Date: Friday, November 20, 2009
Venue: HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY
Time: 7:30 PM ET

Bruins vs Sabres Preview
Season series – Second of six meetings between these Northeast Division rivals. Boston received first-period power-play goals from Mark Recchi and Zdeno Chara and went on to a 4-2 victory at TD Garden on Nov. 7 with the backups in net for both teams. Tuukka Rask made 28 saves in a winning effort while Jhonas Enroth stopped 33 shots in his NHL debut for Buffalo.

Big story – Take nothing away from the Bruins for winning the initial offering in this series, but the game was lacking a certain flavor – namely, the battle between two of the League’s elite goalies, Tim Thomas and Ryan Miller. That doesn’t figure to be the case this time around. Rask got the start for Boston at Atlanta on Thursday, indicating Thomas (tied for first in the NHL with three shutouts) will face Buffalo. Miller has started all but two games for the Sabres and is tied for the League lead in wins (12) while ranking second in goals-against average (1.97) and save percentage (.931). (nhl.com)