Homecoming for Dunne
If he’s in the lineup, St. Louis-area native Josh Dunne will play his first NHL ~home~ game Monday.
The forward has slotted into the fourth-line center role the last three games, and he’s looked the part. Dunne has used his 6-foot-4 frame to his advantage, holding onto pucks below the goal line and adding some physicality to the lineup.
Dunne has been especially impactful the last two games alongside Greenway and Beck Malenstyn; with that big trio on the ice at 5-on-5, Buffalo has led 18-11 in shot attempts, 13-3 in shots on goal and 1-0 in goals. Dunne and Greenway both assisted on that goal, Bowen Byram’s first in the win at Ottawa.
“He’s been all around it,” Ruff said of Dunne, whose only career goal so far came Oct. 28. “He’s had one or two good opportunities a game – and that’s with more of a limited ice time. But they’re around it, and I think he will get on the board again.”
