BUFFALO – Another day, another injury for the Sabres.
Coach Lindy Ruff said this morning winger Zach Benson has “a little bit of an ailment that we’re keeping him off the ice for.” He said the injury is only a “short-term thing.”
Benson joins defensemen Mattias Samuelsson (upper body) and Owen Power (strain) and forwards Jordan Greenway (mid body) and Noah Ostlund (undisclosed) on the sideline.
Ruff said none of the players have long-term injuries. He hopes Power can return to the ice later this week.
The Sabres did, however, get some good news. Defenseman Bowen Byram participated in this morning’s pregame skate after missing two days with an upper-body injury.
While he won’t play tonight against the Penguins at KeyBank Center, Ruff hopes he can return Friday when the Sabres close the preseason in Pittsburgh.
Tonight’s roster with the lines and defense pairs is below.
Forwards
– Peyton Krebs, Josh Norris and Tage Thompson
– Jason Zucker, Ryan McLeod and Alex Tuch
– Jack Quinn, Jiri Kulich and Josh Doan
– Beck Malenstyn, Justin Danforth and Mason Geertsen
Defense
– Rasmus Dahlin and Michael Kesselring
– Ryan Johnson and Conor Timmins
– Jacob Bryson and Radim Mrtka
Goalies
– Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and Alexandar Georgiev