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Sabres continue long road trip

Jan 21, 2008 - 3:04 PM Buffalo (20-20-6) at Phoenix (24-21-2) 4:00 pm EST

GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- The Buffalo Sabres continue a season-high seven-game road trip Monday when they take on the Phoenix Coyotes.

After ending a 10-game winless stretch with a 10-1 rout of the Atlanta Thrashers, the Sabres opened the road trip with a 4-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.

"Back-to-back games aren't easy, but the position that we're in, we need to win these back-to-backs," Buffalo defenseman Brian Campbell said.

Buffalo, which is 1-6-5 its last 12 games, also makes stops on its trek to Dallas, Tampa Bay, Florida, Atlanta and Boston. The Sabres' next home game is February 6 against New Jersey.

Phoenix is 6-3-1 in its last 10 games, but is winless in its last two, including a 2-1 shootout defeat to Chicago on Saturday.

"We were physical and I thought we played a very solid hockey game," Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky said. "Unfortunately we didn't get two points out of it, but you know what, they played hard."

This is the first meeting between the teams in Arizona since January 18, 2003.