Ice Chips: Habs' Slafkovsky skating with Suzuki, Caufield

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Montreal Canadiens

Rookie Juraj Slafkovsky is skating on the top line with captain Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield ahead of tonight's preseason matchup against the Ottawa Senators. The 2022 No. 1 overall pick had an assist and four shots in Monday's 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. 

Suzuki makes his preseason debut after recovering from a lower-body injury. The 23-year-old signed an eight-year, $63 million extension last October and tallied 21 goals and 40 helpers in 82 games last season. 

Cole Caufield - Nick Suzuki  - Juraj SlafkovskyRem Pitlick - Jake Evans - Rafaël Harvey-Pinard Emil Heineman  - Owen Beck - Joel ArmiaMichael Pezzetta - Brandon Gignac  - Jesse Ylonen Corey Schueneman - Jordan Harris Arber Xhekaj - Chris WidemanKaiden Guhle  - David Savard

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Buffalo Sabres

Tuesday's lineup against the Carolina Hurricanes:

Skinner-Thompson-Hinostroza Quinn-Mittelstadt-Tuch Krebs-Cozens-Peterka Girgensons-Asplund-Okposo Samuelsson-Dahlin Power-Jokiharju Bryson-Lyubushkin