Sharpen Up: November 18, 2021 | Sabres host Flames tonight

Coming off their 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, the Buffalo Sabres are back at it tonight.
The Calgary Flames are in town for the first time since the 2019-20 season. The Flames are 8-3-5 so far this season and are currently in third place in the Pacific Division.
Faceoff is set for 7 p.m. on MSG and WGR 550 with Dan Dunleavy and Rob Ray on the call. Pregame coverage on MSG will start at 6:30.
Tickets are on sale now.
Here's what you need to know.

Tonight's matchup

The Flames are coming off a 2-1 overtime loss in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Elias Lindholm leads the team with 17 points (8+9) through 16 games. Andrew Mangiapane paces the club with 10 goals.
Here's more from @SabresPR's Game Notes:
• This is the first of two meetings between the Sabres and Flames this season.
• Last meeting: Calgary defeated Buffalo 4-3 in Calgary on Dec. 5, 2019.
• Next meeting: Friday, Mar. 18, 2022 in Calgary.
• The Sabres are 4-3-3 in their last 10 games against the Flames; 6-1-3 at home.
• This is the 112th game all-time between Buffalo and Calgary; Buffalo has a 53-38-20 series record.
• The Sabres are 33-14-8 at home against the Flames all-time.
• Through 15 games, the Sabres have already gotten points from 19 different players and 15 different players have scored at least one goal.
• Dustin Tokarski made a career-high 45 saves against Pittsburgh on Tuesday to help lead the Sabres to a 2-1 win.
• Tokarski's 45 saves are tied for the second-most in a single game by an NHL goaltender this season.
• Colin Miller (0+7), Jeff Skinner (3+4), and Tage Thompson (4+3) have each recorded seven points through Buffalo's first eight home games this season.
• Miller currently leads the Sabres in assists this season (7) and has the most points among Buffalo defensemen (9).
• He has registered four points (2+2) in his last five games.

Amerks recap

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The Rochester Americans were unable to come up with two points against first-place Utica last night.
Amerks.com has the recap:
The Rochester Americans (7-5-0-0) held the first-place Utica Comets (11-0-0-0) to a season-low 12 shots on goal, but a fortuitous bounce ended up being the difference for the Comets, who came away with a 3-2 victory Wednesday night at Blue Cross Arena.
Defenseman Ethan Prow, who celebrated his 29th birthday, scored his second goal of the season while forward Brett Murray added his third during the second period.
Linus Weissbach, Mark Jankowski, Sean Malone and Oskari Laaksonen all were credited with assists during the contest.
Goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (4-5-0), the reigning AHL Player of the Week, made his fifth consecutive start and ninth of the season. The Finnish netminder made nine saves but was tagged with the loss.
With the win, Utica became just the second team in league history to start the season with 11 straight wins, joining the 1984-85 Amerks.
Read the full story here.