The Buffalo Sabres are moving in the right direction after being bottom feeders and the brunt of many jokes for so long but that is about to change. The Western New Yorkers are 3-1 on the season and are coming off two very impressive road victories. On Tuesday, they took down the Edmonton Oilers in Edmonton, 4-2, then made the short trip to Calgary to knock off the heavily favored Flames, 6-3. Tonight they will be a big dog once again when they head to Vancouver to take on the Canucks at Rogers Arena. Vancouver is winless on the season, at-0-3-2, and is expected to have Thatcher Demko between the pipes. Demko’s numbers are not good. He is 0-3-1 with a 4.30 GAA and a .861 SV%. Buffalo is expected to have Craig Anderson in net and he is 1-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .972 SV%. The Sabres have won the last two meetings with the Canucks and maybe after a win tonight they will start getting some respect.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BUFFALO SABRES