Sharpen Up: January 17, 2022 | Sabres host Detroit this afternoon

The Buffalo Sabres will look to shake off Saturday's 4-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings when they complete the home-and-home set this afternoon at KeyBank Center.
Faceoff is set for 1 p.m. on MSG and The Bet 1520 AM. Tickets are on sale now. Click here for a special Kids Day ticket offer.
Here's what you need to know.

Sunday's practice

From the Practice Report:
Peyton Krebs practiced with the Sabres on Sunday and is expected to be in the lineup when they host the Detroit Red Wings at KeyBank Center on Monday afternoon.
Krebs entered the NHL's COVID-19 protocol on Jan. 4. The positive test came at an inopportune time for the 20-year-old centerman, who began his tenure with the organization in Rochester after being acquired from Vegas in early November. He made his Sabres debut on Dec. 29 and played three games before being sidelined, notching his first point with a highlight-reel assist in the third outing.

He was asymptomatic throughout the duration of his 10-day isolation but did not meet the requirements to test out of protocol.
"I felt great," he said. "I was working out every day at my house. Yeah. I mean, you've just got to kind of look at things you can control and that was not one of them. So, just try to do what I could to stay in shape. Obviously, it was frustrating, but I'm here now so it's good to be back."
Zemgus Girgensons (lower body) and Jacob Bryson (upper body) were absent with injuries and will both miss the game on Monday.
Read the full report, which includes line combinations and defensive pairings here.

Today's matchup

From the Game Notes:
• This is the fourth and final meeting between the Sabres and Red Wings this season.
• Last meeting: Detroit defeated Buffalo 4-0 in Detroit on Jan. 15.
• The Sabres are 5-1-4 in their last 10 games against the Red Wings; 4-2-4 at home.
• This is the 149th game all-time between Buffalo and Detroit; Buffalo has a 66-60-22 series record.
• The Sabres are 39-20-13 at home against the Red Wings all-time

• Tage Thompson has 13 points (8+5) in his last 14 home games, including five two-point games during that stretch.

• All 10 of Colin Miller's assists this season have come on home ice.
• Buffalo is 2-0-3 in its last five home games against Detroit and is looking to earn at least a point in six straight home games against the Red Wings for the first time since the Sabres had a 14-game home point streak from Jan. 7, 1979 to March 22, 1987 (10-0-4).
• The Sabres are 11-3-5 against the Red Wings since the beginning of the 2016-17 season, including a 4-1-4 record at home.
• Rasmus Dahlin has totaled eight points (2+6) in 10 career games against Detroit, including a point in three of his four career home games against the Red Wings (1+2).
• Tonight's game wraps up Buffalo's first of three home-and-home sets this season, which began Saturday night with a 4-0 loss at Detroit.
• The Sabres have played in 169 previous home-and-home series in franchise history, going 94-51-24 (.627) in the home games and 59-80-30 (.438) in the road games in the previous series.
• The team is 74-66-29 (.524) all-time in the first game of the previous series and 79-65-25 (.541) in the second. Buffalo's points breakdown in these previous series is as follows: four points (32), three points (26), two points (68), one point (17), zero points (26).