Buffalo Sabres – Anaheim Ducks Game Preview
2/25/25 – 7pm EST at Key Bank Center, Buffalo N.Y.
Record
Buffalo – 23-27-5 | 51 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division
Anaheim – 25-24-7 | 57 points – 6th place in the Pacific Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 17.0% (27th)
Penalty Kill – 78.2% (19th)
Anaheim
Power Play – 11.9% (31st)
Penalty Kill – 73.6% (27th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 49 GP, 28 G, 23 A, 51 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 47 GP, 9 G, 37 A, 46 PTS
Jason Zucker: 53 GP, 18 G, 26 A, 44 PTS
Anaheim
Troy Terry: 51 GP, 16 G, 25 A, 41 PTS
Frank Vatrano: 55 GP, 17 G, 15 A, 32 PTS
Ryan Strome: 56 GP, 8 G, 23 A, 31 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (19-16-4, 3.00 GAA, .895 save %)
Anaheim – Lukas Dostal(16-13-5, 2.92 GAA, .910 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Forwards
JJ Peterka - Jiri Kulich – Tage Thompson
Jason Zucker* - Ryan McLeod - Alex Tuch*
Jordan Greenway - Dylan Cozens - Jack Quinn
Zach Benson – Peyton Krebs - Sam Lafferty
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin - Bowen Byram
Owen Power - Henri Jokiharju
Dennis Gilbert - Connor Clifton
Ex. Mattias Samuelsson - Jacob Bryson
*game time decision
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Notes
The Sabres are riding a five-game home winning streak and a win tonight would give them a win in six straight home games for the first time since Nov. 3 to 27, 2018 (six games). Buffalo has earned six straight home wins three times since 1999 (Jan. 17 to Feb. 15, 2007; Nov. 28 to Dec. 15, 2014).
Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 24 assists in his last 21 games and he would record the longest assist streak of his career (seven games) with an assist in tonight’s game. Dahlin’s 24 assists in that span are the most among all NHL skaters. Dahlin has posted 12 points (3+9) in his current six-game point streak and he would match the second-longest point streak of his career (seven games; Nov. 5 to 20, 2024; 4+6) with a point in tonight’s game.
JJ Peterka has tallied 10 points (5+5) in his last nine games, including seven points (4+3) in his last five home contests.
In his last 20 games, Jason Zucker has recorded 23 points (10+13), including 11 points (3+8) in his last eight games. Zucker is riding a five-game point streak (2+6) and he would record his longest point streak since Jan. 10 to 30, 2018 (seven games; 5+2) with a point in tonight’s game. A point tonight would mark the fifth time Zucker has registered a point streak of six or more games in his career.
Tage Thompson has posted 26 points (12+14) in his last 20 games, including 11 points (6+5) in his last five. Thompson is the first Sabres skater to record 11 or more points in a five-game span since Jeff Skinner did so from Dec. 4 to 19, 2022 (5+6).
Alex Tuch has collected eight points (3+5) in his last five games.
In his last six games, Bowen Byram has notched six points (2+4).
Ryan McLeod has posted at least one point in back-to-back games (2+1) and he has registered six points (4+2) in his last six games.
Dennis Gilbert has recorded one assist in three consecutive home games.
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