Sharpen Up: April 10, 2022 | Sabres' road trip continues tonight in Tampa

It's a game night in Tampa.
The Buffalo Sabres will take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at 5 p.m. tonight from Amalie Arena. Pregame coverage on MSG begins at 4:30. Dan Dunleavy and Rob Ray will have the call on MSG and WGR 550.
There are reasons to be excited both on and off the ice. The Sabres added Owen Power to the roster on Friday when he signed his entry-level contract. The top pick in the 2021 NHL Draft is expected to make his NHL debut on Tuesday in Toronto.
It's looking like his first home game will be Thursday against St. Louis. Tickets are on sale now.
Here's what you need to know.

More about Power

Following the University of Michigan's overtime loss to Denver in the Frozen Four on Thursday, Power made the decision to go pro and join the Sabres.
The 6-foot-6 defenseman is in Tampa with the team. Watch here as he meets with general manager Kevyn Adams and head coach Don Granato before officially signing his contract.

Adams met with the media on Friday. We have the full recap of his press conference here.
A debut in Toronto would leave eight games for Power's introduction to the NHL, including four at KeyBank Center: Thursday, April 14 vs. St. Louis; Saturday, April 16 vs. Philadelphia; Saturday, April 23 vs. the New York Islanders; and Friday, April 29 vs. Chicago.

"I really believe this stretch of games until the end of the season is so critical for him because you feel the NHL game, you get a good understanding of what you need to do to prepare yourself to play, the speed of the game, physicality, all of it," Adams said.
"He'll take that into his offseason and just the way he's wired. he's the type of kid who processes things very quickly and he'll learn quickly."
Learn even more about Power here.

Tonight's matchup

From the Game Notes:
• This is the third and final meeting between the Sabres and Lightning this season.
• Last meeting: Tampa Bay defeated Buffalo 6-1 in Buffalo on Jan. 11.
• The Sabres are 2-7-1 in their last 10 games against the Lightning; 2-7-1 on the road.
• This is the 109th game all-time between Buffalo and Tampa Bay; Buffalo has a 56-43-9 series record. • • The Sabres are 29-21-4 on the road against the Lightning all-time.
• 23 of the last 26 meetings between Buffalo and Tampa Bay have been decided in regulation, including each of the last six contests.

• Tage Thompson and Jeff Skinner have both reached the 30-goal plateau this season.
• It is the 23rd time in Sabres history the team has had at least two players score 30 or more goals.
• Before this season, the last Sabres duo to reach 30 goals in the same season was Thomas Vanek (32) and Drew Stafford (31) during the 2010-11 campaign.
• If Thompson and Skinner both reach the 35-goal mark, they would become the 13th Sabres teammates to do so in a season and the first since Vanek (43) and Chris Drury (37) in 2006-07.
• Thompson enters tonight's game on a five-game point streak (4+3).
• Thompson has 16 points (9+7) in his last 14 contests, recording five multi-point performances during that span.
• He has four points (2+2) and a plus-3 rating in his last four games against the Lightning.
• Skinner enters tonight's game on a five-game point streak, tallying seven points (3+4) during that span.
• Skinner has 13 points (7+6) in his last 11 games and has tallied at least a point in 10 of those 11 contests.
• Skinner has registered two separate five-game point streaks since March 20 (March 20 at VAN to March 28 at CHI and April 1 vs. NSH to April 8 at FLA)

• Victor Olofsson has nine points (6+3) in his last seven games and has scored a goal in each of his last three games.
• With a goal tonight, he would extend his streak to four games for the first time in his career.
• Olofsson has tallied multi-point games in three of his last seven contests.
• The Sabres are 9-0-0 this season when Olofsson records a multi-point performance.
• In six career games against Tampa Bay, Olofsson has recorded five points (3+2).
• Alex Tuch has seven points (2+5) in his last seven games and has recorded three multi-point efforts during that span.
• Vinnie Hinostroza enters tonight's game with a point in each of his last three games against Tampa Bay (2+1).

Levi wins Richter Award

Buffalo Sabres prospect Devon Levi has won the Mike Richter Award, given annually to the top goaltender in college hockey, it was announced Friday.
Levi, 20, led the nation with a .952 save percentage, the second-best mark in NCAA history. He tied for second in shutouts (11) and third in goals-against average. He was also named First Team All-American and won the Tim Taylor Award as college hockey's top rookie.
The goaltender informed the Sabres he will return for his junior season at Northeastern University in 2022-23.
"He's such a mature kid the way he looks at it," general manager Kevyn Adams said. "And one of the things he said that I found interesting is that, 'I wanted to feel that pressure every day of people looking at me like I'm a top guy,' which is a pretty interesting way to look at it."
The Sabres acquired Levi, a seventh-round pick in the 2020 NHL draft, from the Florida Panthers last July as part of the return for forward Sam Reinhart.
Read more here.