Chicago Blackhawks (0-2, in the Central Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (0-1, in the Atlantic Division)

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

LINE: Sabres -218, Blackhawks +181; over/under is 6

BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres and the Chicago Blackhawks hit the ice in a non-conference matchup.

Buffalo went 50-23-9 overall and 28-13-7 in home games last season. The Sabres had a 19.5% power play success rate last season, scoring 48 goals on 246 chances.

Chicago went 29-39-14 overall and 15-20-6 in road games last season. The Blackhawks committed 295 total penalties last season, averaging 3.6 per game and serving 8.7 penalty minutes per game.

INJURIES: Sabres: Conor Timmins: out (lower-body), Jason Zucker: out (abdomen), Alex Lyon: out (upper-body), Topias Leinonen: out (lower-body), Olen Zellweger: out (concussion), Jack Rathbone: out (undisclosed).

Blackhawks: Andrew Mangiapane: out (lower-body), Connor Bedard: out (shoulder).

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