Can The Sabres Finish Off Road Swing With Win Over Ottawa?
Sabres goalie James Reimer is looking to win his fifth straight game against Ottawa on Tuesday.Buffalo Sabres – Ottawa Senators
4/1/25 – 7:00pm EST at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON
Record
Buffalo – 31-36-6 | 68 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division
Ottawa – 39-28-6 | 84 points – 4th place in the Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 18.4% (26th)
Penalty Kill – 75.9% (23rd)
Ottawa
Power Play – 23.7% (12th)
Penalty Kill – 77.1% (19th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 67 GP, 38 G, 27 A, 65 PTS
JJ Peterka: 68 GP, 23 G, 36 A, 59 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 64 GP, 13 G, 44 A, 57 PTS
Ottawa
Tim Stützle: 73 GP, 21 G, 50 A, 71 PTS
Drake Batherson: 73 GP, 21 G, 38 A, 59 PTS
Brady Tkachuk: 71 GP, 29 G, 26 A, 55 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – James Reimer (6-6-2, 2.80 GAA, .902 save %)
Ottawa – Linus Ullmark (21-13-3, 2.74 GAA, .909 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 - Tyson Kozak – Sam Lafferty
Defense
Mattias Samuelsson – Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power - Jacob Bernard-Docker
Bowen Byram - Connor Clifton
Ex. Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injuries
Josh Norris (day-to-day – mid-body)
Jordan Greenway (day-to-day – unknown)
Notes
The Sabres have won four of their last five games against the Senators, including three consecutive wins. A win in today’s game would mark the first time Buffalo has earned four or more straight wins against Ottawa since the team won four straight against the Senators from Nov. 29, 2016 to Dec. 12, 2017.
In his last 13 games, Ryan McLeod has posted 16 points (4+12) and has collected 18 points (4+14) in his last 14 road games. McLeod has recorded at least one point in back-to-back games and he has posted four points (1+3) in that span.
JJ Peterka has tallied 27 points (13+14) in his last 24 games and he has registered 15 points (6+9) in his last 13 games. Peterka has registered two points in each of his last two games and a multi-point performance tonight would mark the second time he has recorded multiple points in three straight games this season (March 3 to 6, 2025; 2+4).
Tage Thompson has posted 40 points (22+18) in his last 38 games, including five points (4+1) in his last five games.
Peyton Krebs is riding a career-best four-game point streak and he has tallied five points (2+3) in that span.
Jack Quinn has recorded at least one point in four consecutive games and he has tallied eight points (4+4) in that span. In his last five games,
Alex Tuch has posted seven points (5+2). Tuch has recorded at least one goal in three straight games and he would match the longest goal streak of his career (three times) with a goal in tonight’s game.
Owen Power has notched one assist in three consecutive games and an assist tonight would give him his third four-game assist streak of the season and match the longest assist streak of his career.
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