BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres schedule is starting to open up, and there were more full participants on the ice for practice Monday.
What You Need To Know
- Coming off five games in eight days, the Sabres have played well enough to find themselves near the top of the Atlantic Division
- Defeseman Michael Kesselring could make his Sabres debut against the visiting Blue Jackets Tuesday. Forward Jordan Greenway is looking at a full return on the road against Boston
- The three-goaltender room is not head coach Lindy Ruff’s preferred situation, but he has ‘three guys who can skate’ and would rather have the options
One of the newest Buffalo Sabres, defenseman Michael Kesselring, could make his regular season debut early as Tuesday against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
“I’m really excited to get in there,” said Kesselring. “Just the way our team plays in general. With the D being up in the rush making plays, I think it suits my game really well.”
Kesselring was acquired from the Utah Mammoth this summer alongside breakout forward Josh Doan in exchange for forward JJ Peterka.
He’s certainly a welcome sight for head coach Lindy Ruff, as the emphasis of his practice Monday was to work on things that fell off during that last stretch, like the power play against Toronto.
“The other night they they sat on both flanks and we had three-on-one down low and we didn’t use it at all,” Ruff said. “And that read was a read we needed. As they came out to get [Tage] Thompson and [Rasmus] Dahlin, we needed the play to go low. And so we’re just practicing, just trying to get better.”