Alex Tuch had two goals and an assist, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 for their first four-game winning streak in more than two years.

Bowen Byram had a goal and an assist, and Jason Zucker had two assists for the Sabres (22-26-5), who won their fourth straight game. James Reimer made 28 saves in place of scheduled starter Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, who missed the game with an undisclosed injury.

After losing leading goal scorer Kirill Marchenko to a broken jaw over the weekend, the Columbus Blue Jackets will be without top scorer Zach Werenski, a nine-year veteran who has an undisclosed injury,

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has started and won the last three games for Buffalo, and is playing well, only giving up 2.66 goals per game. James Reimer hasn't played a game since late January, and the Sabres don't play again until Saturday, so we could see Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start again tonight.

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Kent Johnson, Ivan Provorov score goals for short-staffed Blue Jackets, who didn't have top three scorers in loss to Sabres.

Projected Lineup **Lines Subject to Change At Game Time Dmitri Voronkov - Adam Fantilli - Cole Sillinger James van Riemsdyk - Luca Del Bel Belluz - Kent Johnson Zach Aston-Reese - Justin Danforth - Ma