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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Jhonas Enroth stopped 34 shots, and Drew Stafford and Tyler Ennis both had a goal and assist in the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 preseason win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night. The Hurricanes sustained a big loss in the third period when veteran centre Jordan Staal broke a bone in his lower right leg. He was helped off the ice, unable to put weight on the leg. Staal was hurt with 6:35 left after being checked into the boards by defenceman Josh Gorges. Hurricanes general manager Ron Francis announced the diagnosis of Staals injury in a statement roughly two hours after the game. "Im concerned for sure. Hes a big piece of what were going to do moving forward," Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said before learning of the severity of Staals injury. Matt Moulson had a hand in both second-period goals scored 6:16 apart for Buffalo (1-1), which bounced back from a 1-0 loss at Washington on Sunday. Enroth was sharp in gaining the initial edge in a preseason-goalie competition with Michal Neuvirth for Buffalos vacant No. 1 job after Ryan Miller was traded in February. The Hurricanes (0-2) lost despite carrying much of the play over a 20-minute stretch that spanned the opening two periods in which they outshot the Sabres 17-2. Carolinas Anton Khudobin stopped all nine shots he faced before being replaced by Drew MacIntyre midway through the second period. MacIntyre was beaten on the first shot taken at him when Stafford streaked in alone and lifted a backhander into the left side of the net. Ennis was stopped by MacIntyre on his first two chances in front. Ennis then chased down the loose puck behind the net and had his no-look centring pass deflect in off of Staal. Enroth was particularly sharp during the first 10 minutes of the second period. Brendan Woods and Brody Sutter were stopped on bang-bang chances in front 3:20 in. 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The Canucks, though, are no lock to reach the postseason and they will continue their push for a wild card spot on Thursday night versus the Avs. Vancouver is four points back of Phoenix for the second wild card spot in the Western Conference and has played one more game than the Coyotes, who visit the New Jersey Devils tonight. The Dallas Stars also are one point ahead of the Canucks in the standings and have played two fewer games than Vancouver. That gives the Canucks an uphill battle in reaching the postseason and the squad has responded with its longest winning streak since late December. That includes last nights 5-2 triumph over the Minnesota Wild. David Booth scored twice in the win and Eddie Lack made 29 saves as the Canucks have claimed three straight victories for the first time since Dec. 20-29. Another win tonight would give Vancouver its longest string of victories since a season-best seven-game run from Dec. 1-14. "Were breathing. Thats the most important thing and we found a way tonight," said Canucks head coach John Tortorella. Daniel Sedin, Ryan Kesler and Zack Kassian all added goals for a Vancouver squad that was without captain Henrik Sedin due to a left knee injury suffered in Sundays win against the Buffalo Sabres. He is day-to-day and did not travel with the club for its quick two-game road trip that ends tonight. It is unknown if Lack will get another start tonight or if backup Jacob Markstrom will get the call. Neither has eever faced the Avalanche and Markstrom has made just one appearance in relief since coming over in the trade that sent Roberto Luongo to the Florida Panthers.dddddddddddd Whoever gets the call will try to extend the Canucks recent string of success over the Avalanche. Vancouver picked up a 3-1 victory over Colorado at home on Dec. 8 and has won 11 of 12 as well as 19 of the previous 22 encounters. The Canucks also have won 10 of their last 13 trips to Colorado, though they did have a four-game series road win streak snapped in the most recent meeting there on April 13 of last season. The Avs are rolling towards a playoff spot as they own a nine-point edge over the fourth-place Wild in the Central Division and are also a mere three points back of the Chicago Blackhawks for second. Colorado did bring a three-game winless stretch (0-2-1) into Tuesday nights meeting with the Nashville Predators and escaped with a 5-4 shootout victory on the road despite never leading in regulation. Gabriel Landeskog scored twice in regulation and had the deciding shootout tally, while Cody McLeod and Nick Holden both scored to erase third-period deficits. "What I like about our group is we were resilient even if we were not playing our best game," said Colorado head coach Patrick Roy. Semyon Varlamov made 29 saves as Colorado reached 45 wins in a season for the first time since 2001-02. The Avs won a franchise-best 52 victories the previous season en route to a Stanley Cup title. Varlamov will start tonight and is seeking his first career win versus the Canucks, having gone 0-7-1 with a 2.80 goals against average in previous meetings. ' ' '