Buffalo Sabres goaltender Alex Lyon has won on the road in Boston before. On Thursday night, however, Boston went up 1-0, but that was the only goal the Bruins would score. Lyon ultimately stopped 24 shots in a huge 3-1 victory. That allowed the Sabres to go up 2-1 in their first-round series. Lyon stopped several one-timers from Boston as he secured the victory. At the very least, the backup goaltender has earned a look for Game 4 to be played on Sunday. Adding in the seven saves Lyon made in cleanup duty on Tuesday, one may believe Lyon could do this again.

Jake Sanderson will miss the rest of Game 3 between the Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes. The Senators' defenseman blocked a shot and did not return for the third period. It is no secret that Ottawa has battled injuries and are now without their top pairing on defense. Artem Zub has only played one period during this entire series. Sanderson came off a stellar performance in Game 2 where he dished out two assists and blocked five shots. The hope is the injury is not too serious but Sanderson will get x-rays and imaging sometime on Friday.

Tyler Kleven comes back for the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night versus the Carolina Hurricanes. Ottawa needs all the help they can get with Artem Zub not likely to return for Game 3. Kleven had been out since April 2nd with an upper body injury. Kleven only had 18 points over 70 appearances but his physical play is much needed given Carolina's hard-charging forecheck. The defenseman tips the scale at 225 pounds and has 126 hits with 94 blocked shots. Kleven is not afraid to throw his body around. He is not guaranteed to start but Kleven is ready to go.

Josh Norris played 44 regular season games and two playoff games. Unfortunately, an undisclosed injury will keep him out of the lineup against the Boston Bruins tonight. Norris had zero points against Boston in the two contests. He had 34 points in those 44 games including nine points on the power play. Norris only had one shot on goal in each game despite quite a few scoring chances and a combined 9:29 of man advantage time in the postseason. Noah Ostlund and Ryan McLeod figure to benefit from his absence. Norris was tentatively listed as day-to-day so his Game 4 status will need to be monitored.