The Union Blue conclude their road trip tonight in Upper New York where they do battle with the Buffalo Sabers at 7pm.

Buffalo is coming into the game off a late loss to the Rangers last night, after blowing the game with 0.4 seconds remaining in regulation time, and having them fall under a 0.500 for the first time this season.

Columbus last played and lost two nights ago in Vegas in regulation, after blowing a 2-0 lead from the help of former Blue Jackets’ pick Keagan Kolesar.

The Sabers are continuing their rebuild. The last time these teams met was in the preseason, when Jack Eichel was still a member of Buffalo.

Buffalo is coming into tonight with their young pieces and league minimum contracts leading their way through the season.

For the lineups, Gregory Hoffman comes in for Justin Danforth, and Joonas Korpisalo is getting the start for the Jackets to give Elvis Merzlikins a day of rest before the holidays.

Projected Lineups

Buffalo Sabres

Jeff Skinner—Tage Thompson—Victor Olofsson
Drake Caggiula—Dylan Cozens—Vinnie Hinistroza
Rasmus Asplund—Zemgus Girgensons—Kyle Okposo
Andres Bjork—Cody Eakin—John Hayden

Rasmus Dahlin—Mark Pysyk
Jacob Bryson—Collin Miller
Will Butcher—Robert Hagg

Dustin Tokarski
Aaron Dell

Columbus Blue Jackets

Gustav Nyquist—Boone Jenner—Oliver Bjorkstrand
Yegor Chinakov—Cole Sillinger—Jakub Voracek
Max Domi—Jack Roslovic—Gregory Hoffman
Eric Robinson—Sean Kuraly—Alexandre Texier

Zach Werenski—Jake Bean
Vladislav Gavrikov—Andrew Peeke
Gavin Bayreuther—Adam Boqvist

Joonas Korpisalo
Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: Justin Danforth, Gabriel Carlsson, Scott Harrington
Injured: Nate Gerbe, Dean Kukan, Patrik Laine, Emil Bemstrom

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