Sabres goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen will get the start vs. Montreal after being pulled in the first period on Thursday. Buffalo Sabres – Montreal Canadiens
3/1/25 – 7pm EST at Key Bank Center, Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 24-28-5 | 53 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division
Montreal – 28-26-5 | 61 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 17.0% (27th)
Penalty Kill – 77.2% (20th)
Montreal
Power Play – 21.4% (17th)
Penalty Kill – 81.8% (6th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 51 GP, 28 G, 23 A, 51 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 49 GP, 9 G, 37 A, 46 PTS
Alex Tuch: 57 GP, 21 G, 24 A, 45 PTS
Montreal
Nick Suzuki: 59 GP, 18 G, 42 A, 60 PTS
Cole Caufield: 59 GP, 28 G, 25 A, 53 PTS
Lane Hutson: 59 GP, 4 G, 40 A, 44 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (20-16-4, 3.01 GAA, .894 save %)
Montreal – Jakub Dobes (5-2-1, 2.71 GAA, .908 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Forwards
JJ Peterka - Ryan McLeod – Tage Thompson
Jordan Greenway - Dylan Cozens - Alex Tuch
Zach Benson – Jiri Kulich - Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn – Peyton Krebs - Sam Lafferty
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin - Bowen Byram
Mattias Samuelsson - Owen Power
Dennis Gilbert - Henri Jokiharju
Ex. - Jacob Bryson, Connor Clifton
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Notes
The Sabres are riding a six-game home winning streak and a win tonight would give them a win in seven straight home games for the first time since Oct. 22 to Nov. 24, 1999 (seven games). Buffalo has earned seven or more consecutive home wins 10 times in franchise history.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has earned a win in five straight home games and a win in tonight’s game would make him the first Sabres goaltender to win six or more consecutive home games since Carter Hutton from Nov. 10 to Dec. 13, 2018 (six games).
Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 24 assists in his last 23 games and he has registered 15 points (3+12) in his last 12 games. Dahlin’s 24 assists in that span are tied for third among all NHL skaters.
JJ Peterka has tallied 12 points (7+5) in his last 11 games.
In his last 21 games, Jason Zucker has recorded 23 points (10+13), including 11 points (3+8) in his last nine games.
Tage Thompson has posted 26 points (12+14) in his last 22 games, including 11 points (6+5) in his last seven.
Alex Tuch has collected 10 points (5+5) in his last seven games, including five goals in his last five games. Tuch has registered one goal in back-to-back games and a goal tonight would give him his first goal streak of three or more games since he recorded a three-game goal streak from Nov. 4 to 17, 2023.
In his last four games, Dylan Cozens has registered four points (1+3). Jack Quinn has collected one point in three consecutive games and a point in tonight’s game would give him the second-longest point streak of his career (six games; Nov. 28 to Dec. 9, 2022; 3+4).
Ryan McLeod has posted four points (2+2) in his last four games
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