Buffalo Sabres vs. Chicago Blackhawks - Lineups, Injury Updates, And Game Notes

Game 19 - 11/12/26 - 8:00 pm at the United Center in Chicago, IL

Buffalo – 8-7-3 | - 19 points – 6th place in the Atlantic Division

Chicago – 4-13-1 | - 9 points – 8th place in the Central Division

Special Teams

Buffalo

Power Play – 15.3% (29th)

Penalty Kill – 69.8% (26th)

Chicago

Power Play – 9.8% (32nd)

Penalty Kill - 78.6% (13th)

Top Scorers

Buffalo

Tage Thompson: 18 GP, 11 G, 9 A, 20 PTS

Jack Quinn: 18 GP, 9 G, 8 A, 17 PTS

Zach Benson: 18 GP, 2 G, 13 A, 15 PTS

Chicago

Connor Bedard: 12 GP, 5 G, 9 A, 14 PTS

Roman Kantserov: 18 GP, 9 G, 2 A, 11 PTS

Patrick Kane: 15 GP, 1 G, 8 A, 9 PTS

Starting Goalies

Buffalo –  Colten Ellis (3-3-0, 3.39 GAA, .873 Sv %)

Chicago  – Spencer Knight (4-10-0, 3.66 GAA, .881 Sv %)

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Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings (estimated)

Forwards

Peyton Krebs - Josh Norris - Tage Thompson  

Zach Benson - Noah Ostlund - Jack Quinn 

Josh Doan - Ryan McLeod - Jason Zucker  

Tyson Kozak- Sam Carrick - Beck Malenstyn 

Ex. Jiri Kulich

Defense

Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin 

Olen Zellweger - Owen Power  

Zach Metsa - Conor Timmins

Ex. Louis Crevier  

Goaltenders

Colten Ellis

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Alex Lyon

Notes

The Sabres are riding a seven-game winning streak against the Blackhawks, the longest such streak in franchise history. In that span, Buffalo has outscored Chicago 34-13.  In his last 13 games, 

Zach Benson has registered 14 points (2+12), including seven points (1+6) in his last six contests.  

Tage Thompson has registered 11 points (6+5) in his last seven games.  Thompson is one assist away from 200 assists in his career.  

Jack Quinn has recorded 15 points (7+8) in his last 13 games, including six points (3+3) in his last six games.  

Peyton Krebs has tallied six points (1+5) in his last six games.  

In his last three games, Josh Norris has registered three points (2+1). Norris is two points away from 200 in his NHL career.

Injuries

Alex Lyon (upper body, Oct. 1; injured reserve) – 18 

Matt Grzelcyk (lower body, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 12 

Konsta Helenius (upper body, Oct. 29) – 6 

Justin Danforth (undisclosed, Oct. 29; injured reserve) – 6 

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