Buffalo Sabres – Edmonton Oilers Game Preview
1/25/25 – 4:00 pm EST at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta
Record
Buffalo – 18-25-5 | 41 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division
Edmonton – 30-15-3 | 63 points – 2nd place in the Pacific Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 17.0% (27th)
Penalty Kill – 77.4% (20th)
Edmonton
Power Play – 24.8% (7th)
Penalty Kill – 75.9% (24th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 43 GP, 22 G, 18 A, 40 PTS
Jason Zucker: 46 GP, 16 G, 19 A, 35 PTS
JJ Peterka: 46 GP, 11 G, 24 A, 35 PTS
Edmonton
Leon Draisaitl: 48 GP, 35 G, 39 A, 74 PTS
Connor McDavid: 43 GP, 20 G, 45 A, 65 PTS
Evan Bouchard: 48 GP, 8 G, 28 A, 36 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – James Reimer (1-5-1, 3.05 GAA, .891 save %)
Edmonton – Stuart Skinner (18-11-3, 2.71 GAA, .899 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
Jiri Kulich – Ryan McLeod - Tage Thompson
JJ Peterka - Dylan Cozens - Alex Tuch
Zach Benson - Peyton Krebs - Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn – Tyson Kozak - Sam Lafferty
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin - Bowen Byram
Owen Power - Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson - Connor Clifton
Ex.: Jacob Bryson, Dennis Gilbert
Goaltenders
James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injuries
Jason Zucker (day-to-day – illness)
Jordan Greenway (IR - middle body)
Notes
Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 15 assists in his last 14 games, including three assists in his last three games. • Dahlin has posted 17 points (3+14) in his last 15 road games, including at least one points in five of his last six. Dahlin is two assists away from tying Mike Ramsey for the second-most assists (256) by a Sabres defenseman all-time. Dahlin is also one goal away from tying Ramsey for the second-most goals by a defenseman in franchise history (73).
Tage Thompson has posted 15 points (6+9) in his last 14 games and he is riding a five-game point streak (3+3). A point in tonight’s game would give Thompson his second-longest point streak of the season (Oct. 12 to Nov. 1; eight games; 6+6). Thompson is riding a three-game goal streak and he would match his longest goal streak of his career with a goal in today’s game (Nov. 5 to 11, 2024; Dec. 13 to 19, 2022). Thompson has recorded one point in each of his last four games against the Oilers (2+2) and a point in tonight’s game would give him a five-game point streak against Edmonton.
Mattias Samuelsson has registered three points (1+2) in his last three games. A point in today’s game would mark the most points Samuelsson has recorded in any four-game span in his career.
JJ Peterka has tallied at least one point in back-to-back games (1+2) and a point today would give him his fifth point streak of three or more games this season. Peterka has recorded three goals in four career games against the Oilers.
In his last 13 games, Jason Zucker has recorded 14 points (8+6). Zucker has notched at least one point in seven of his last eight road games and he has recorded 12 points (8+4) in that span
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