Dallas Stars (1-2, in the Central Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (2-1, in the Atlantic Division)

Buffalo, New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres host the Dallas Stars after the Sabres took down the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in overtime.

Buffalo went 50-23-9 overall and 28-13-7 in home games a season ago. The Sabres scored 3.4 goals per game last season while allowing 2.9 per game.

Dallas went 50-20-12 overall and 25-10-9 in road games a season ago. The Stars scored 273 total goals last season (3.3 per game on 25.2 shots per game).

INJURIES: Sabres: Josh Doan: day to day (lower body), Conor Timmins: out (lower-body), Jason Zucker: out (abdomen), Alex Lyon: out (upper-body), Topias Leinonen: out (lower-body), Jack Rathbone: out (undisclosed).

Stars: Cameron Hughes: out (upper-body), Harrison Scott: out (undisclosed), Matt Duchene: out (lower-body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.