Roberto Luongo will start Friday's game against the Sabres, Harvey Fialkov of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.

Luongo will start Friday's game against the Sabres, Harvey Fialkov of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.

Analysis:

Luongo has gone winless in his three starts on the season, but a match against the hapless Sabres represents as good of any opportunity as any for the goalie to notch his first win. It doesn't look like Luongo will be called upon to start both ends of the team's back-to-back this weekend, as No. 2 netminder Al Montoya is expected to make the turn Saturday against Washington.