Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins Live Streaming
Monday, April 26, 2010
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7:00 pm EDT Mon Apr 26, 2010
Thomas Vanek just has to tell his coach he’s ready and he’ll be back in the Buffalo Sabres lineup. Marc Savard must convince doctors and Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien that he is OK to play. At least Savard knows he’ll have another chance to get back on the ice, even if he misses Monday night’s game. Two of the top offensive players in the best-of-seven series hope to return for Game 6, when Buffalo will face elimination in Boston. The Bruins lead the series 3-2. Savard, the Bruins’ top playmaker, has been out since sustaining a Grade 2 concussion on March 7. Vanek, the Sabres’ leading goal scorer, hasn’t played since injuring his left ankle in the first period of the second game of the series. Vanek’s competitive juices might have brought him back earlier, but the left winger said Sunday his ankle is still sore. That didn’t prevent him from getting in some work on the power play.
Vanek had 28 goals and 25 assists in the regular season and kept going in the playoffs. He scored the first goal in Buffalo’s 2-1 win in the series opener and assisted on the first goal of Boston’s 5-3 win in Game 2, despite playing just 4 minutes, 22 seconds. Savard hasn’t played since absorbing a blindside hit from Pittsburgh’s Matt Cooke seven weeks ago. The center skated with his teammates for the first time on Sunday and is scheduled for a neuro-psych test on Monday. One issue for Julien is Savard’s conditioning. Another is that the forwards hasn’t received medical clearance to play. The Sabres are coming off a 4-1 win at home on Friday night. If they make it two in a row, they’ll be back in Buffalo for the deciding game of the series on Wednesday night. Lose and the season is over. Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller, who has had a solid series, said his approach doesn’t change.
