After a strong showing against Florida, goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen will start against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday. Buffalo Sabres vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Game Preview
4/15/25 at 7 pm at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 35-38-7 | 77 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division
Toronto – 50-26-4 | 104 points – 1st place in the Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 19.0% (23rd)
Penalty Kill – 76.4% (25th)
Toronto
Power Play – 25.2% (7th)
Penalty Kill - 77.9% (19th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 74 GP, 44 G, 28 A, 72 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 71 GP, 17 G, 51 A, 68 PTS
JJ Peterka: 75 GP, 26 G, 40 A, 66 PTS
Toronto
Mitch Marner: 79 GP, 26 G, 73 A, 99 PTS
William Nylander: 80 GP, 45 G, 39 A, 84 PTS
Auston Matthews: 65 GP, 31 G, 44 A, 75 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (24-23-5, 3.20 GAA, .886 save %)
Toronto – Anthony Stolarz(20-8-3, 2.21 GAA, .923 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
Noah Ostlund - Sam Lafferty
Defense
Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin
Jacob Bryson - Jacob Bernard-Docker
Bowen Byram - Connor Clifton
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)
Owen Power (out - lower body)
Notes
JJ Peterka has tallied 34 points (16+18) in his last 31 games and he has registered 11 points (4+7) in his last nine games. Peterka has recorded at least one point in five straight games (3+3) and he would match the second-longest point streak of his career (twice) with a point in tonight’s game.
Tage Thompson has posted 47 points (28+19) in his last 45 games, including 12 points (10+2) in his last 11 games.
Alex Tuch has registered 14 points (8+6) in his last 10 games. Tuch has recorded one point in back-to-back games (1+1) and a point tonight would mark his eighth point streak of three or more games this season.
Jack Quinn has tallied 11 points (4+7) in his last 11 games. Lindy Ruff is one win away from becoming just the fifth coach in NHL history to reach 900 regular-season wins in their career.
Rasmus Dahlin has posted 16 points (5+11) in his last 12 games, including nine points (3+6) in his last six contests. Dahlin has recorded two points in three straight games and a multi-point performance tonight would make him the fourth Sabres defenseman all-time (Phil Housley, twice; Andrej Sekera; John Van Boxmeer) to register a multi-point streak of four or more games.
Dating back to Dec. 23, Dahlin leads all NHL defensemen in assists (38), points (49), and points per game (1.09). Dahlin ranks fourth among all NHL defensemen in points (68), is tied for fourth in goals (17) and ranks tied for sixth in assists (51). Dahlin ranked fourth among all NHL defensemen in points per game (0.96). Dahlin leads all Sabres skaters with 10 multi-assist games and 19 multi-point games this season.
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