The Buffalo Sabres will look to win a third straight game for the first time since they did it Jan. 20-24. Before they defeated the Colorado Avalanche 2-0 on Thursday for their second straight win, the Sabres alternated wins and losses for eight consecutive games. "For a long period of time we've been on a roller coaster of being one up and one down and the highs of winning and the lows of tough losses," coach Dan Bylsma said. "Our approach here is one game at a time here four times in a row here in the last four (before a five-day break starting Monday). It's a big win for us to put two in a row together, but at the same time we need to have an even keel about us going in and playing St. Louis." Defenseman Cody Franson, who sustained a foot injury blocking a shot on Feb. 9 against the Anaheim Ducks, practiced Friday and said he was cleared by doctors and could be available to play Saturday. "Initially [the doctors] thought it was going to be 4-6 [weeks] and then after the CT [scan] they thought they could probably shave it down to two or three," Franson said. "They said it was in a weight-bearing area, but as soon as I could handle the pain I could play." Bylsma did not specify whether Robin Lehner or Anders Nilsson would be the starting goaltender. Lehner is coming off a 23-save shutout against the Avalanche and has started the past five games and nine of the past 10.
