Buffalo Sabres – Pittsburgh Penguins

3/27/25 – 7:00pm EST at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY

Record

Buffalo – 29-35-6 | 64 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division

Pittsburgh – 29-33-11 | 69 points – 7th place in the Metropolitan Division

Special Teams

Buffalo

Power Play – 17.9% (27th)

Penalty Kill – 76.4% (22nd)

Pittsburgh

Power Play – 24.4% (10th)

Penalty Kill – 77.2% (18th)

Top Scorers

Buffalo

Tage Thompson: 64 GP, 35 G, 26 A, 61 PTS

Rasmus Dahlin: 62 GP, 13 G, 42 A, 55 PTS

JJ Peterka: 65 GP, 22 G, 33 A, 55 PTS

Pittsburgh

Sidney Crosby: 71 GP, 25 G, 54 A, 79 PTS

Rickard Rakell: 72 GP, 32 G, 30 A, 62 PTS

Bryan Rust: 62 GP, 26 G, 29 A, 55 PTS

Starting Goalies

Buffalo  – James Reimer (4-6-2, 2.68 GAA, .907 save %)

Pittsburgh – Tristan Jarry (12-10-5, 3.20 GAA, .891 save %)

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Line Combinations and Pairings

Forwards

Zach Benson - Jiri Kulich - Tage Thompson

JJ Peterka - Ryan McLeod - Jack Quinn

Isak Rosen– Peyton Krebs - Alex Tuch

Beck Malenstyn - Tyson Kozak – Sam Lafferty

Defense

Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin

Owen Power - Jacob Bernard-Docker

Bowen Byram - Connor Clifton

Ex. Jacob Bryson

Goaltenders

James Reimer

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Injuries

Josh Norris (day-to-day – mid-body)

Jason Zucker (day-to-day – personal)

Jordan Greenway (day-to-day – unknown)

Ruff Hits 600 Wins With Victory Over Sens; Wants To Make Things Right The Buffalo Sabres responded from a slow start and early penalty trouble in a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators at Key Bank Center on Tuesday. The game marked the return of former Sabre Dylan Cozens, who assisted on Brady Tkachuk’s opening power-play goal, but after responding twice to Ottawa goals, Tage Thompson scored the game-winner early in the third period, and the Sabres held on for their second straight victory with backup James Reimer in goal.

Notes

The Buffalo Sabres have earned at least one point in three of their last four meetings with the Penguins (2-1-1).

JJ Peterka has tallied 23 points (12+11) in his last 21 games and he has registered 11 points (5+6) in his last 10 games. Peterka has registered 20 points (7+13) in his last 17 home games, including six points (2+4) in his last six home contests. Peterka is riding a four-game point streak (3+1) and a point in tonight’s game would give him his fourth point streak of five or more games this season.

In his last 10 games, Ryan McLeod has posted 12 points (3+9), including one point in three straight home games (1+2). A point tonight would give McLeod his fourth point streak of at least three games this season.

Tage Thompson has posted 36 points (19+17) in his last 35 games, including 21 points (13+8) in his last 20.

Rasmus Dahlin has registered one point in three consecutive games (1+2) and a point tonight would give him his fifth point streak of four or more games this season.

Jacob Bernard-Docker has recorded three points (1+2) in his last two games. A point in tonight’s game would give Bernard-Docker his first three-game point streak of his career.

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