Buffalo Sabres - Florida Panthers Game Preview
4/12/25 at 6 pm at Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, FL
Record
Buffalo – 35-37-6 | 76 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division
Florida – 46-29-4 | 96 points – 3rd place in the Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 18.1% (T-25th)
Penalty Kill – 76.3% (24th)
Florida
Power Play – 24.0% (10th)
Penalty Kill - 81.2% (9th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 72 GP, 44 G, 27 A, 71 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 69 GP, 16 G, 48 A, 64 PTS
JJ Peterka: 73 GP, 25 G, 38 A, 63 PTS
Florida
Sam Reinhart: 78 GP, 37 G, 42 A, 79 PTS
Aleksander Barkov: 66 GP, 20 G, 49 A, 69 PTS
Matthew Tkachuk: 52 GP, 22 G, 35 A, 57 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – James Reimer (9-7-2, 2.56 GAA, .911 save %)
Florida – Vitek Vanecek (1-3-1, 2.84 GAA, .894 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 10 games, including wins in five of their last six. Lindy Ruff is one win away from becoming just the fifth coach in NHL history to reach 900 regular-season wins in their career. In his last 18 games,
Ryan McLeod has posted 19 points (5+14). McLeod has recorded one assist in back-to-back games and an assist tonight would give him the longest assist streak of his career (three games).
JJ Peterka has tallied 31 points (15+16) in his last 29 games and he has registered eight points (3+5) in his last seven games. Peterka has recorded one point in three straight games (2+1) and a point tonight would give him his 10th point streak of four or more games in his career. A goal tonight would mark Peterka’s third three-game goal streak of the season, which would be tied for the second-longest such streak of his career.
Rasmus Dahlin has posted 12 points (4+8) in his last 10 games. Dahlin has recorded two points in each of his last two road contests and a multi-point performance in tonight’s game would mark the fourth time he has registered a road multi-point streak of three or more games in his career. His three-career road multi-point streaks of three or more games are the most by a defenseman in Sabres history and he is one of five Sabres skaters all-time who have done so at least three times (Daniel Briere, three times; Pat LaFontaine, four times; Alexander Mogilny, three times; Gilbert Perreault, seven times).
Tage Thompson has posted 46 points (28+18) in his last 43 games, including 11 points (10+1) in his last nine games.
Alex Tuch has registered 12 points (7+5) in his last eight games.
Jack Quinn has tallied 10 points (4+6) in his last nine games.
Bowen Byram has tallied three assists in his last three games.
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