Buffalo Sabres – Ottawa Senators
3/25/25 – 7:00pm EST at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 28-35-6 | 62 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division
Ottawa – 37-27-5 | 79 points – 4th place in the Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 18.0% (26th)
Penalty Kill – 76.9% (20th)
Ottawa
Power Play – 28.3% (12th)
Penalty Kill – 77.0% (19th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 63 GP, 34 G, 26 A, 60 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 61 GP, 13 G, 41 A, 54 PTS
JJ Peterka: 64 GP, 22 G, 32 A, 54 PTS
Ottawa
Tim Stützle: 69 GP, 20 G, 50 A, 70 PTS
Drake Batherson: 69 GP, 20 G, 36 A, 56 PTS
Brady Tkachuk: 67 GP, 28 G, 26 A, 54 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – James Reimer (3-6-2, 2.74 GAA, .904 save %)
Ottawa – Linus Ullmark (19-13-3, 2.75 GAA, .909 save %)
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Line Combinations and Pairings
Forwards
JJ Peterka - Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch
Zach Benson - Ryan McLeod - Jason Zucker
Jiri Kulich – Peyton Krebs - Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn - Tyson Kozak – Isak Rosen
Defense
Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power - Connor Clifton
Bowen Byram - Jacob Bryson
Ex. Jacob Bernard-Docker
Goaltenders
James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injuries
Josh Norris (day-to-day – mid-body)
Sam Lafferty (day-to-day – groin)
Jordan Greenway (day-to-day – unknown)
Notes
Buffalo has won three of its last four games against Ottawa overall and it has earned a win in four of its last five home contests against the Senators. The Sabres have earned the third-most home wins against the Senators all-time (43), trailing just the Bruins (50) and the Canadiens (47) in that category. The victorious team has registered at least four goals in each of the last seven meetings between the Sabres and the Senators.
JJ Peterka has tallied 22 points (12+10) in his last 20 games and he has registered 10 points (5+5) in his last nine games. Peterka has registered 19 points (7+12) in his last 16 home games, including five points (2+3) in his last five home contests. With a goal in tonight’s game, Peterka would match the longest goal streak of his career (March 21 to 29, 2024; four games). Peterka has registered five points (4+1) in his last three home games against the Senators.
In his last nine games, Ryan McLeod has posted 11 points (3+8), including one point in back-to-back home games (1+1).
Tage Thompson has posted 35 points (18+17) in his last 34 games, including 20 points (12+8) in his last 19.
Rasmus Dahlin has registered one point in back-to-back games and a point tonight would give him his seventh point streak of three or more games this season.
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