Arena: Jobing.com Arena
Time: Monday, January 18, 2010 at 7:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Buffalo 7-0-3; Phoenix 4-3-3
Buffalo forward Tim Connolly has five goals and 11 assists during an 11-game points streak. Miller is 5-0-1 in his last six starts, allowing two goals or less four times.

Vrbata has two goals and two assists during a four-game points streak for Phoenix. Petr Prucha had two goals and a plus-3 rating Saturday against Minnesota. Vernon Fiddler had the game-winning, shorthanded goal and has three points in the last two games. Buffalo has picked up at least a point in 10 straight games to open up a double-digit lead in the Northeast Division. This will be the third stop on a seven-game road trip that will take the Sabres through California for games against the Ducks, Kings and Sharks, before the finale in Vancouver against the Canucks. Regulation hasn’t been enough to decide the first two games of the trip Buffalo won 2-1 in overtime in Atlanta before dropping a 3-2 decision on Long Island in a shootout.
Second and final meeting of the regular season. Buffalo will be shooting for the season sweep after picking up a 2-1 win at HSBC Arena on Oct. 8. The game was scoreless into the third period before Matthew Lombardi opened the scoring for the Coyotes with a power-play goal. But Clarke MacArthur answered for the Sabres and Thomas Vanek netted the power-play winner with 3:53 remaining. Jason LaBarbera stopped 37 shots, but was outdueled by Ryan Miller (23 saves).
The only significant injury on either side is to Coyotes defenseman Kurt Sauer, who hasn’t played since the season opener due to a head injury. Live score and results will be available soon.. stay with us.