Sabres goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen gets the start against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. Buffalo Sabres – San Jose Sharks
3/4/25 – 7pm EST at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 24-29-6 | 54 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division
San Jose – 16-37-9 | 41 points – 8th place in the Pacific Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 16.4% (27th)
Penalty Kill – 76.7% (21st)
San Jose
Power Play – 19.0% (25th)
Penalty Kill – 75.8% (24th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 53 GP, 29 G, 23 A, 52 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 51 GP, 10 G, 38 A, 48 PTS
Alex Tuch: 59 GP, 23 G, 24 A, 47 PTS
San Jose
Macklin Celebrini: 50 GP, 18 G, 26 A, 44 PTS
William Eklund: 57 GP, 12 G, 32 A, 44 PTS
Tyler Toffoli: 59 GP, 23 G, 17 A, 40 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (20-17-4, 3.01 GAA, .894 save %)
San Jose – Vitek Vanecek (3-10-3, 3.88 GAA, .882 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 - Connor Clifton
Ex. - Jacob Bryson, Henri Jokiharju
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Notes
The Sabres have earned a win in each of their last five games against the Sharks, outscoring San Jose 22-9 in that span. A win in today’s game would give the Sabres their second winning streak of six or more games against the Sharks all-time and their first since Buffalo won eight straight games against San Jose from Feb. 13, 2010 to Nov. 18, 2014. Buffalo’s .700 points percentage against San Jose is its highest against any NHL team. In 50 games against the Sharks, the Sabres have averaged 3.62 goals per game played, their second-highest mark against any NHL team all-time (Cleveland Barons, 4.15 G/GP) and the highest among all active teams.
Alex Tuch has collected 12 points (7+5) in his last nine games, including seven goals in his last seven games. Tuch has registered one goal in four consecutive games and he earn the longest goal streak of his career with a goal in tonight’s game.
Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 25 assists in his last 25 games and he has registered 17 points (4+13) in his last 14 games, including one point in backto-back games (1+1). Dahlin’s 25 assists in that span are tied for first among all NHL skaters.
JJ Peterka has tallied 15 points (7+8) in his last 13 games and he is riding a five-game point streak (2+4). Peterka would match the longest point streak of his career with a point in tonight’s game.
Tage Thompson has posted 27 points (13+14) in his last 24 games, including 12 points (7+5) in his last nine.
Jacob Bryson has posted one assist in back-to-back games an assist tonight would give him a the longest assist streak of his career.
Jiri Kulich has recorded one point in two consecutive games and a point tonight would give him his second three-game point streak of his career (Jan. 25 to 31, 2025; 3+1).
Dylan Cozens has registered four assists in his last four games.
Follow Michael on X, Instagram, and Bluesky @MikeInBuffalo