contact jersey. Zach Benson and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen are absent.

The Sabres have assigned Konsta Helenius, Isak Rosén and Zach Metsa to Rochester.

Final: Sabres fall 5-2

Novak gets to a loose puck in front. 4-2 Penguins with 4:27 to go.

Krebs collides with Silovs, and old friend Connor Clifton takes exception.

Each gets five for fighting and Krebs gets an extra two for goalie interference.