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(SportsNetwork.com) - The suddenly red-hot Buffalo Sabres will try to pull off another improbable home-and-home sweep when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning for Thursdays battle at Amalie Arena. A victory tonight would give the Sabres a second straight home-and-home sweep, both against the Atlantic Divisions top two teams. Buffalo beat Montreal last Friday and Saturday before taking the opener of this home-and-home Tuesday in Western New York. The Lightning entered the game in Buffalo on a four-game win streak and with a one-point lead over Montreal for first place. The Bolts expected to make it five straight victories on Tuesday against the Sabres, who came into the opener 18 points behind Tampa in the division standings. Instead, the Sabres picked up a 2-1 shootout victory to push their winning streak to three games. Buffalo has now won six of its last seven contests after beginning 2014-15 with a dreadful 3-13-2 mark. Jhonas Enroth loomed large for the Sabres against Tampa, stopping 26 shots in regulation and overtime before turning aside both shootout chances. Enroth has won each of Buffalos last three games and is now 4-0-1 with a 1.56 goals against average in five lifetime appearances against the Lightning. Our guys played really well in front of me, Enroth said. They didnt have too many scoring chances. Enroth was busiest in the second period, when Tampa outshot the Sabres by a 16-4 margin. Buffalo, however, held the Bolts to nine shots the rest of the way. Zemgus Girgensons tallied in regulation for the Sabres, knotting the score at 1-1 with 3:54 left. Cody Hodgson and Tyler Ennis then scored in the shootout for Buffalo. Ondrej Palat lit the lamp for Tampa over six minutes before Girgensons goal. Evgeni Nabokov made 21 saves for the Lightning, who couldnt maintain momentum from a 6-3 road win over the New York Rangers on Monday. Hodgson began the final portion of the contest by beating Nabokov on the backhand, then Palat was turned away by Enroth. Ennis effectively put the game out of reach with his successful shot, and Ryan Callahan failed on his try to send the hosts to victory. Hes a good goaltender, Lightning center Tyler Johnson said of Enroth. He made some good saves. The Sabres improved to 4-1 in shootouts, while Tampa Bay fell to 1-3. It was Buffalos second win in the last three overall meetings with the Lightning. The Sabres have claimed three of the past five encounters in Central Florida. Buffalos Drew Stafford is questionable for tonight after missing the last two games with a lower-body injury. The forward is third on the Sabres with 12 points on four goals and eight assists. Tampa will return to No. 1 goaltender Ben Bishop tonight. He is 15-3-2 on the season and boasts a 4-0-1 record and 2.31 GAA in five career games against the Sabres. Jonathan Schoop Twins Jersey . 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A lawmaker is hoping the buzz from California Chromes run for the Triple Crown might build support for a bill that would place the U. BERLIN -- Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored twice as Schalke moved provisionally third in the Bundesliga with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Augsburg on Friday. The home side capitalized on a mistake from Schalkes Tim Hoogland to score in the fifth minute. Tobias Werner ran onto his weak back header, took the ball on his chest and dispatched it inside the far post with his next touch. Huntelaar equalized on a rebound in the 33rd. Augsburg captain Daniel Baier lost the ball and Julian Draxler back-heeled it to Kevin-Prince Boateng, who tried his luck from 22 metres (yards). Alexander Manninger saved but spilled the ball. "The Hunter was there where he should be," Boateng said. Sead Kolasinac crossed for Huntelaars second in the 49th. It was his fifth goal in two Bundesliga games, and a league-leading seventh since the winter break. "t;It was a difficult game for us," the in-form Dutchman said.dddddddddddd "We werent in it in the beginning. Too many individual mistakes. We really had to fight to get into the game. Thankfully we got the goals but we could have conceded at the end too." Augsburg finished the game in the ascendancy but the visitors hung on to move within a point of bitter rival Borussia Dortmund. Schalke moved three points clear of Bayer Leverkusen, which visits runaway leader Bayern Munich on Saturday, while Augsburg stays sixth for now. Schalke visits Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday, faced with the seemingly impossible task of overturning the 6-1 defeat from the sides first-leg of their round-of-16 tie. "Itll be difficult to progress but were not going just for the sightseeing," Boateng said. ' ' '