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Enroth to start, Miller to sit for first time in 30 days

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There’ll be a rare sight to behold tonight at the Prudential Center in New Jersey -- just look towards Buffalo’s goal.

Ryan Miller’s streak of 14 consecutive starts will end on Thursday when the Sabres give Jhonas Enroth the starting nod for just the third time this season.

“We are playing things off of Ryan and how he was doing and felt this was a good opportunity to get Jhonas in there,” Sabres head coach Ron Rolston told NHL.com. “Jhonas has done a good job since I’ve been here working with Jim Corsi [goalie coach].

“Really, for him, practices are his games and we’ve had limited practice times but in those situations he’s certainly done a good job for us and merits an opportunity.”

Enroth, 24, has only made three appearances this year (two starts, one in relief) and hasn’t started since a 4-3 loss to Ottawa on Feb. 5.

Buffalo’s disparity in playing time this season is massive.

Miller has been in goal for over 90 percent of all minutes played and sits first in the NHL in shots faced -- 723, nearly 150 more than the next highest on the list (Islanders netminder Evgeni Nabokov).