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Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars
Thursday January 15
7:30 pm
TV: FSN | Radio: WBAP-820 AM

The Stars are coming off a 5-4 overtime win over Detroit on Monday. The Stars overcame deficits of 2-0, 3-1 and 4-3 to win the game.

"I like the way our guys hung in there. We kept playing aggressively and got pucks to the net and the last play was the definition of aggressive," said Stars coach Dave Tippett.

The Stars outshot the Red Wings 49-30 in the game and three of their goals came their defensemen. 

Injuries: RW Fabian Brunnstrom (ankle), RW Landon Wilson (ribs), D Sergei Zubov (hip) and LW Brenden Morrow (knee) are out.

"We've got to do better than this," said Buffalo goalie Patrick Lalime, who had 21 saves on the night. "We have to capitalize on our chances. We did slow down their offense, but it wasn't good enough."

The Sabres have scored just three goals in their last three games.

Injuries: RW Maxim Afinogenov (groin) and RW Patrick Kaleta (neck) are out.

• This is the first and only meeting between the two teams this season.
• The Sabres won last season's only meeting, beating the Stars 2-1 in Dallas.
• The Stars' last win against Buffalo was a 3-0 victory in Dallas on March 31, 2003. The Sabres have won three straight against the Stars since.
• The Stars are 40-51-17 all-time against Buffalo.

• Over their past nine games the Stars have outshot their opponents by an average of 37-26.
• Buffalo has given up 44 shots or more in two of the last three games.
• The Stars are 3-31 on the power play over the past seven games.
• Buffalo is 0-8 on the power play over the last three games, including one game where they got no power play chances at all.
• The Sabres are 14-14 on the penalty kill over their last four games.
• Buffalo has scored one goal in each of its last three games.