With time running out in the regular season, the Vancouver Canucks will try to make up ground in the Western Conference playoff race on Sunday when they host the lowly Buffalo Sabres. Sitting five points out of a playoff spot with only 10 games left on their schedule, the Canucks are in danger of missing the postseason in their first campaign under head coach John Tortorella. Although Vancouver didnt make it out of the first round in each of the last two springs, the club hasnt missed the playoffs since 2008. With 74 points, Vancouver is five behind Phoenix for the second wild card spot in the West. The Coyotes hold a game in hand over the Canucks, but with Phoenix idle on Sunday, Tortorellas club has a chance to cut the deficit to three points, Ryan Kesler and Daniel Sedin will return to action on Sunday and could help with Vancouvers postseason push. Sedin has missed the last nine games with an injured left hamstring, while Kesler has sat out the last four with a sprained right knee. Fellow forward Alexandre Burrows, however, expects to miss Sundays tilt after injuring his left hand in Vancouvers recent win over the Nashville Predators. Vancouver has won two of its last three games and is coming off Wednesdays 2-0 victory over visiting Nashville. Another win Sunday against the basement- dwelling Sabres would give the Canucks consecutive victories for the first time since beating Calgary and Edmonton from Jan. 18-21. The Canucks used a strong performance from rookie goaltender Eddie Lack to down the Predators. Lack made 30 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, while Alexander Edler and Nicklas Jensen scored in the third period for Vancouver. Jensen snapped a scoreless tie 6:06 into the third stanza. He scored from the top of the right circle after Henrik Sedin lost the puck in the slot. "Its being confident and not panicking and just trying to put it on net," Jensen said of his shot, which went just under the crossbar. "The fact the coach gives me that opportunity is really good, but at the same time you have to show you want to be in those situations too." Vancouver is 17-11-6 as the host this season and is wrapping a brief two-game homestand on Sunday. Buffalo is last in the NHL with just 48 points this season, but the Sabres were able to snap a seven-game losing streak in their last trip to the ice, picking up a 3-1 win in Edmonton. Cory Conacher had two goals on deflections and picked up an assist to back Buffalo neophyte Matt Hackett in Thursdays win over the Oilers. Hackett, the fifth goaltender to start for Buffalo this season, made 35 saves and helped the Sabres kill off 5-of-6 Edmonton power plays. "I think we deserved that one," said Conacher. "We kept it pretty simple for the most part. We ran into a bit of penalty trouble, but our PK came up huge." Hackett, who was recently called up from Rochester of the American Hockey League, made his debut with the club that acquired from Minnesota last April. With Jhonas Enroth and Michal Neuvirth still out with lower-body injuries, 22- year-old rookie Nathan Lieuwen will make his second career start on Sunday. Hackett will serve as the backup. Buffalo is 8-22-3 on the road this season and is playing the third test of a five-game swing on Sunday. The Sabres will continue the trek Tuesday in Montreal before completing the trip Thursday against Nashville. The Sabres have won four of the last six meetings with Vancouver, but the Canucks recorded a 3-0 win in Buffalo on Oct. 17. Sundays game marks Buffalos first road game against the Canucks since posting a 5-3 win on March 3, 2012. Before that victory two years ago, the Sabres had been winless in their previous six trips to B.C., going 0-5-0 with a tie. Stitched College Jerseys . Louis Blues have returned to the top spot in the TSN. 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Raymond Felton, their declining point guard, is back on the sideline nursing his third injury of the season.(SportsNetwork.com) - Posting their longest winning streak since 2012 will be no easy task for the Buffalo Sabres, who shoot for a rare victory in Winnipeg on Tuesday night versus the Jets. The Sabres have seemed to turn things around since their 3-12-2 start, winning 10 of their past 13 games. That includes a season-high four in a row, a run that was extended with last nights 5-4 shootout triumph over the Ottawa Senators. Matt Moulson had a goal in regulation and netted the lone goal of the shootout, while Jhonas Enroth posted 29 saves through overtime. He then stopped Ottawas first two skaters before Bobby Ryans last chance for the Sens rang off the goalpost. Marcus Foligno and Brian Flynn each had a goal and an assist, while Rasmus Ristolainen also lit the lamp. This group of guys is starting to believe in themselves, Sabres head coach Ted Nolan said. We were down and found a way to fight back. The Sabres fought back despite losing Torrey Mitchell to a lower body injury as he was hurt blocking a shot. In response, the club recalled forward Mikhail Grigorenko, the 12th overall pick of the 2012 draft, from the minors. Buffalo has won six in a row at home and will try to record its first five- game winning streak since March 19-27, 2012. However, the Sabres have lost all four of their trips to Winnipeg since the Jets relocated there from Atlanta and five in a row as the guesst in this series overall.dddddddddddd Buffalo also has lost eight of its past nine to Winnipeg, including a 2-1 setback at home on Nov. 26. Enroth made 24 saves, while Ondrej Pavelec stopped 19 shots. Michal Neuvirth is in line to start for the Sabres tonight and is 6-2-1 in his career versus the Jets with a 2.74 goals against average and .918 save percentage. Bryan Little and Michael Frolik had the goals in the win over the Sabres, a victory that was part of an eight-game point streak (5-0-3) that the Jets had snapped with Saturdays 4-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks. Little had a power-play goal and Michael Hutchinson made 27 saves for the Jets, who were coming off a shootout loss to Colorado two nights prior. The Ducks took control of the game with a three-goal second period. In the second period we knew where we were supposed to be, but we didnt close fast enough, Jets coach Paul Maurice said. The difference in the game was there was very little indecision in their game. It doesnt take much for it to look like there is indecision in our game against a team with that kind of speed. We just didnt drive legs hard enough fast enough to take away ice, and they are very good at that. Winnipeg lost the opener of a four-game homestand and Ondrej Pavelec may get the start tonight. He is 7-3-2 in his career versus the Sabres with a 2.27 GAA and .925 save percentage. ' ' '