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2. Stay busy

Tonight is the fourth game of the Sabres in six days and the seventh game in 13 days since his return from the 4-nation-view break.

There are no processes in sight. The Sabres end the month of March with 12 games in 24 days, eight of which are on the move.

“There are no excuses,” said Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday. “Everyone plays 82 games. Everyone has a hard schedule. You can sit here and try to make all the excuses in the world, but if you lace and go out in the changing room and go out, they fight better. “

3. Scouting the Lightning

The Sabres have to play the flash this season, with two other matchups on deck in April. The Lightning is currently in third place in the Atlantic Division with 76 points, three behind the divisional leaders Florida and Toronto.

Tampa Bay made a splash in front of the dead line on Wednesday and acquired strikers Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand from Seattle in return for a package with two picks in the first round. Gourde-a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Lightning Hat in 36 games this season 17 points (6+11). Bjorkstrand has 37 points in 61 games (16+21).

Gourde and Bjorkstrand are expected to be in the line -up this evening and join a squad that has four players with 60 or more points in Nikita Kucherov (90), Brandon Hagel (68), Brayden Point (64) and Jake Guentzel (60) with 60 or more points.

Tonight, Buffalo’s first game will mark against the long -time Sabres striker Zemgus Girgenson, who came to Tampa Bay in Tampa Bay last summer and played in all 61 games this season.