Sabres goalie James Reimer has won his last seven starts, after a 3-0 shutout over Carolina on Tuesday.Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
4/10/25 at 7 pm at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
Record
Buffalo – 35-36-6 | 76 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division
Columbus – 35-33-9 | 79 points – 5th place in the Metropolitan Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 18.2% (26th)
Penalty Kill – 76.6% (23rd)
Columbus
Power Play – 19.2% (22nd)
Penalty Kill - 76.0% (25th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 71 GP, 44 G, 27 A, 71 PTS
Alex Tuch: 77 GP, 34 G, 29 A, 63 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 68 GP, 15 G, 47 A, 62 PTS
Columbus
Zach Werenski: 76 GP, 20 G, 55 A, 75 PTS
Kirill Marchenko: 74 GP, 31 G, 39 A, 70 PTS
Kent Johnson: 63 GP, 22 G, 30 A, 52 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – James Reimer (9-6-2, 2.54 GAA, .912 save %)
Columbus – Elvis Merzlikins (26-21-5, 3.18 GAA, .892 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
James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injuries
Jordan Greenway (day-to-day – lower body)
Josh Norris (day-to-day – mid-body)
Tyson Kozak (week-to-week - hip)
Notes
The Sabres have earned a win in eight of their last nine games, including wins in five consecutive games. A win tonight would mark the first time that Buffalo has earned nine or more wins in any 10-game span since they earned nine wins in 10 games from Nov. 10 to 29, 2018 (9-1-0). Buffalo has earned wins in three of its last four games against Columbus (3- 1-0).
Tage Thompson has posted 46 points (28+18) in his last 42 games, including 11 points (10+1) in his last eight games. Alex Tuch is riding a seven-game point streak and he has registered 12 points (7+5) in that span.
In his last 17 games, Ryan McLeod has posted 18 points (5+13). JJ Peterka has tallied 30 points (14+16) in his last 28 games and he has registered seven points (2+5) in his last six games.
Jack Quinn has tallied 10 points (4+6) in his last eight games.
Peyton Krebs has registered eight points (3+5) in his last eight games.
Rasmus Dahlin has posted 10 points (3+7) in his last nine games.
Jason Zucker has recorded five points (2+3) in his last five games.
Bowen Byram has tallied one assist in back-to-back games (0+3) and he would match the longest assist streak of his career (four times) with an assist in tonight’s game.
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