Buffalo Sabres vs. Anaheim Ducks - Lineups, Injury Updates, And Game Notes

Game 13 - 10/29/26 - 10:00 pm at Honda Center, Anaheim, CA

Buffalo – 5-4-3 | - 13 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division

Anaheim – 5-6-1 | - 11 points – 5th place in the Pacific Division

Special Teams

Buffalo

Power Play – 9.8% (32nd)

Penalty Kill – 71.4% (T-25th)

Anaheim

Power Play – 23.7% (9th)

Penalty Kill - 77.6% (19th)

Top Scorers

Buffalo

Jack Quinn: 12 GP, 6 G, 5 A, 11 PTS

Owen Power: 12 GP, 2 G, 9 A,11 PTS

Tage Thompson: 12 GP, 5 G, 5 A, 10 PTS

Anaheim

Leo Carlsson: 12 GP, 4 G, 11 A, 15 PTS

Jackson LaCombe: 12 GP, 1 G, 11 A, 12 PTS

Beckett Sennecke: 12 GP, 7 G, 3 A, 10 PTS

Starting Goalies

Buffalo –  Colten Ellis (2-1-0, 2.28 GAA, .902 Sv %)

Anaheim  – Lukas Dostal (4-4-1, 3.56 GAA, .872 Sv %)

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Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings (estimated)

Forwards

Zach Benson - Tage Thompson  - Konsta Helenius

Josh Doan - Noah Ostlund - Jack Quinn 

Jason Zucker - Josh Norris - Ryan McLeod

Peyton Krebs - Tyson Kozak- - Beck Malenstyn 

Ex. Justin Danforth

Defense

Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin 

Olen Zellweger - Owen Power  

Zach Metsa - Louis Crevier 

Ex. Dennis Gilbert

Goaltenders

Colten Ellis

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Notes

Buffalo has allowed 2.60 goals per game against Anaheim all-time, the lowest mark against any active team in franchise history.  The Sabres are riding a four-game point streak (3-0-1) against the Ducks. 

With a point tonight, Buffalo would earn their first point streak of at least five games against Anaheim since March 17, 2017 to Dec. 22, 2018 (five games; 4-0-1).  

Buffalo went 13-2-1 against the Pacific Division last season, including a 6-1-1 record on the road. The Sabres earned a win over their first Pacific Division opponent (San Jose) of 2026-27 on Oct. 27.  

Jack Quinn has recorded nine points (4+5) in his last seven games and he has seven points (4+3) in his last five games.  

In his last seven games, Zach Benson has registered seven points (1+6). A point in tonight’s game would mark the third time Benson has posted eight or more points in any eight-game span in his career (Oct. 15 to 30, 2025, 0+8; March 14 to 28, 2026, 3+5).  

Olen Zellweger has tallied a point in each of his last two games (1+1). With a point tonight, he would earn the second point streak of at least three games of his career (Nov. 22 to 30, 2025; four games; 3+1).  

Owen Power has posted at least one assist in back-to-back games and an assist tonight would mark his second three-game assist streak of 2026-27. He also recorded one from Oct. 1 to 6 (1+4).

Injuries

Alex Lyon (upper body, Oct. 1; injured reserve) – 12 

Conor Timmins (lower body, Oct. 1; injured reserve) – 12 

Jack Rathbone (lower body, Oct. 1; injured reserve) – 12 

Matt Grzelcyk (lower body, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 6 

Sam Carrick (undisclosed, Oct. 21; injured reserve) – 3 

Jiri Kulich (concussion protocol, Oct. 24) – 2 

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