Pittsburgh Penguins (9-9, sixth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (8-9-2, sixth in the Atlantic Division)
Buffalo, New York; Friday, 6 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Sabres -115, Penguins -105
BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres and the Pittsburgh Penguins face off in Eastern Conference play.
Buffalo has gone 4-5-0 at home and 8-9-2 overall. The Sabres have an 8-2-1 record in games they score at least three goals.
Pittsburgh is 9-9 overall and 5-3-0 in road games. The Penguins have allowed 47 goals while scoring 58 for a +11 scoring differential.
The matchup Friday is the second meeting between these teams this season. The Penguins won 4-0 in the last meeting.
TOP PERFORMERS: Alex Tuch has scored five goals with six assists for the Sabres. John-Jason Peterka has four goals and seven assists over the last 10 games.
Sidney Crosby has 12 goals and 10 assists for the Penguins. Evgeni Malkin has scored five goals and added four assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Sabres: 4-4-2, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.1 assists, 3.6 penalties and eight penalty minutes while giving up 3.3 goals per game.
Penguins: 6-4-0, averaging 3.5 goals, 5.9 assists, 3.2 penalties and 6.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.1 goals per game.
INJURIES: Sabres: Jack Quinn: out (achilles), Tage Thompson: out (upper-body).
Penguins: Mark Pysyk: out (lower-body), Will Butcher: out (undisclosed), Rickard Rakell: out (upper body), Pierre-Olivier Joseph: out (undisclosed), Bryan Rust: out (lower-body), Chad Ruhwedel: out (lower body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
