Buffalo Sabres – Edmonton Oilers
3/10/25 – 7pm EST at Key Bank Center, Buffalo, N.Y.
Record
Buffalo – 24-32-6 | 54 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division
Edmonton – 37-22-4 | 78 points – 2nd place in the Pacific Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 16.8% (27th)
Penalty Kill – 76.9% (22nd)
Edmonton
Power Play – 26.6% (5th)
Penalty Kill – 74.8% (26th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 56 GP, 31 G, 23 A, 54 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 54 GP, 11 G, 40 A, 51 PTS
JJ Peterka: 60 GP, 19 G, 32 A, 51 PTS
Edmonton
Leon Draisaitl: 63 GP, 46 G, 49 A, 95 PTS
Connor McDavid: 57 GP, 24 G, 57 A, 81 PTS
Evan Bouchard: 63 GP, 11 G, 39 A, 50 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (20-20-4, 3.14 GAA, .890 save %)
Edmonton – Stuart Skinner (22-15-4, 2.87 GAA, .897 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Forwards
JJ Peterka - Josh Norris– Tage Thompson
Jason Zucker – Ryan McLeod - Alex Tuch
Zach Benson – Peyton Krebs - Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn – Sam Lafferty - Jordan Greenway
Ex. Isak Rosen, Josh Dunne
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin - Bowen Byram
Mattias Samuelsson - Owen Power
Dennis Gilbert - Connor Clifton
Ex. - Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Injuries
Jiri Kulich (day-to-day – illness)
Notes
The Sabres have earned three wins in their last four home contests against the Oilers (3-1-0). Alex Tuch has collected 13 points (8+5) in his last 12 games, including eight goals in his last 10 games. Tuch has recorded one point in two consecutive games against Edmonton (1+1).
Rasmus Dahlin has registered 20 points (5+15) in his last 17 games, including five points (2+3) in his last five games.
JJ Peterka has tallied 19 points (9+10) in his last 16 games and he has registered seven points (2+5) in his last five games.
Tage Thompson has posted 29 points (15+14) in his last 27 games, including 14 points (9+5) in his last 12. Thompson has posted one point in back-to-back home games against the Oilers (1+1). Thompson ranks tied for fourth in even-strength goals among all NHL skaters this season.
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