NHL Preseason: Buffalo-Pittsburgh, Panthers-Lightning Headline
A packed NHL preseason slate features Buffalo at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia vs Washington and a Florida-Tampa Bay clash, plus an Ottawa-Montreal home-and-away double.
The NHL's preseason schedule continues with a full slate of fixtures across North America, all played for form rather than standings.
Buffalo travel to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia host Washington, two of the night's headline meetings as clubs continue to shape their rosters ahead of the regular season. Florida face Tampa Bay in an all-division fixture, while Nashville meet Carolina and Los Angeles take on Anaheim earlier in the evening.
Ottawa and Montreal play out a home-and-away double, meeting twice on the same night, first in Ottawa and then in Montreal. Chicago host St Louis and Detroit face Columbus, both fixtures on the same bill. The Islanders play New Jersey, and the night closes with Edmonton hosting Calgary.
Kick-off times were given in Moscow time, running from 22:00 through to 04:00, which places most of the fixtures in the evening and the Edmonton-Calgary meeting into the early hours.
None of the results carry weight in the standings, but preseason fixtures of this kind are where coaching staffs settle on line combinations and goaltending rotations before the season proper gets under way.
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