Sharpen Up: September 18, 2018

The Sabres host the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight for a preseason game at KeyBank Center.
Tickets are on sale now.
If you can't make it to KeyBank Center, be sure to catch Rick Jeanneret and Rob Ray call the action on MSG and WGR 550. Faceoff is at 7 p.m.
Here's what you need to know.

Tonight's matchup

Sabres social media with the exclusive breaking news. Here's Buffalo's projected roster.

Pittsburgh announced their game roster yesterday afternoon:
Goalies
1 Casey DeSmith
35 Tristan Jarry
Defensemen
2 Chad Ruhwedel
3 Olli Maatta
24 Stefan Elliott
50 Juuso Riikola
55 Chris Summers
67 Dane Birks
75 Will O'Neill
Forwards
10 Garrett Wilson
11 Jimmy Hayes
12 Dominik Simon
38 Derek Grant
39 Jean-Sebastien Dea
41 Daniel Sprong
46 Zach Aston-Reese
53 Teddy Blueger
54 Thomas Di Pauli
57 Anthony Angello
59 Jake Guentzel
64 Jordy Bellerive
82 Jan Drozg
A few former Sabres are in that mix.
Stay tuned throughout the day for full lineup news and notes.

About last night

The Sabres defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 in their first preseason game.
From the recap:
Patrik Berglund has been around for 10 NHL seasons, appeared in 754 games and scored 348 points between the regular season and playoffs. With all that experience, even he was impressed with the pass his rookie linemate made to set up his first goal of the preseason on Monday.

The rookie in question was Alexander Nylander, who fed Berglund for the first of his two assists in the Sabres' 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets in their preseason opener. Berglund had said earlier in the morning that he was still getting to know his young teammate. He learned a lot in their first game together.
"If I was Nylander, I would never try to pass that puck because I could never make that play," Berglund said. "It was a great play by him."

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