Buffalo Sabres – Boston Bruins Game Preview
4/6/25 – 6:00pm EST at Key Bank Center, Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 33-36-6 | 72 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division
Boston – 31-37-9 | 71 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 18.5% (25th)
Penalty Kill – 76.7% (22nd)
Boston
Power Play – 15.1% (29th)
Penalty Kill – 76.6% (23rd)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 69 GP, 40 G, 27 A, 67 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 66 GP, 14 G, 46 A, 60 PTS
JJ Peterka: 70 GP, 23 G, 37 A, 60 PTS
Boston
David Pastrnak: 77 GP, 40 G, 54 A, 94 PTS
Morgan Geekie: 72 GP, 28 G, 22 A, 50 PTS
Pavel Zacha: 77 GP, 14 G, 31 A, 45 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (23-23-4, 3.23 GAA, .885 save %)
Boston – Jeremy Swayman (21-28-6, 2.16 GAA, .895 save %)
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Line Combinations and Pairings
Forwards
Zach Benson - Jiri Kulich - Tage Thompson
JJ Peterka - Ryan McLeod - Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker– Peyton Krebs - Alex Tuch
Beck Malenstyn – Noah Ostlund – Sam Lafferty
Defense
Mattias Samuelsson – Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power - Jacob Bernard-Docker
Bowen Byram - Connor Clifton
Ex. Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Injuries
Josh Norris (day-to-day – mid-body)
Jordan Greenway (day-to-day – unknown)
Tyson Kozak (week-to-week – mid-body)
Notes
The Sabres have earned a win in six of their last seven games, including wins in three consecutive games. A win tonight would mark the first time this season that Buffalo has earned seven or more wins in any eight-game span. Buffalo has won back-to-back games against Boston and a win today would mark its first winning streak of three or more games against the Bruins since Dec. 15, 2010 to March 10, 2011 (four games).
In his last 15 games, Ryan McLeod has posted 17 points (5+12).
JJ Peterka has tallied 28 points (13+15) in his last 26 games and he has registered 16 points (6+10) in his last 15 games. Peterka has tallied eight points (5+3) in his last seven games against Boston, including at least one point in back-to-back games against the Bruins.
Tage Thompson has posted 42 points (24+18) in his last 40 games, including seven points (6+1) in his last seven games. Thompson has recorded five points (4+1) in his last four games against the Bruins.
Jack Quinn has tallied nine points (4+5) in his last six games.
In his last seven games, Alex Tuch has posted 10 points (6+4), including at least one point in five straight games.
Peyton Krebs has registered six points (3+3) in his last six games.
Rasmus Dahlin has posted eight points (2+6) in his last seven games, including at least one point in back-to-back games.
Jason Zucker is riding a three-game point streak (1+3).
Mattias Samuelsson has recorded three assists in his last three games.
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